Erick Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Who becomes the backup 1B in the (likely) case that Morse gets injured at some point this year? I'm guessing one of these two guys (Stanton/Yelich) see time at 1B this year, in this case, to get Ichiro as many AB's as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokersgoon Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 between those two i guess Yelly but if morse goes down i believe theyll turn to Bake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlins_09 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Bour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entendu Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I don't think they'll use either of them. If they do, I'm sure it will be Stanton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsLou Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I don't think they should or will move around the OF. I suspect they would try Dietrich, Baker vs LHP, maybe move Salty vs some RHP and call up Realmuto, Bour, etc., and if it is serious and contending and none of the above works, trade for a bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Teach Ichiro to play 1B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Bour Baker Dietrich and even Ichiro would play before they move either of the OFs to first. Also don't count out Brignac and/or Sizemore if they're still in the organization after Spring Training. I just think the organization doesn't wanna shake up our awesome outfield and would rather run the gamut of options first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollythewog Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Solano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dim Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I've always said I see Stanton moving to 1st base sometime in the near future to prolong his career and limit his chances of injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dietrich or Bour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 I don't think they should or will move around the OF. I suspect they would try Dietrich, Baker vs LHP, maybe move Salty vs some RHP and call up Realmuto, Bour, etc., and if it is serious and contending and none of the above works, trade for a bat. I'm thinking that they definitely want to give Ichiro AB's. The signing was, in part, a PR move. I think they're going to try and use him a lot more than the traditional 4th OF'er. If there's an injury, they're going to want to use him. They've already shown that they're not big Dietrich fans, and they've also shown in the past that they'd rather not platoon if they feel they can avoid it. If the 3 OF'ers stay healthy (which is hopefully the case) and they want to give Ichiro AB's as they've indicated, the obvious solution would be to have Stanton or Yelich play 1B occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Solano There's actually no doubt in my mind that they'd give Solano a chance at 1B before they give Dietrich a chance. Redmond has already mentioned Solano as a candidate to backup at 1B, but that was also before the team signed Ichiro... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dietrich or Bour This would probably make more sense if they platoon with Baker, but the Marlins have clearly shown that they don't care for platoons if they can avoid them. They already had Garrett Jones (which is, realistically, the type of production you're going to get from Dietrich/Bour), and they opted to sign someone else despite having Jones under contract. If Morse gets injured, I think they'd want to give Ichiro more AB's as opposed to these other alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dietrich or Bour This would probably make more sense if they platoon with Baker, but the Marlins have clearly shown that they don't care for platoons if they can avoid them. They already had Garrett Jones (which is, realistically, the type of production you're going to get from Dietrich/Bour), and they opted to sign someone else despite having Jones under contract. If Morse gets injured, I think they'd want to give Ichiro more AB's as opposed to these other alternatives. Well they're going to have to find Baker AB's so against LHP he should be the guy no matter what. It's anyone's guess after that but against RHP it SHOULD be Bour or Dietrich. I totally agree that might not be the reality, but it absolutely should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SongInTheAir Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Solano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Punisher Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Trade for Justin Morneau... Boom, make me GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 That'd be 100% pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 That'd be 100% pointless. After signing Morse, yes. Before that I would hardly say that's an original thought... Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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