NEWS/RUMORS Thread

I agree but Howie is a stop gap that is going to play everyday and Alex has to be on the active roster. MAYBE if we can rid ourselves of Dre he'll be able to get that chance.

 

Guerrero was Ned's solution for 2B. Friedman's already said he'd be open to talking an extension with Kendrick at some point.

 

Guerrero in the outfield would be intriguing.

 

You can't tell me we traded a top 25 MLB prospect for a stop gap. No how no way.

 

Considering we are getting a pick for Hanleycapped and that we attained players to help load the system, yes. That was part of the FO plan.

 

not a chance, Kouf. Friedman tried to get Kendrick to Tampa multiple times in the past, so he's truly a fan of his game. he's obviously one of the elite 2B in the game, a proven righty/middle of the order run producer and it's not like he's 35yrs old, so it's easy to see why Friedman said he'd be open to talking extension with Kendrick at some point.

i could see Kendrick getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 4yrs/65M with us..maybe a slight overpay, maybe not. maybe even give him a little more money to avoid adding a 5th year. we've gotta be rock solid up the middle with our pitching and he helps big time in that regard.

really the only for sure stop gap out there this year is probably gonna be Uribe. kinda going off on a tangent at the end here, but hopefully we sign Yoan Moncada and he teams with Seager on the left side in a few years.

 

looking to move both Ethier and Crawford?

i think the Heisey trade may have killed Guerrero's outfield dreams with us.

 

• Despite making offensive upgrades, there are plenty more moves for the Padres to make, writes Dennis Lin of U-T San Diego. San Diego has some obvious weaknesses and Lin figures they’ll make at least two more moves. The Padres need left-handed hitting and a leadoff bat and a new face at first base would probably make sense. The Padres could also look seek out another starter and search for something more stable than the shortstop duo of Alexi Amarista and Clint Barnes.

Hey Padres do you want Dre? He can play 1st and he's left handed.

 

that makes no fuckin sense

 

Remember a lot of these guys are trained in economics and they are great value added acquisitions and in that context great moves. A lot of the new wave of GM's are not just trying to win more games but to raise financial value of the organizations parts. Folks focus on regional network cable contracts but there is also selling tickets and local TV contracts. Raise revenues in 2015 and you have more in future years. Over the next four years our two injury prone acquisitions could easily combined have more quality starts than adding a Scherzer if for no other reason than Scherzer could also go on the DL. As with investing previous performance is no guarantee of future results. Already having the highest home and road attendance gives you flexibility. On the other hand San Diego is in the 4th year of their new media contract. The first two years Fox and TW feuded and just like us a number of fans couldn't see their games. Last year they could and their viewership was a big thud. They got more for their local contract and viewers saw a dud. Thus they needed names with a more immediate value and even just one year of Upton and a draft pick gives him a higher value to the Padres. They are trained economist, finance and data guru's.

 

Like Patton read Rommel's book on tank warfare, Al-Zaidi read Yogi's book...hopefully, he's as successful as George was.
Even Steinbrenner.

 

http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/104792060/bernie-pleskoffs-picks-top-10-prospects

 

Seager is too green to be known as solid or not
Joc I love on D but strikes out waaaaay too much in the minors so I 'm guessing big league pitchers will eat him alive
and Puig...
Well Puig needs to step it up big time and get back to hitting .340 with power

 

Or someone like Uribe can be deprived of a pregame meal thus driving him to eat his ear.

 

I dunno about you but no way in hell I'm getting in the way of fat Uribe and his meal... somebodies gonna lose an arm with taco sauce... just saying... and I've thrown my share of hate at fat Uribe but he still plays mad D and hits big in the clutch... so I'm staying away from his pregame meals

 

Points well made Doyer, and no in my view I'm not asking too much of him.

I am a huge Puig fan because his raw tools are some of the best in the game. OK asking that he hit .340 is a tall order we agree. Of course Puig DID hit .340+ for a prolonged period and, until someone (Kemp?) got in his head, it looked like he could continue at that pace indefinitely. He has extremely good hand eye, crazy fast wrists, power to spare and it's just a matter of him not getting rattled if he wants to hit north of .320 any time he decides.

By all accounts Puig had two seasons and at the end his stretch of 7K's per every 10 AB's was his undoing, swinging wildly and causing him to miss out on even a .300 season. OK asking for a .340 might be a stretch but he's easily capable of a .320 pace. The kid is a natural hitter. He CAN do it.

And ridding the clubhouse of cancerous growths will only help him.