TXBoy

if i remember correctly isn't Coughlan a 2B, Morrison a 1B and Dominguez a 3B so we should let them take over their natural positions and trade Sanchez and (i really hate to say it) Uggla for as much "pitching, speed and defense" as possible. If Skipworth isn't ready then a catcher too. Uggla is the soul of this team but a silly contract will hurt this team as much or more than these stupid trades the FO has been making (Boni for Olsen and Hammer and Miggy to Det). When does the confidence run out on Beinfest?? He's becoming a deteriment to this team as well/

i agree that trading Uggla is the right move and signing him long term is gonna do more harm than good. So why those keep saying keep him and build around him? We found him off the scrap heap and have an opportunity to get something big-time in return that will help this team in the FUTURE AND LONGTERM. I believe that the goal is to build a team that competes every year despite the PAYROLL. So only JJ is really locking up tong-term and maybe Maybin IF he has a superstar type season. Even CC has to prove that his rookie year was no fluke before I would lock him up. The Rays and Rangers are regarded as having some of the bes MILB systems around so we should plunder them for PITCHING which is really why we didn't make the PLAYOFFS

D. Young can't he play some LF too along with 1st

i'd rather keep the picks. NJ is the one type of guy we dont have on our roster (high OBP) and we can swap him and Cantu and get an arm for Cantu. We made him and we can make more. No BP arm is worth 2mil on this team if he aint tha closer.

does anyone have the peter gammons story from espn yet? Please post? And what does ESPN stand for?

does anyone have the peter gammons story from espn yet? Please post? And what does ESPN stand for?

Rather keep Uggla and move CC to 3rd

Sorry I know that I'm the dunce here but wOBA what is that and why is it important? I understand OBP and OPS because you can't score runs if your not on base but ISO and all that sorry. What can we expect to get for Uggla and is Couglan is moved to 2nd and Carroll platoon with someone in the outfield then we basically need a 3rd baseman right? (No Bonifacio) So if Gaby can play 1st at a decent level and Couglan can play some 3rd (groomed to play 2nd I Know) they why trade Uggla? Especially if he and Cantu are gonna be roughly the same amout of money?

Cheap should be the one word we use. the Phillies went and got Pedro when we needed him more.

Whats the over/under on us keeping him here for ten years?

I admit that I don't know a whole lot , but you are what your record says you are is that correct or not? So if this guy is winning does it matter if its pretty? Unless we're gonna upgrade to a Tony LaRussa type I don't really see the advantage of switching mangers. I say that giving Hermida and Bonifacio to the manager is where the blame should go.

The ideal would be Maybin and CC second because he's a lefty but his bat skills are better than Maybin and he has a more patient approach at the plate. But Maybin doesn't get on base enough to force that hole in the right side of the infield. I think Maybin 2nd would jump start his career since I do believe he would see better pitches but he still has to perform.

Morrison's coming up next year. We're just gonna delay his arbi process because we're freaking cheap so we know that he'll be in LF or 1st. That why I say move CC to 3rd. I really hope that we find someone else to play 2nd because Bonerface is what killed our season giving him all those AB's. And if Sanchez can provide the OBP that Cantu doesn't then I'll forgive low power numbers for now. We have to get better pitching or develop Volstad, West & Miller or we ain't going nowhere and that's why I say go Twins and forget O and go all Defense.

Our offense will be shakey with that lineup I agree but the defense shoud be rock solid or at least hopefully way better than what we are doing now. Our Offense isnt the problem its the pitching and the way that we are scoring runs. We don't have any SB threats or super high OBP guys. Thats why we loved the Nick Johnson deal but we still need better speed and defense. We should follow the Rays model and get more run prevention. And if Offense is all we need then we all know that we got two guys on the Fish Farm that can swing the bat. My point is get something while we can for Cantu because just like we found him on the scrap heap we can find someone else, we always do.

Yeah Yeah Yeah and when we win 90 games again they'll say how do they do it every year with seemingly average stats.