Frankly, it's been THE question since we put Burnett and Teixiera into our shopping cart and proceeded to checkout.
The Gammonites won't focus on it this early in the spring, because basically, it's a being a shithead, and why dwell on bad things to players who might someday seek to write a tell-all books with you? But everybody knows it: Somebody gotta go. We can't roll them all back to Scranton, unless we want Brett Tomko leading Charleston against the Savannah Sand Gnats. And let's dispense with the fifth-grader fantasy GM call-in-show bit: "Ya' think Toronto'd give us Roy Halladay for Melky, Igawa, Cody Ransom, Jason Johnson, Juan Miranda, that Berroa guy and cash?"
Way I seez it, we got three itches to scratch:
1. We need a reincarnation of Matt Nokes. Yep, a third-string catcher-lugnut who can smack 20 HRs, block balls in the dirt and clean house in a brawl. Molina can throw out baserunners. This guy would be our third C, our fourth 1B, and our fifth DH. We need three Cs. We'll walk on eggshells all season with Jorge.
2. We need a reincarnation of Luis Sojo. It might be Cody Ransom, though he seems more the second coming of Clay Bellinger. But when we spell Jeet and Robbie, it would be nice to have an absolutely dazzling glove out there. (I really do like Ransom, but he is a viable SS?)
3. We need a ugly guy for the bullpen. With Bruney now an S.I. supermodel and Briton in prison for devouring the entire city of San Diego, who is the pug-ugly, tomato-faced, porkchop-joweled Halloween goon who waddles his fat ass out in the 7th and scares the little millionaire children in the front rows? These 24-year-olds -- David Robertson, Humberto, Melancon -- might throw hard, but we could use a David Weathers, and el Guapo, a Jack Nicholson as serial killer type.
Sidney Ponson of the Netherlands... would you like to become a Disney terror ride bridge to Mariano?
If Cashman gets involved in any blockbuster trades it will centerpiece with Cano or Wang. Any of the prospects are up for grabs although I dont think they would trade Brackman or Montero. Unless everything people say about them is wrong.
ReplyDeleteI dont see how we wouldnt get involved when the Twins put Joe Mauer up on the block. If Mauer were available today they would give them anyone for him except for Joba.
Halladay and Hanley I could see us taking a pass on. Halladay as a FA and we give him as much money as he wants. Halladay as a trade is a little to expensive for a club like ours. Just like Santana. The prospects we get that could be used in a Halladay trade are alot harder for us to get then other teams. Halladay could wipe out our farm system for only a year or two of good pitching.
Hanley I just dont like. Hes not a good SS and wont last in that position very long. Hes just a bat. We have a SS prospect I like that is far away and should try making some prospect trades and see if we get lucky with some guys coming out of the farm.
We dont need a CF with A-Jax coming up. He gets a few years and if he turns out to suck BJ Upton is saving himself for FA so we can just grab him in 2012.
We need to just continue to stockpile pitching prospects and develop what we can. If we were to get someone like Mauer and were able to trade our good catching prospects for a pitching prospect like David Price, or Stephen Strasburg it would amazing. Both of whom I really want along with that douchebag Gerrit Cole.
gerrit cole is a douchebag.
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I agree we need an ugly guy in the pen. Someone whose body is Colter Bean-ish but with the face of that guy Vucovich. (sp?)
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