December 16, 201411 yr Now that Morse is on the team, we look like this: C: Saltalacaca 1B: Morse 2B: Gordon SS: Trashavarria 3B: McRegression LF: Yelich CF: Brozuna RF: Monstarr 1: Harry and the Hendersons Alvarez 2: Mat "Lost a T" Latos 3: Jarred Cos <3 4: Nathan Eovaldi 5: Tom Koehler/Dan Haren LHP: Hand, McKinrahan Late Innings: Ramos, Capps, Dunn, Morris Middle Innings: Hand, Crow, Dyson Closer: Steven C. Sheck So...what's next? Do we trade/give away Garrett Jones? Do we still move Eovaldi if Haren decides to stay? Maybe a Eovaldi/Haren/Jones package to a West Coast team will help us restock a little bit of the farm? Although we likely wouldn't get much. Thoughts?
December 16, 201411 yr Wheres our closer? He couldn't think of a clever nickname which is odd since SHREK is the easiest one.
December 16, 201411 yr Author our bullpen is kind of scary (in a bad way). A lot of question marks there Love Capps and Cishek, after that...meh, meh, meh, and bad.
December 16, 201411 yr I don't see anything wrong with the bullpen. The only thing that's scary is our infield. If they exceed expectations, I expect playoffs. We do well in the playoffs.
December 16, 201411 yr Author I don't see anything wrong with the bullpen. The only thing that's scary is our infield. If they exceed expectations, I expect playoffs. We do well in the playoffs. Yeah, we only really upgraded at 1B as far as the infield. A regression-heavy Dee Gordon, a bottom 3 in baseball Adeiny Hechavarria, and a Real Casey McGehee in the rest of the dirt.
December 16, 201411 yr Yeah, we only really upgraded at 1B as far as the infield. A regression-heavy Dee Gordon, a bottom 3 in baseball Adeiny Hechavarria, and a Real Casey McGehee in the rest of the dirt. Come on SITA. We definitely upgraded 2b even though we got hosed on the trade. Dee is going to hit 75 triples in 2015
December 16, 201411 yr Author Come on SITA. We definitely upgraded 2b even though we got hosed on the trade. Dee is going to hit 75 triples in 2015 Infield triples? Because if the ball reaches the outfield Dee will make it all the way around to score every time. He will end up with more homeruns than Stanton.
December 16, 201411 yr Yeah, we only really upgraded at 1B as far as the infield. A regression-heavy Dee Gordon, a bottom 3 in baseball Adeiny Hechavarria, and a Real Casey McGehee in the rest of the dirt. Regardless of anyone's opinion on Dee Gordon, we definitely upgraded there too to be fair. Let's not forget who used to play there for us.
December 16, 201411 yr Author Regardless of anyone's opinion on Dee Gordon, we definitely upgraded there too to be fair. Let's not forget who used to play there for us. Yeah, we definitely upgraded at the very very least in terms of baserunning. These Steamer projections for 2015 scare me though: Dee Gordon: .261/.313/.341, 83 WRC+ Donovan Solano: .253/.303/.338, 79 WRC+ Derek Dietrich: .243/.302/.402, 96 WRC+
December 16, 201411 yr Yeah, we definitely upgraded at the very very least in terms of baserunning. These Steamer projections for 2015 scare me though: Dee Gordon: .261/.313/.341, 83 WRC+ Donovan Solano: .253/.303/.338, 79 WRC+ Derek Dietrich: .243/.302/.402, 96 WRC+ They are just projections though. Curious what ZiPs thinks. (I still hate the trade, but am living with it)... Maybe brett butler can work his magic and turn dee into brett butler jr. Most importantly, we never have to see solano or adeiny at the top of the order again
December 16, 201411 yr I wish we could've taken Morneau, that would've immediately put us on the map Morneau was too costly
December 16, 201411 yr Maybe brett butler can work his magic and turn dee into brett butler jr. But Dee Gordon is black.
December 16, 201411 yr I wish we could've taken Morneau, that would've immediately put us on the map They wanted Cosart or Alvarez for him, that wouldn't improve the team overall
December 16, 201411 yr They wanted Cosart or Alvarez for him, that wouldn't improve the team overall Exactly. I think I'd rather have Morse anyway
December 16, 201411 yr Author So here's my thing: Dee Gordon is infinitely more talented than our other 2B options. It's just a matter of whether or not he'll be able to put it together for a whole season as pitchers start to realize that, despite his lack of power, he's a relatively free swinger. Also, Michael Morse and Justin Morneau are essentially equal in that we would have made our pitching worse by acquiring Morneau. The difference between Morse and Morneau is not worth a Cosart or an Alvarez.
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