April 1, 200917 yr Marlins Acquire Ross Gload By Tim Dierkes [April 1 at 11:47am CST] According to a press release, the Royals traded first baseman Ross Gload to the Marlins for a player to be named.
April 1, 200917 yr According to a press release, the Royals traded first baseman Ross Gload to the Marlins for a player to be named. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/04/marl...ross-gload.html
April 1, 200917 yr Ok, this might be the first time I'm going to actually be upset by a move this offseason. This guy sucks. He doesn't do anything well.
April 1, 200917 yr april fools? No-both deals today confirmed on the radio by DVH and he promised it was not april fools. Besides, april fools only applies with big names-not Andino or Gload
April 1, 200917 yr Author Marlins Acquire Ross Gload By Tim Dierkes [April 1 at 11:47am CST] According to a press release, the Royals traded first baseman Ross Gload to the Marlins for a player to be named. Gload, 33 in a few days, hit .273/.317/.348 in 418 plate appearances for the Royals last year. He's owed $1.9MM this year and has a $2.6MM club option for '10. It's surprising to see the thrifty Marlins make this seemingly pointless acquisition. Previously their corner options consisted of Jorge Cantu, Emilio Bonifacio, and Wes Helms. Here's the updated right-up. This can't be right. Tell me they're not paying this guy $1.9MM. That would make me barf to have $3 million locked up (for this team) in Wes Helms and Ross Gload, you gotta be f'n kidding me. Clearly, it would make me barf, not bark. Oops
April 1, 200917 yr Admittedly, I said, huh, who? I knew the name, followed the Royals a little bit but...Russ Gload? No. A quick look at his stats/splits are about as exciting as that diet pepsi you left open in the car last night...do we really need this guy, I mean what for? It will interesting to say the least to see how this works out. And that contract?????
April 1, 200917 yr This guy sucks. He doesn't do anything well. Boner-Face round 2!?! decent career average - .287 he fills a need! im sure he will suck though and so will the Marlins. :whistle
April 1, 200917 yr Author This guy sucks. He doesn't do anything well. Boner-Face round 2!?! decent career average - .287 he fills a need! im sure he will suck though and so will the Marlins. :whistle Fine, but the .328 OBP isn't very impressive given that BA, and the OBP is much more important. Oddly, he has actually OPS'ed slightly higher against LHP for his career. Weird.
April 1, 200917 yr This guy sucks. He doesn't do anything well. Boner-Face round 2!?! decent career average - .287 he fills a need! im sure he will suck though and so will the Marlins. :whistle Fine, but the .328 OBP isn't very impressive given that BA, and the OBP is much more important. Oddly, he has actually OPS'ed slightly higher against LHP for his career. Weird. Yeah, weird wild stuff.
April 1, 200917 yr And this makes sense because....... This guy isnt going to be on the roster right????
April 1, 200917 yr And this makes sense because....... This guy isnt going to be on the roster right???? He is absolutely going to be on the roster. He'll be the 4th outfielder and probably start 2 days a week at 1B, shifting Cantu to 3B. It's really not a bad acquisition, but the price tag ($1.9 million) and whatever we traded could make this real bad real fast. We'll have to see. He can definitely hit a little bit even if he sucked last year.
April 1, 200917 yr Kinda remeber the name. Well i hope he performs well and we better not be paying that remaining salary of his.
April 1, 200917 yr Sheffield? Nah Jenkins? Nah Gload? WOOHOO World Series here we come baby! I guess he may serve a need tho its hardly an acquisition to get excited about.
April 1, 200917 yr And this makes sense because....... This guy isnt going to be on the roster right???? He is absolutely going to be on the roster. He'll be the 4th outfielder and probably start 2 days a week at 1B, shifting Cantu to 3B. It's really not a bad acquisition, but the price tag ($1.9 million) and whatever we traded could make this real bad real fast. We'll have to see. He can definitely hit a little bit even if he sucked last year. Thanks for clearing that up
April 1, 200917 yr holy crap, aren't you people tired of the knee jerk reactions yet? Every goddamn thread is people bitching, like losing Dallas, Andino, and trading for Gload is going to cost us the world series. It's hard to read this board sometimes. How about a little time to see what happens?
April 1, 200917 yr holy crap, aren't you people tired of the knee jerk reactions yet? Every goddamn thread is people bitching, like losing Dallas, Andino, and trading for Gload is going to cost us the world series. It's hard to read this board sometimes. How about a little time to see what happens? Are you kidding me? We have a chance to get Sheffield or Jenkins for the league minimum, and we already have McDallas... Why the hell would we need Gload? What's there to be excited about?
April 1, 200917 yr holy crap, aren't you people tired of the knee jerk reactions yet? Every goddamn thread is people bitching, like losing Dallas, Andino, and trading for Gload is going to cost us the world series. It's hard to read this board sometimes. How about a little time to see what happens? Are you kidding me? We have a chance to get Sheffield or Jenkins for the league minimum, and we already have McDallas... Why the hell would we need Gload? What's there to be excited about? we don't have dallas. we released him.
April 1, 200917 yr I'm not behind closed doors with the Marlins brass....but its hard to see with Gload's salary, age and abilities how he is a better fit than Jenkins.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.