June 1, 201214 yr Coghlan, Gaby, Dominguez, and Skipworth for Youk!!!!11!1one /Mb.com logic And then on their boards? Youkilis and a payroll player dump for Hanley, Stanton, and Steve Cishek. After all, they have godly rights to the player they drafted, Mike Stanton is really good, and they hear that guy Steve Cishek is pitching really good. And they want all of it.
June 1, 201214 yr Coghlan, Gaby, Dominguez, and Skipworth for Youk!!!!11!1one /Mb.com logic That's every fanbase logic on the internet. Go look at comments on any "on the block" post on MLBTR. Especially if they involve the Red Sox or Yankees.
June 1, 201214 yr Alex Sanabia and Bryan Petersen would be enough to get the job done. The Red Sox need pitching and Sanabia is pitching really well in AAA right now.
June 1, 201214 yr Throw in Donnie Murphy and they cannot resist. Throw in Donovan Solano and maybe we can get Middlebrooks and Adrian Gonzalez, too.
June 2, 201214 yr Trade? Who do we send? Lol We'll just send them a bunch of no name prospects and Gaby and they'll be sure to accept. At least that's what many here seem to believe. If the FO had taken the draft more seriously we wouldn't be in this position. The blame seems to always change, but who is it ? Loria for not spending money on a 1st class scouting department ? Beinfest for making poor choices ? Hill for whatever it is he does ? (it seems that Beinfest still is the acting GM no matter what title he and Hill have) Whoever is to blame, it's going to cost Loria in free agency until something is done to correct it. Why is it that Tampa Bay, Kansas City, etc, can have LOADED farm systems and the Marlins have next to nothing ? I won't take the "we brought everyone up last year" excuse.....that doesn't fly. Most of this team has been built on free agency & trades, not home grown talent. Loria will have to continue to overpay for players until he makes the necessary changes and gets better scouting. I find it confounding that more on this board haven't talked about this. The Marlins could have been light years ahead of where they are, if only they had been making wiser choices in aquiring talent. Buehrle should never have happened, had just one of Beinfest's 1st round flops in 2005 worked out. He had five 1st round picks that year, and spent every single one of them on a pitcher, and not one is on this team. None are even in the Marlins minor league system IIRC. That is inexcusable. So who's fault is it ? Loria for not spending money on scouting or Beinfest no being able to be the man we need on draft day ? Looking at Beinfest's drafts is not pretty. 2003 was just about a complete washout. Only Logan Kensing and Jai Millar saw playing time. In the 2004 draft the only player that has ever made an impact in the majors was Vargas, who of course we traded away (for Lindstrom & Owens). 2005 was the infamous 5 first round busts. 2006 gave us Coghlan, Cousins and Sanabia, who in the end have had little lasting affect on the team, and have little to no trade value. 2007 was his best draft to date, with Stanton, Petersen & Cishek, but another flop in the 1st round with Matt Dominguez. 2008 is another unremarkable draft. 2009, 2010 & 2011 of course are to yet be determined, but still, c'mon that is pretty crappy. And make no mistake, Mr. Loria paid for that this off-season. Again, who is to blame ? Loria or Beinfest ? EDIT : I think West is in our system, but not sure.
June 2, 201214 yr ^If we felt like trading for Kevin Youkilis, we certainly have the prospects to acquire him.
June 2, 201214 yr I rarely skip entire posts, but I could just see where that one was headed. You stopped after reading the username, right?
June 2, 201214 yr Why is it that Tampa Bay, Kansas City, etc, can have LOADED farm systems and the Marlins have next to nothing? Because they have drafted in the top 5 for most of the last decade. I guarantee the Rays farm system isn't going to look great in a year or two.
June 2, 201214 yr They need an outfielder, preferably a younger CF they can hold on for a few years. Not Kevin Youkilis.
June 2, 201214 yr I rarely skip entire posts, but I could just see where that one was headed. You stopped after reading the username, right? Lol. I actually read the first few sentences, but once I saw the scouting rant again, I gave up.
June 2, 201214 yr It's starts out a little different each time, but by the 2nd paragraph it's as predictable as a John Buck at bat.
June 3, 201214 yr Lomo is a well below average defensive Left Fielder, I would rather never see him out there ever again.
June 3, 201214 yr Can Youk play C? Can we adopt the DH? We don't really need him, or Morneau. The fish need to stick LoMo at 1B permanently and figure out where to send Gaby for a OF. Maybe Gaby to SD for Blanks (he's injured, I know) or for Carlos Quinton as a rental. Hate to see gaby go, but if anyone goes I'd rather Lomo stay put. If only LoMo wasn't so dreadful in LF.
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