Bad Baseball Statements

[Warner2BruceTD]

I know I would be hyped about acquiring the Upton's, Jeff Keppinger, and Kyle Lohse.

Those moves sound like something the Royals would do before they committed to their youth movement, when they would go out and sign bargain bin FA's every year like Reggie Sanders & Mark Grudzielanek.

 

[Obst]

This is a nice little piece from a Philly.com article

As for third base, I still don't get why using Carlos Ruiz there for at least 30 games next season is not considered; why he wasn't taking grounders there at season's end. It enables you to get the bat of Erik Kratz into the lineup more often, gives you a read on how serviceable Chooch - who once was a second baseman - would be there.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Those moves sound like something the Royals would do before they committed to their youth movement, when they would go out and sign bargain bin FA's every year like Reggie Sanders & Mark Grudzielanek.

Or Gil Meche :cano:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Or Gil Meche :cano:

They overpaid to get Meche, but he ended up shocking the world and working out pretty well. He had two pretty good years in 2007 & 2008, and when he got hurt, he gave the rest of the money back anyway.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

They overpaid to get Meche, but he ended up shocking the world and working out pretty well. He had two pretty good years in 2007 & 2008, and when he got hurt, he gave the rest of the money back anyway.

Oh I know, but you can also argue a team that was that far away from contention would have been better served using that money elsewhere.

However, the Royals look like they want to do a similar offer again this year, but I think they should look at doing some Tampa Bay-type contract extensions for their younger guys. This is a team that is going to improve, and they need to keep them together as long as possible.

 

[NAHSTE]

Surprised nobody has yet laughed at the one guy's suggestion to make Jeff Keppinger our everyday 2b and let him bat leadoff.

Also Woy I had never even heard of one of the two prospects that one dude would be "willing to trade" for Taveras, and the other one, Spruill, is pretty "meh" himself.

 

[MVPete]

Keppinger batting leadoff=

 

[Goober]

I'm watching MLB Network reruns of MLB Tonight (nothing else on tv on Sundays), they were talking about who the best free agent catcher was, and Larry Bowa said AJ Pierzynski, because he will give you the most offense. :michaelscott:

Also, Harold Reynolds said that the Rockies MUST trade Tulo this offseason if they ever want to be competitive again.

 

[Goober]

Harold Reynolds on the James Shields trade:
"The Royals need to win 18 more games to get to 90. They just need Davis and Shields to win 9 games each."

-On MLB Network

 

[FedEx227]

That's totally how it works Harold.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

That's totally how it works Harold.

He's on this page of the thread three times, but I guess it's to be expected. It was awful listening to him on the MLBN morning show during the winter meetings.

 

[Goober]

Harold Reynolds suggested that the Angels should trade Peter Bourjos for Matt Garza on MLB Tonight.

 

[Goober]

Kevin Millar just said on intentional talk that he thought Boston had the best rotation in the AL East.

 

[NAHSTE]

Kevin Millar just said on intentional talk that he thought Boston had the best rotation in the AL East.

A few days ago Harold Reynolds was talking about how Josh Hamilton makes the Angels the best defensive team in baseball in addition to the best lineup.

 

[Goober]

Dan Plesac and Bill Ripken are on MLB Tonight doing power rankings. Neither of them had the Dodgers in their top five, but both had the Angels. :greinke:

 

[EmpireWF]

Dan Plesac and Bill Ripken are on MLB Tonight doing power rankings. Neither of them had the Dodgers in their top five, but both had the Angels. :greinke:

SF, DET and TOR are guaranteed at the top. Then you have WAS, LAA, CIN and LAD filling out the next group in whatever order.

 

[Youk]

Kevin Millar just said on intentional talk that he thought Boston had the best rotation in the AL East.

:lol:

Close the thread, that is absolutely retarded.

 

[Goober]

I found this comment on another forum:

I hope the Angels dont get Lohse. They are already an excellent team. I think that it would make the AL west unbalanced . Teams with an unfair advantage shouldnt exist in baseball or in any other sport for that matter IMO.

 

[Slateman]

I found this comment on another forum:

Communist Baseball. All teams must be equal.

 

[NAHSTE]

There is currently an argument happening on my Facebook feed about why Jason Heyward should not bat 2nd. Someone actually said:

"If he goes back to hitting more doubles then maybe, but he's too much of a power hitter right now"

STOP HITTING HOME RUNS YOU LAZY BUM HIT MORE DOUBLES SO YOU CAN BE MORE OF A PROTOTYPICAL 2-HOLE HITTER BASED ON OUR DATED AND INCORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF OPTIMAL LINEUP CONSTRUCTION