Posted October 7, 200717 yr The word is that Pudge will be available. Sign him ASAP. He will be such an asset to the pitching staff, even with his low OBP this season, he can still hit for average and still can hit it out of the park. I am gonna say it right now, the stat mongers may have a fit, but hell screw OPS. Ivan Rodriguez can still catch at a GG level and he can still swing the bat
October 7, 200717 yr Oh no...Just wait till bobbob sees this... ".294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294"
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home...
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home...  Anyone would have left. I dont hate him. BRING HIM BACK I SAY.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... That was Loria's fault for only giving him a year.
October 7, 200717 yr I'd be in favor of bringing him back at the right price because I can't take another year of olivo's defense and I dont think Treanor will hold up for 100 plus games as a starting catcher
October 7, 200717 yr Bring him back! I asked the Miami Herald's beat writer and he said its a possibility. Your crazy if yoou like Olivo better
October 7, 200717 yr yeah why not, its not like we have many other viable options. the young guys on our pitching staff can benefit from his experience and leadership.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03...
October 7, 200717 yr Oh no...Just wait till bobbob sees this... ".294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294" Exactly.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that. yeah that 03 team was made up of a bunch of scrubs............. :blink:
October 7, 200717 yr Oh no...Just wait till bobbob sees this... ".294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294 .294" Exactly. While I love Pudge for what he did in 03, he's going to want at least $8mil a year. Someone who's OBP was what is listed above is not worth that kind of money.
October 7, 200717 yr Actually, my favorite part is he hasn't posted an OPS+ of at least 100 since '04. He's been marginally better than olivo with the stick the past 3 years, and his glove and 'veteran experience' nonsense isn't worth 8 million a year.
October 7, 200717 yr Actually, my favorite part is he hasn't posted an OPS+ of at least 100 since '04. He's been marginally better than olivo with the stick the past 3 years, and his glove and 'veteran experience' nonsense isn't worth 8 million a year. "Pudgealicious"
October 7, 200717 yr Actually, my favorite part is he hasn't posted an OPS+ of at least 100 since '04. He's been marginally better than olivo with the stick the past 3 years, and his glove and 'veteran experience' nonsense isn't worth 8 million a year. We all know that Loria is not giving him $8 unless he can pay it out over 15 yrs, without interest.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that. yeah that 03 team was made up of a bunch of scrubs............. :blink:  While we weren't scrubs, you can bet we would not have made it with Olivo as the catcher! Pudge was huge with our pitching staff and our defense.
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that. yeah that 03 team was made up of a bunch of scrubs............. :blink:   I never said they were a bunch of scrubs... We dont win that WS if we dont have Pudge... Hell we might not have even reach the playoffs period!
October 7, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that. yeah that 03 team was made up of a bunch of scrubs............. :blink:   I never said they were a bunch of scrubs... We dont win that WS if we dont have Pudge... Hell we might not have even reach the playoffs period! eeh, idk man he sure was a boost to the club. But we did have a hell of a team regardless. Mike Lowell, Miguel Cabrera, Luis Castillo, AGON, Enc, D.Lee, J.P,Niner, Hollandsworth and our pitching was pretty nasty. Beckett, Pavano, Willis, Brad Penny, Urbina, Redman, T.Phelps, Chad Fox just to name a few. Damn, what a team. *Not counting A.J because he was out almost the entire season.
October 8, 200717 yr I hate Pudge, I'd rather have Olivo...Pudge left us for more money when he said he wanted to be home... :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:  How can you hate Pudge when he arguably single handedly took us to a World Series title in 03... LoL, I don't know about all that. yeah that 03 team was made up of a bunch of scrubs............. :blink:   I never said they were a bunch of scrubs... We dont win that WS if we dont have Pudge... Hell we might not have even reach the playoffs period! eeh, idk man he sure was a boost to the club. But we did have a hell of a team regardless. Mike Lowell, Miguel Cabrera, Luis Castillo, AGON, Enc, D.Lee, J.P,Niner, Hollandsworth and our pitching was pretty nasty. Beckett, Pavano, Willis, Brad Penny, Urbina, Redman, T.Phelps, Chad Fox just to name a few. Damn, what a team. *Not counting A.J because he was out almost the entire season. No doubt we had a solid team.. However, Pudge made that pitching staff believe they can pitch at a higher level. I mean I remember when we first announced the signing of pudge. I was at the press conference and the first line Pudge said "Im here to take this team to the Playoffs..." Guy was amazing all year.. I mean stats dont tell the whole truth.. The hit to win the game against the Giants... The catch to save the game against the Giants... Overall, the way he handled our pitchers was amazing! That all being said Im not so sure if he could bring the same passion with this club... But for those who say they would take Olivo over a 10+ Gold Glove catcher they are out of their mind!
October 8, 200717 yr i would not bring him here i use money to help pitching staff he want more money we can gave him
October 8, 200717 yr Pudge is a shadow of his former self that was the case before he came here in '03
October 8, 200717 yr Pudge is a shadow of his former self that was the case before he came here in '03 That was because the threat of injury was hanging over him. Now it's 3 years of consistently declining production. And this isn't to say that I'm opposed to the idea of him being our catcher, but for him to make sense, he'd have to take $3-$4 million and 2 years less than I expect him to get as a free agent.
October 8, 200717 yr No thanks. Pudge used to be a great player but he can't get on base worth a sh*t.
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