I like the fact that Matt Harvey in jumping into the inning limit debate himself. He criticized a 6 man rotation earlier in the year, and then now he doesn't want to go over a 180 IP limit. I understand that he's looking out for his career but you complain that a 6 man rotation will limit your innings and your income potential and then later you complain that going over an inning limit could hamper your career.
bottom 5 payroll teams seem to have a 2 or 3 year window for success (Late 2000s Rays, early 2000s A's). Unless a lot of things go right their way in the draft, that window closes when the team stops having high 1st round picks.
Kevin Cash was a good catcher when you included his defensive abilities.
Sandy Martinez and Ken Huckaby were semi-regulars and weren't very good.
By the way, 2003 Greg Myers was a good offensive catcher.
What about trying to make a run at Travis Snider as a 4th outfielder? I'm not sure he'd be able to play center but the Jays threw Bats out there last year a few times and it didn't turn out horribly.
This board is very active and it also has a bunch of guys who are well versed in sabermetrics. I'm not surprised that some journalists read it. From my experience of guys that go into sports journalism, most are borderline retarded.