Comments on: Jack Hannahan, New M’s Third Baseman

By: The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:17:45 +0000

Kazinski: nope. As long as other GMs feel that Zduriencik is making them a fair offer at any given point, it’s not going to matter to them that other GMs have thought so in the past and lost those deals.

By: Kazinski

Kazinski — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:04:45 +0000

Isn’t anybody else worried that other GM’s are going to quit making trades with Zdurincik if he keeps this up?

We’ll have to bring back Bavasi as a special assistant to get any action.

By: DAMellen

DAMellen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:01:56 +0000

You know he almost got us Edwin Jackson too, right? He was about to get him and Fernando Perez for Putz when the Rays and Tigers got in a fight over what the Tigers were giving up and the Rays backed out. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy to have Gutz, Olson, Carp, Carrera, Vargas, and whoever instead of Jackson and Perez, but that’s one more guy that everybody had given up on who Zdurnicek correctly viewed as on the verge of a breakout. Plus, that trade wouldn’t have cost us Valbuena. That would’ve been nice.

By: Utis

Utis — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:46:36 +0000

And now Morrow has been sent down to Tacoma (a good move).

It looks like the Ms are pointing towards being sellers at the trade deadline. I don’t see how they can remain competitive with the lineup they are running out there offensively. OTOH the improved defense will make Washburn and Bedard look better. Does it make more sense to trade Washburn and Bedard for prospects than for a medium term fix at short in a futile attempt to remain in the race?

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:30:31 +0000

If that’s true about Zobrist then that would have made 4 breakout players acquired on the cheap for Z this year. The guy has a great eye for talent. I can’t wait to see what he does over the offseason.

By: G-Man

G-Man — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:13:32 +0000

Last year when the Twins were interested in Wash, it was said that he wanted to go there, as it was near his Wisconsin home. IF that was so, he’d probably love to go to the Brewers. Could there be a chance of one of those conditional trades in which the player’s new team gets 2-3 days to sign him to an extension? That would make him more attractive to Milwaukee.

By: djw

djw — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:07:22 +0000

Zobrist? Oh, man that would have been sweet!

By: Bilbo

Bilbo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:02:28 +0000

Ok, Z is a great guy and talked to me for about 10 minutes. He wa with wife so didn’t want to bother him too much. He told me about this deal as it hadn’t broken before takeoff. He was coming early for the futures game. He said the guy he really wanted at ss was zobrist in the offseason, but couldn’t get him because of uptons injury. What could have been. Pretty sure he isn’t done yet. I said cedeno is hitting what .180 and he said he wishes. LOL. Very glad he is our GM!

By: Jay Yencich

Jay Yencich — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:49 +0000

My question is what are Hannahan’s platoon splits?

They’re not generally all that significant.

Last year vs. RHB: .223/.307/.369
Last year vs. LHB: .204/.298/.259

Career vs. RHB: .217/.310/.352
Career vs. LHB: .241/.316/.333

By: 300ZXNA

300ZXNA — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:49:51 +0000

My question is what are Hannahan’s platoon splits? If he could transition to playing 2b (Dave had an article on 3b and 2b conversions usually going well from a defensive standpoint) would it possibly be a good idea for him to platoon with Lopez once Beltre comes back?