OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:35 pm
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Re: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:42 pm
So the Rays have re-united half of our infield from last year. Ship Lind there to make it 3/4?
Re: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:48 pm
Does this mean Zobrist is available? 
Re: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:55 pm
Relentless88 wrote:Does this mean Zobrist is available?
Nope. He's in RF.
Zobrist has 3 years left on one of bests contract in all of baseball, the Rays won't be moving him anytime soon.
Re: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:54 pm
RyderMike wrote:So the Rays have re-united half of our infield from last year. Ship Lind there to make it 3/4?
The Tampa Bay Jays! Escobar and Johnson are decent players, but we also know their weaknesses. Going to be interesting going against them this season
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:39 pm
From what I can tell Jose Molina is still with them, so the former jay's club is even bigger.
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:22 pm
Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa.
Johnson and Escobar just wont stay away from each other
Johnson and Escobar just wont stay away from each other
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:47 pm
At the end of the day, that's not a bad, cheap middle infield. I would imagine they might platoon KJ with Zobrist (when he's not in RF) which would make him far more valuable. He was a monster is 2010 and a pretty solid player with the Braves prior to that. It's not out of the question that he could bounce back.
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:17 pm
Escobar now has the chance to maybe see this again
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:47 am
i'd anticipate we'd see more of this..
yunel and kj played a season together in Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa. They are a packaged deal.
yunel and kj played a season together in Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa. They are a packaged deal.
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:50 am
Damn the Rays, another smart signing. Always finding ways to maximize value for cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if KJ had a bounce back season if healthy at all. You always know he's good for the walks, anyway.
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:56 pm
Redeemer wrote:yunel and kj played a season together in Atlanta, Toronto and now Tampa. They are a packaged deal.
It shows. Their chemistry in turning the double play was impressive.
Re: OT: Kelly Johnson signs with Rays
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:37 pm
Randle McMurphy wrote:Damn the Rays, another smart signing. Always finding ways to maximize value for cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if KJ had a bounce back season if healthy at all. You always know he's good for the walks, anyway.
It's possible he could have a bounce back season, but I would be surprised.
His sky rocketing K% and his plummeting contact % over the past three seasons is pretty telling of what to expect.
The guy has been missing on a lot of swings over the past couple of years and it's trending downward.