Comments on: Q&A Thread

By: Bretticus

Bretticus — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:36:32 +0000

I’ll take a crack at this…

Dave, Jason Churchill mentioned the Mariners might have interest in Brad Hawpe. For his career he hits almost as well away from Coors (.855 OPS) as he does at Coors (.873 OPS)…I know those are basic stats, but do you think Hawpe would be a good fit for the Mariners? And what do you think it would cost to acquire him?

Thanks Dave.

By: Thom Jimsen

Thom Jimsen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:16:24 +0000

Dave, how do you assess the Twins/Rays trade?

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:22:18 +0000

180: Tee-hee!

Actually, I think “Kuroda” was also the name of a Toyota model from the late ’60’s…

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:27:55 +0000

#136 AndyP’s quote from ESPN Page 2: “…According to Page 2 sources, here are some other preliminary talks going on around the majors: Mariners: In preliminary talks of trading J.J. Putz to Atlanta for some crappy starting pitcher.”

It’d be just our luck that the Mariners would trade Putz to Atlanta for Mike Hampton…didn’t someone ask “Is it possible that once GMs like Bavasi and Gillick run out of players they remember from their old teams…[followed by Mariner fan fantasy]“?

(who, if you haven’t read the latest on ESPN/MLB.com, has recovered from his 2 elbow surgeries that have kept him from pitching since 2005, but after pitching in the AFL and doing pretty well, he just blew out his hamstring in the Mexican League and is on the shelf until February)

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:24:42 +0000

There’s no loss of draft pick for signing Kuroda. All of the “known” American entities are lacking in this market.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:57:56 +0000

Ok, it looks like the Dodgers are chasing Kuroda too. This is going to get expensive.

“Salt on the roada
makes my car Kuroda…”

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:05:19 +0000

If the Twins and Rays make that trade, then they’ll be shopping pitchers. JP Howell anyone?

I’ve been toying with his numbers, and love his peripherals. He misses bats, even at the MLB level, he walks people too much, but that’s improving and should be expected to improve, and he should keep the ball on the ground at an average or possibly slightly above average rate. Dave’s right, Howell and Colon would be a huge offseason IMO. Felix, Colon, Howell, Batista, and Washburn would be a good rotation.

By: Orlandu

Orlandu — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:48:11 +0000

His personality probably. Remember, he was the guy that threw a bat at an umpire. He’s not exactly nice.

By: garhof

garhof — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:46:31 +0000

What is your opinion on trading for Coco Crisp?

The BoSox have moved on to the younger, cheaper (better?… we’ll see in ‘08) Ellsbury in CF, thus making Coco available for trade.

He is locked up for the next few years for a reasonable price. (2/$10.5M + 3rd year $8M club option)

Crisp, Jones and Ichiro would make make for a STELLAR OF and would rival the Winn, Cammy, Ichiro OF of the past.

But will he be too weak offensively to play a corner OF position? Cost too much?

Thoughts?

By: MarinerDan

MarinerDan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:46:07 +0000

It seems like Young is involved in a lot of the Tampa Bay trade rumors. What doesn’t Tampa Bay like about him?

For one, he was an out machine this year. Really pretty poor for a corner outfielder. It was, of course, his rookie year, but he lost a little of his luster. Rather than a superstar, he now looks like he will be an above average player.

Secondly, he has a long history of behavioral problems (remember the minor league bat flip?). The Rays are probably overly concerned about this due to their experience with Elijah Dukes.

I like Garza, so I don’t think it would be a horrible trade for the D-Rays. In fact, they may get the better end of the deal.