October 12, 201213 yr I was thinking about this while watching the ALDS tonight. Why in the world did we part ways with some of these lesser known players who ended up being pretty damn good in their new homes? I'm not talking about the obvious overly espensive guys (Cabrera, Willis, Beckett, uggla) i mean guys who we barely gave a chance in the big leagues. The first two names that came to mind were: Robert Andino Alejandro de Aza Any others you can think of? I'm sure I'm missing a crapload of these types of players but I am a little tipsy so my memory isn't the best right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
October 12, 201213 yr I was thinking about this while watching the ALDS tonight. Why in the world did we part ways with some of these lesser known players who ended up being pretty damn good in their new homes? I'm not talking about the obvious overly espensive guys (Cabrera, Willis, Beckett, uggla) i mean guys who we barely gave a chance in the big leagues. The first two names that came to mind were: Robert Andino Alejandro de Aza Any others you can think of? I'm sure I'm missing a crapload of these types of players but I am a little tipsy so my memory isn't the best right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Andino- Hanley, Uggla, Amezega, Bonifacio, Coghlan. De Aza- didn't know how to stay healthy, Maybin, Stanton, Morrion, Willingham?
October 12, 201213 yr Yeah. I was at the Spring Training game in 08 when he collided with whoever was in left [it wasn't Willingham] and had some ankle injury after that. Ish happens.
October 12, 201213 yr How is Andino "one that got away?" :lol I wouldn't even want him if he were available.
October 12, 201213 yr The guy we really missed out on was Jeremy Hermida. The real one, not the guy we had play RF for us for 4.5 years.
October 12, 201213 yr The only one that I really agree about is De Aza and we've discussed him before, I thought he looked pretty good in his brief stint his last year here but that was after two injury plagued seasons where he had really been lucky to even earn a shot in the first place. Clearly the organziation wrote him out of their plans a year before they cut him loose for nothing. Teams tire on giving players chance after chance with no payoff and that's what happened with De Aza. These guys are good change of scenery/buy low prospects and it worked out for the other team.
October 12, 201213 yr Renyel Pinto. Pinto was a legal liability. He had such poor control that he was bound to hit some poor fellow in the head. And the sad thing is, that person wouldn't even have to be near home plate, because Pinto never was.
October 12, 201213 yr Reggie Ambercrombie. That monster could mash. You should see him attack the concrete slabs he has to break every day.
October 12, 201213 yr ANDINOOOOOOOOOOO *looks at stats over last few seasons* meh, I'd still take him over Hayden Penn.
October 12, 201213 yr meh, I'd still take him over Hayden Penn. But would you take him over Hayden Panettiere?
October 12, 201213 yr I don't know. Does Mike Lowell count? Probably not. Ummm......Braden Looper? No....no.... f***, I don't know. Andino sucks.
October 12, 201213 yr Adrian Gonzalez. But getting rid of him helped us get a title so it's all good.
October 12, 201213 yr Robert Andino > Adrian Gonzalez, though. Intangibles. Orioles not expected to win. Andino is a winner. Red Sox...failure. Dodgers...failure. What did those two have in common this year? ADRIAN GONZALEZ. Although, to be fair, the Dodgers part wasn't entirely Gonzalez fault because he got clubhouse cancer from Hanley.
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