Comments on: Free Talent Alert – Free Talent Alert

By: jimmylauderdale

jimmylauderdale — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:13:46 +0000

While he may not be free, if Florida has truly soured on Jeremy Hermida I hope the new GM has them on the phone very quickly.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:26:40 +0000

Phelps. BP Annual cover boy. Exactly the sort of guy Bill never would have signed.

Somehow I suspect Lee isn’t allowed to do much these days.

By: BillyJive

BillyJive — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:51:44 +0000

I’ve never understood why Phelps has never caught on fulltime with someone. Perhaps he went to the Barry Bonds School of Etiquette??

I agree we should sign him…the M’s have already stated there will be no ‘big name’ free agent signings…Phelps is free…FREE!!! And he is an upgrade over Cairo…

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:07:28 +0000

Even if all it means is that we never see Miguel Cairo at first again, I’d say go for it. Downside is essentially none (don’t have to give up Asdrubal Cabrera equivalent). Medium case is a useful bench player who can hit against the tough lefties that LaHair/Clement shouldn’t hit against. Upside is one nice breakout season and a couple of draft picks if he leaves.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:47:43 +0000

Well, unless Clement’s knees / defense forces a move to 1B, or they’re dumb enough to re-sign Ibanez but smart enough to realize where he belongs, or the Lopez-at-1st “experiment” turns out to be more than that….

By: indakind

indakind — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:42:14 +0000

As a Cardinals fan I watched his numbers all year and he really crushed LH pitching. With all the LH’s in OAK he sure makes a lot of sense for you guys. He did a pretty nice job when he got the call up at the end of the year as well. With the crap that your team sent out there on a daily basis I have no idea why they would not pick Phelps up. It’s not like you guys have minor leaguers lined up to take over at 1B/DH either.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:06:53 +0000

Random unsupported opinion + link to a myspace page = auto ignore.

By: wlad

wlad — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:59:38 +0000

Phelps is horrible. Please, please, please don’t be dumb and sign him.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:53:50 +0000

Victor Diaz sucks.

By: marc w

marc w — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:35:10 +0000

I’ve liked Phelps a lot, and wonder if part of his problem is that expectations were so high after his initial half-season in 2002… do teams still label him a ‘bust’ because he’s not a true-talent .300/.360/.560 guy.
I think the fielding issue is a good one; I don’t think he’s the guy you’d want as an everyday first baseman. But free/good hitter is a combo we haven’t seen a lot of recently.

This doesn’t really *mean* anything, but Phelps certainly made an impression this summer in a four game series against the Rainiers.
Phelps went 10-16 with SIX HRs, one 2B and one BB in the series, finishing with 3 solo home runs (he’s all about the stats! Not clutch! Booo!) in a 12-3 loss.