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  1. glory
    Smoak knows how to walk so if he has one flukey BABIP season he might be useful, but he's all kinds of awful.
  2. glory
    They will no doubt decline his option and go to arbitration. He's been terrible though. Might be better off with Francisco.
  3. glory
    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/al-east-notes-rays-lind-robertson-ichiro.html -MLBTR We all know it will be for a reliever. Which team and which reliever are the questions.
  4. glory
    We will change hitting coaches every year until someone can turn Goins into a good hitter.
  5. glory
    Lind for a reliever, Happ for a reliever, Pompey in LF, Mayberry at 1B, Izturis at 2B, and Sanchez in the rotation. I'm seriously setting the bar so low that I'm not disappointed. Not "coming to terms" with damn hitting coach is ridiculous and doesn't give me much hope for the rest of the off-season.
  6. glory
    Luis Mercedes. Bring him over.
  7. glory
    The funny thing is, Butterfield's dream job was to manage the Blue Jays, yet they went with Gibbons (who was already a proven failure), and now more coaches are either leaving or being scapegoated (Mottola, Stanley, etc). Just hire a good manager and stop going through coaches every year. This type of turnover is not a good look.
  8. glory
    Coaches who have the ability to get jobs elsewhere tend to leave this organization pretty quickly (Farrell and now Seitzer). At least we can count on Gibbons to stay forever. Lucky us.
  9. glory
    Seitzer is now hitting coach of the Braves, apparently. Karma for Mottola?
  10. glory
    On the bright side, when Alex hears of this, he will go for his "dream job", and the Jays could trade him to the Expos for a bench bat.
  11. glory
    I have no issues with Pompey in LF and Gose/Pillar platooning in CF (Pillar in LF and Pompey in CF against lefties) as long as the saved money is spent on improvements. I'm talking Headley at 3B calibre upgrades. If the Royals making and possibly winning the World Series smartens AA up on the importance of defense, then we should all thank Dayton Moore. I've never seen a GM disregard defense as much as AA/Gibby have the last two years (Bonehead at 2B, Francisco at 3B, Bautista in CF, Edwin in LF, Reyes at short, Sierra as the 4th OF, Arencibia/Navarro/Thole at catcher, etc).
  12. glory
    I think that's Gose's upside, which isn't too bad when you consider Dyson was a 3 win player this season as the 4th OF. The main difference is that Dyson is a passable offensive player, while Gose is pretty bad. If he is strictly platooned and starts running again, combined with his defense, Gose could be a decent CF option. I think his best role is probably 4th OF long-term, and when Pompey is ready to take over CF full-time, then maybe that will be the alignment.
  13. glory
    Agreed. Gose was at 1.3 last season in half a season's worth of AB's, and he was playing all over the outfield most of the time instead of strictly CF. If they utilize his base stealing ability a bit more, and he remains an elite upside defensive player, then I can easily see him and Pillar being a net positive out there.
  14. glory
    Maddon will sign with the Dodgers and then an hour later FireAlexAnthopoulos will bash Rogers for not beating their offer.
  15. glory
    Play Gose at CF and Pompey in LF against RHP, and Pillar in LF and Pompey at CF against LHP. That's what I'm guessing the OF will look like. Whether they move Bautista to 1B or keep him at RF is the question.
  16. glory
    The Pirates would be better off ditching Ike Davis and playing Alvarez at 1B, rather than trading Alvarez for Lind. I'm sure if they dangled Alvarez in a trade they could get someone better than Lind, probably a SP upgrade. Depends what PA's value is, though. He's coming off a bad season, but 2.3 and 3.1 WAR's the previous two years respectively. I'd do that deal in a heartbeat but don't think Pitts would. Since this is Alex we are talking about, it will almost certainly be a reliever coming in return. We just have to hope he can convince a team to add a useful position players on top of that.
  17. glory
    Man, Lind for Alvarez would be amazing but would the Pirates actually make a move like that? Alvarez's value can't be that low.
  18. glory
    Yeah but the Jays do not know if Melky will accept the QO yet. It's a safe bet he won't, but they wouldn't add Tabata's salary without settling the Melky situation first. Once the QO is declined and Melky is gone, then that opens the door for the Jays to take Tabata's salary plus a reliever. Trust me, I don't even want Tabata, I'd prefer they go super athletic in the OF, but he pretty much check marks everything that Alex likes. Three team options, not criminally overpaid, Latin, and fills a need. I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen.
  19. glory
    Melky is not going to be worth more than three years, so if they hold firm to that, then they are being smart.
  20. glory
    Yeah I'm going to guess Tabata and a reliever (Watson, Pimentel, or someone like that). No way the Pirates take Lind's entire salary. They'll stick Tabata on us, and Alex will take it as long as he gets the reliever he so desperately loves.
  21. glory
    Oh crap, it's going to be Lind for Tabata, isn't it?
  22. glory
    I remember reading that AA asked for Walker in return for Lind last off-season and was turned down. I'd imagine the Pirates could do better for Walker than Lind. Plus, moving Alvarez to 1B and Harrison to 3B makes far more sense for them.
  23. glory
    Honestly, with what's out there in the free agent market for 2B, and the club too scared to move Reyes off short, they might as well play Izturis at 2B rather than spend what little money they have on a 1 WAR player to fill that spot. They are paying Izturis $4M regardless. They need a real upgrade at 2B or 3B. If it's Kelly Johnson or Rickie Weeks, then just stick with Maicer and spend the money elsewhere. The difference would be minor at best.
  24. glory
    Moving Lawrie to 2B and overpaying Headley for one year would probably the best alternative (assuming Headley would take a one year deal to boost his value for next year). A one year deal for anything close to the QO would probably be worth it, but whether he would take it is another story.
  25. glory
    As far as 2B, since the FA class is pretty weak, they really need to take a chance on a cheap young prospect that might be expendable on another team. Upon some lazy research, the only one I could think of that was even borderline realistic was Cesar Hernandez on the Phillies. Maybe get him and hope he turns into in-prime Maicer.
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