July 31, 200422 yr I know Brad and Hee Seop were players we all liked to watch, and we all enjoyed watching them 'grow' if you will. But realize that the players we are getting make us a better team. 1B- Conine>Choi OF- defensively Encarnacion is an upgrade over almost anyone, and his offense might get better moving back to a more familiar scenario. This is, of course if we dont trade him and prospects for Walker. If anyone can convincingly argue that after we get Walker we are not a better team, you are either lying or joking. C- Paul LoDuca is an All Star and a .300 hitter. He is also good defensively and I have heard that he calls a good game. Seriously, I hate seeing Choi and Penny go, especially Choi...but I'm very happy to see that the front office wants to win now.
July 31, 200422 yr first off, you should be addressing which of these combos is better offensively: encarnacion + lo duca (who slumps every 2nd half and has been doing just that for the past two months) or choi + redmond/treanor THEN, you should address which of these is better in terms of pitching: penny + murphy or mota (and no 5th starter)
July 31, 200422 yr Author someone in another thread said that LoDuca might slump in the second half because of weather in LA, and that it might not happen here in Miami. just a thought
July 31, 200422 yr someone in another thread said that LoDuca might slump in the second half because of weather in LA, and that it might not happen here in Miami. just a thought 485157[/snapback] summers in miami are hotter than summers in LA
July 31, 200422 yr LoDuca's stats: 2003 - .842 OPS before the break, .609 after 2002 - .812 before; .575 after 2001 - .999 before, .852 after Career - .840 before, .682 after Screw it. I'm just going to sig it.
July 31, 200422 yr C- Paul LoDuca He is also good defensively 485141[/snapback] defensively, paul lo duca is throwing out a whopping 28% of base stealers this season. he's also second in all of MLB in passed balls with 7, and this is in less than half a season's worth of starts at catcher.
July 31, 200422 yr Guys, you all are forgetting two very big parts of the formula for Beinfest's plan to success. 1) Speed 2) Defense LoDuca and Enc are both pretty fast and pretty good defensively.
July 31, 200422 yr Guys, you all are forgetting two very big parts of the formula for Beinfest's plan to success. 1) Speed 2) Defense LoDuca and Enc are both pretty fast and pretty good defensively. 485179[/snapback] wasnt there a #3 there? 3) pitching
July 31, 200422 yr Guys, you all are forgetting two very big parts of the formula for Beinfest's plan to success. 1) Speed 2) Defense LoDuca and Enc are both pretty fast and pretty good defensively. 485179[/snapback] Choi's faster than Lo Duca and one of the best defensive first baseman in the league.
July 31, 200422 yr We have several first basemen that could do the job, but not a strong catcher. Choi was a luxury. I trust Beinfest to continue plugging in holes.
July 31, 200422 yr Author Choi's faster than Lo Duca and one of the best defensive first baseman in the league. 485186[/snapback] not really the best defensively, sorry
July 31, 200422 yr he is still better then our catchers by comitee conine has more RBI's then choi and is starting to get hot amd has the experience in playoffs with 2 rings and we all now what he can do in the post season, no one knows what choi would do if we would have gotten to the playoffs with him. Lo duca way better than any catcher we have and our catchers cant throw anyone out anyways Encarnacion has more RBI's then choi also and he has great D....... and for thos who say oh its depending who is hitting in front of you thats why choi dosent have many rbi's well if i recall he had JP,castillo,lowell,and cabs. who are all hitting over .300 there is no excuse why he couldnt get more rbi's also the trade might not even be done yet enc. might be traded for a 5th starter or Admin walker who knows..... maybe a 3 way deal with the marlins sending Enc. to the rockies, the rockies sending walker to the red sox who want him to play 1st base and boston sending lowe to us?????
July 31, 200422 yr conine is also solid defensively, you cant argue that this trade will look a lot better if we can get a starter look for something to go down tomorrow, FSN has been hinting at it the entire game
July 31, 200422 yr Author From Rotoworld.com Admin Walker has used his no-trade clause to block a deal to Texas, TSN's Ken Rosenthal reports. No word on who would have went to the Rockies. It remains uncertain whether Walker is willing to accept a trade to Florida or if the Marlins are even close to agreeing to a deal with Colorado. Jul. 30 - 9:41 pm et I found that interesting, if he used his no trade to block it, that means the FO of the rocks accepted it right?
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