SP, C, and 2B options

dballislife · Post #1 » by **dballislife** » Sun Sep 1, 2013 12:30 am

Who will we be looking at this offseason? FA pitching looks weak unless we really open up pockets for tanaka or garza...some solid options at C in mccann, aj and saltalamachia...would not mind throwing 30mill at cano lol, that would probably give use best offense in baseball...looks like AA might need to go trade route but we dont got many moveable pieces, AA in for tough winter it looks, unless we spend and it looks like we got no choices but to spend

hyper316 · Post #2 » by **hyper316** » Sun Sep 1, 2013 1:13 am

cano is not leaving NY, yankees will pay up

Absolutely need to get rid of JPA, he is not only useless in offense, but terrible on defense. Questionable on calling games, too.

Wo1verine · Post #3 » by **Wo1verine** » Sun Sep 1, 2013 2:08 am

Yeah, it will be tough to improve without spending more money this winter.

We don't have the prospects we did a year ago and we should probably keep w/e good remaining ones we have left as this is probably only a 2-year winning window.

Lateral Quicks · Post #4 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Sep 1, 2013 3:05 am

What's wrong with Richmond, Thole, and Goins?

QED.

The_Hater · Post #5 » by **The_Hater** » Sun Sep 1, 2013 2:34 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:What's wrong with Richmond, Thole, and Goins?

QED.

And I was thinking what's wrong with Wang, Arencebia and Izturis?

Ado05 · Post #6 » by **Ado05** » Mon Sep 2, 2013 2:13 am

Whats McCann defense like? I heard it wasnt too great.

akakalakin · Post #7 » by **akakalakin** » Mon Sep 2, 2013 3:45 pm

Adrian_05 wrote:Whats McCann defense like? I heard it wasnt too great.

negative aspects will only be talked about after a player is acquired, you didn't get the memo?

BigLeagueChew · Post #8 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Mon Sep 2, 2013 8:50 pm

He's better than Arencibia and has a career OBP of .350.

Post #9 » by **Duffman100** » Mon Sep 2, 2013 9:31 pm

How about Brian Dozier for 2B? Starting to really heat up for the Twins.

.244/.311/.426 .727 OPS 3.7 WAR

Unproven and could be playing for a contract, but he'd be an interesting cheaper option.

MikeM · Post #10 » by **MikeM** » Tue Sep 3, 2013 4:33 pm

I like Dozier, but is he a FA?

The other notable SS/2B options are Drew and Infante really.

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Tue Sep 3, 2013 5:07 pm

Duffman100 wrote:How about Brian Dozier for 2B? Starting to really heat up for the Twins.

.244/.311/.426 .727 OPS 3.7 WAR

Unproven and could be playing for a contract, but he'd be an interesting cheaper option.

Dozier isn't even arb-eligible until 2016 at the earliest (and thus will earn ~$500k in each of the next two years), so he'd cost quite a bit to acquire. Minny likes their pre-arb players.

Post #12 » by **Duffman100** » Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:34 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
Duffman100 wrote:How about Brian Dozier for 2B? Starting to really heat up for the Twins.

.244/.311/.426 .727 OPS 3.7 WAR

Unproven and could be playing for a contract, but he'd be an interesting cheaper option.

Dozier isn't even arb-eligible until 2016 at the earliest (and thus will earn ~$500k in each of the next two years), so he'd cost quite a bit to acquire. Minny likes their pre-arb players.

Oh yeah, didn't know that.

Where do you go to find out contract details for baseball?

kwamebargnani · Post #13 » by **kwamebargnani** » Wed Sep 4, 2013 4:26 am

Duffman100 wrote:
Schadenfreude wrote:
Duffman100 wrote:How about Brian Dozier for 2B? Starting to really heat up for the Twins.

.244/.311/.426 .727 OPS 3.7 WAR

Unproven and could be playing for a contract, but he'd be an interesting cheaper option.

Dozier isn't even arb-eligible until 2016 at the earliest (and thus will earn ~$500k in each of the next two years), so he'd cost quite a bit to acquire. Minny likes their pre-arb players.

Oh yeah, didn't know that.

Where do you go to find out contract details for baseball?

baseball ref has contract info for every player on each one's page.

Post #14 » by **Schad** » Wed Sep 4, 2013 8:46 pm

Yeah, Baseball Reference uses the numbers from Cot's Contracts; the latter is more detailed, so if you ever wanted to know how many season tickets/suites A-Rod is eligible to purchase with his contract, that's your source.

Mehar · Post #15 » by **Mehar** » Fri Sep 6, 2013 1:05 am

I read a couple of days ago that the Braves will not have the money to likely keep Mccann. To me getting a solid catcher should be a top priority right up there with getting a solid starter. Hopefully the Jays can get in the running and sign him, since he would be a solid upgrade over JPA. The Jays should also make a play for Matt Garza as well. At the end of the day, it all depends on how much money AA has to play with. From everything i have heard- Rogers will keep the payroll the same for next year, with no major increase or decrease. If that is the case, i do not see AA getting in a major bidding war and the holes need to be addressed by trade. With fewer prospects to deal, maybe the time has come for the Jays to entertain a Bautista trade. I think Bautista should be dangled this offseason frankly since there are no other real assets that would fetch as much.

dballislife · Post #16 » by **dballislife** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:00 pm

cano and tanaka, dream off season

Post #17 » by **Schad** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:05 pm

It's a dream, alright.

kingcns187 · Post #18 » by **kingcns187** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:44 pm

dballislife wrote:cano and tanaka, dream off season

I would do Cano for Bautista. We can always plug sierra at RF. Ichiro is aging and bautista would be an upgrade for the yanks, Cano helps on infield and keeps the dominican vibe alive on our team

Post #19 » by **Schad** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:36 pm

Sierra has had a solid 61 plate appearance sample, but we're talking about a guy who has been a below-average hitter for right field throughout most of his minor league career (save a season in the PCL, which is the PCL). He's not someone we can really rely on for even below-average major league production next year.

Relentless88 · Post #20 » by **Relentless88** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:42 pm

I just looked at Bonifacio's stats with KC so far...

2nd base must be cursed in Toronto.