The second base fiasco.
Kennedy isn’t cutting it. Besides, he almost killed our superstar at first base. That alone puts him on a ticket out of town. Adam Kennedy doesn’t have any extra base hits so there is NO power in his bat. The defense is erratic. Cut our losses and let him go.
Aaron Miles is a player I like. But i like him for his ability to fill in and play from time to time. I don’t sense he is an everyday player. So with Miles, retain him to sub.
Hoffpauir is in the Triple A and most likely doesn’t have the experience or ability to sustain a season in the BIGS. He will someday be able to everyday it.
So what do we do?
Trade. But for whom? Who do we give up? I am not here to play the gme I did in grade school and junior high where I name a player and we make a trade. I am not privvy to inside facts to know if a deal can be made.
Who do I want to see us get? Somehow my choices are Brian Roberts, Eric Patterson or Dan Uggla.
Roberts makes the most sense for us but the payment may be too high. Patterson is a Cub so that deal is probably nil. Uggla’s bigget rap is he K’s too much.
Got a second base player you want? Let me know.
By: motle on Apr 16th, 2008
Tagged as: GM Suggestions
I agree about Roberts. As much as you, me and Tony like the guy, the price is probably way too much.
I’d like to see Hoffpauir as soon as possible but I’m sure my views don’t line up with Tony. He’ll wait until Kennedy becomes a complete liability before giving the job to Miles.
The Hoff will have to hit .400 to force Tony to take a look before at least July.
I’ve always thought Roberts was a bit overrated, but depending on what we had to give up for him, that’d probably be the best move.
Besides, that has the double impact of keeping him away from the Cubs. And that’s never a bad thing!
I think we should go after Brandon Inge. The guy is versitale. He plays 3B, CF and catcher. Anyone can play second base if you can play those positions. He can also hit.
I was also mulling a transition for Barton to second base. That way we get him in the lineup everyday.
If you look at the defensive spectrum, you wouldn’t necessarily expect someone to move from 3B to 2B. Could happen, I guess, but I think we’d come to regret the fielding.
I have to disagree. 2B is the easiest position on the field. If he can handle the reaction time at 3B just fine and be a catcher and a center fielder, then playing second would be like moving from two wheels to training wheels.
This is Derrick Goold in his PostCards bit on the P-D website:
“This question allows me to pull out one of my favorite little diagrams from the dawning of sabermetrics. The defensive spectrum, as defined by Bill James:
[ - - 1B - LF - RF - 3B - CF - 2B - SS - C - - ]
with the basic premise being that positions at the right end of
the spectrum are more difficult than the positions at the left
end of the spectrum. Players can generally move from right
to left along the specturm successfully during their careers.”
So we might both be right. Per that, second is easier than catcher, but it’s harder than 3B, especially as you get older.
I still don’t think he’d be up for turning the DP. I don’t think the reaction time would be an issue–he could handle the grounders, etc. But the DP might be a different story.
Do you think there’s any way we could convert one of our speedy OF’ers to an infield spot? Maybe someone like Schu or Barton? We don’t have enough spots for all of our productive OF’ers right now but our IF isn’t hitting. Would be interesting to see if we could fix that.