August 10, 201214 yr He's left field. We still don't have a center fielder (Bonifacio will be at 2B). Bourn/Cabrera/Upton are still in discussion even with Ruggiano starting.
August 10, 201214 yr Who needs Bourn/melky/etc. next year is all I'm saying Who did you think the three outfielders were for next season? Ruggiano, Stanton, and who else?
August 10, 201214 yr Author I came up with the name parmigiano ruggiano and was promptly ripped off by eno sarris of fangraphs. Bullocks.
August 10, 201214 yr Author Who needs Bourn/melky/etc. next year is all I'm saying Who did you think the three outfielders were for next season? Ruggiano, Stanton, and who else? Knowing our FO they'll convert a catcher or something
August 10, 201214 yr Pardon my ignorance, since I gave up watching most of the games in June, but what is the reason for Ruggiano's success. He's 30 and had zero success before in the majors. I just figured his high batting average was a fluke and that he would regress back to a sub 300 hitter. The boards seem to have faith in him, so what do you think are the prospects that his performance this year is legit and repeatable in future years?
August 10, 201214 yr Sometimes guys are not given a legitimate shot due to preconceptions about their game. If Uggla was not a Rule V draft by the Marlins he may have been even older before a legit chance. Some other team might have let him go back to Arizona after his sh*tty April.
August 10, 201214 yr Author Ruggiano was trapped in the rays system which was flush with OF talent so he never got a chance
August 10, 201214 yr I keep waiting for him to regress and stop hitting well, but he hasn't yet. Keep him in LF and put Lomo at 1B next year. Go for BJ Upton in the offseason for CF.
August 10, 201214 yr Carlos Lee wants to come back, we're going to keep LoMo out in left. Not if you can get melky. Would love to have lee on the bench though which I doubt he would do.
August 10, 201214 yr I don't want a Jason Werth type signing. The money going to Melky will be insane, and he won't perform like he has been. No thanks!
August 10, 201214 yr I thought Ruggiano played some great defense in CF. He had one of the top defensive plays of the year in CF. He has good range. I think he's much better than experiments like Coghlan and he's better than Cody Ross. I say leave him in CF, unless you sign a guy like Upton who I'd prefer a million times over Lee, and play Ruggiano in LF, Upton in CF and LoMo at 1B. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/19409794/gif-justin-ruggianos-amazing-catch
August 10, 201214 yr I thought Ruggiano played some great defense in CF. He had one of the top defensive plays of the year in CF. He has good range. I think he's much better than experiments like Coghlan and he's better than Cody Ross. I say leave him in CF, unless you sign a guy like Upton who I'd prefer a million times over Lee, and play Ruggiano in LF, Upton in CF and LoMo at 1B. http://www.cbssports...s-amazing-catch I'm not drinking the Upton kool-aid. The grass is always greener as they say. It's that same mentality that got the Marlins into the mess they are in now. They see other players from a distance on other teams and drool on them and then sign them to these fat contracts. You have to have a deeper thought proccess than that when you're building a major league baseball team. I'm just saying.
August 10, 201214 yr Players like Upton require a mentor - without veteran leadership, they veer off. See Ramirez, H and Cabrera, M.
August 10, 201214 yr Players like Upton require a mentor - without veteran leadership, they veer off. See Ramirez, H and Cabrera, M. Yeah Cabrera f***ing sucks. And the mentor argument is terrible IMO. You give kids a ton of money that grew up with a severe disadvantage and character flaws and they are going to do dumb sh*t at a high rate. Hanley fell apart because Miguel wasn't a better big brother.
August 10, 201214 yr Pardon my ignorance, since I gave up watching most of the games in June, but what is the reason for Ruggiano's success. He's 30 and had zero success before in the majors. I just figured his high batting average was a fluke and that he would regress back to a sub 300 hitter. The boards seem to have faith in him, so what do you think are the prospects that his performance this year is legit and repeatable in future years? I don't think that he's going to be a 1.000+ OPS hitter, but I think he's far from a fluke. His minor league numbers are pretty solid--he's hit at pretty much every level. He just never really got a shot to play in the majors. I think he's capable of .800+ OPS offense and above average defense. In that respect, I'd say he's for real.
August 10, 201214 yr Well, if you don't give him a shot, then there's just yet another hole in the outfield. He's also cheap. Why not?
August 10, 201214 yr Players like Upton require a mentor - without veteran leadership, they veer off. See Ramirez, H and Cabrera, M. Yeah Cabrera f***ing sucks. And the mentor argument is terrible IMO. You give kids a ton of money that grew up with a severe disadvantage and character flaws and they are going to do dumb sh*t at a high rate. We need more Wes Helmses
August 10, 201214 yr Players like Upton require a mentor - without veteran leadership, they veer off. See Ramirez, H and Cabrera, M. Yeah Cabrera f***ing sucks. And the mentor argument is terrible IMO. You give kids a ton of money that grew up with a severe disadvantage and character flaws and they are going to do dumb sh*t at a high rate. We need more Wes Helmses Wes Helms was such a positive mentor for Logan Morrison, right? :lol
August 10, 201214 yr Pardon my ignorance, since I gave up watching most of the games in June, but what is the reason for Ruggiano's success. He's 30 and had zero success before in the majors. I just figured his high batting average was a fluke and that he would regress back to a sub 300 hitter. The boards seem to have faith in him, so what do you think are the prospects that his performance this year is legit and repeatable in future years? Some of the board didn't have faith said he was too much of a pull hitter, so much for that. *Knock on wood*
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