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  1. ashbury
    Then do not trade AK for Goldschmidt. Bad enough we need him to gather in the wide throws from Julien at 2B, now we'll be expecting someone to deal with occasional three-hoppers from 3B.
  2. ashbury
    You don't have to have more arm to play 3B than SS, but you don't really want to have less either. Unlike some players' moves off of SS, Polanco's mark against him was the arm. Even at 2B he sometimes makes throws that look baffling and seem like he's straining. Unfortunately I don't envision Julien's game being impressive at 3B either. To say the least. I don't see how Julien and Polanco coexist on a roster, except on a team that can commit to DH for one, and I think Polanco's defense is better than Julien's and it's a shame to relegate a young'un to DH. Probably they can work with Julien to raise his defense from "adequate" to "below average" at 2B. So, concur with trading Polanco if we can. Having him play 2B during rehab in the minors to demonstrate that he's back will have to suffice. And I hate to trade Jorge. He's one of my favorites. Those laser-beam eyes when he's at bat.....
  3. ashbury
    Agreed. The article also gave short shrift to Kirilloff's defense at first base. I hadn't had much chance to see his play until recently, but if Eddie Julien is going to play a lot at second base, I want Alex there at first to save him from as many errors as humanly possible. He saved at least two that I noticed in the past few games, one last night, that I didn't see how was possible without wrenching his back or otherwise hurting himself. Goldie's defense isn't his calling card and I doubt those plays would have been made, likewise with our other 1B candidates. Defense at 1B is of course never a deciding factor, but it should not be summarily dismissed either.
  4. ashbury
    Apparently trading for Goldschmidt will make Austin Martin a major league caliber player by October. Lot of other wishful thinking going on in this analysis. I'm not trading away young pitching for a year and a half of Goldschmidt. I'm not trading Kirilloff even-up for Goldschmidt. The former stands to hit as well as the latter, with better fielding, for less money, for a longer stay. Goldie is a proven major league hitter, and then some, but the economics are all against. This deal is a non-starter IMO.
  5. ashbury
    Can include an opt out.
  6. ashbury
    Might as well just give him the guaranteed fourth year, then.
  7. ashbury
    Yyes.
  8. ashbury
    Great to see our team tough it out for a win that certainly could have gone the other way.
  9. ashbury
    Aarithmetic?
  10. ashbury
    Yeah, a lack of foresight by Duran. What a bush leaguer.
  11. ashbury
    And he's a cartoon character.
  12. ashbury
    And a gorgeous pitch sequence for the third out.
  13. ashbury
    What a beautiful pitch for that first out (finally!).
  14. ashbury
    No. / edit - yep, ninja'd
  15. ashbury
    What the deucing deuce.
  16. ashbury
    Segunda base.
  17. ashbury
    Does Kirilloff still get to wear that funny yellow hat?
  18. ashbury
    It's even better in the original French.
  19. ashbury
    Emilio turned into a major league pitcher so gradually we didn't even notice.
  20. ashbury
    Jubilation and invective and derisive laughter. In some order.
  21. ashbury
    We''re back to Bad Carlos tonight.
  22. ashbury
    Rocco's pinch-hitting strategy comes through!
  23. ashbury
    Solano in for Gallo. The People's Choice here in this situation.
  24. ashbury
    Farmer for a sac fly?
  25. ashbury
    The knee bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the ankle bone. So I basically had it right.
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