Comments on: Position-by-position trade deadline preview: Third base

By: Utley's hair

Utley's hair — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:49:02 +0000

Any team who might meet the Phightins in Octember should look closely at Wes Helms–he seems to own the Phils pitching.
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Which brings me to question Gator as to why the hell he isn’t pre-printed in Sharpie and blood on the lineup cards when the Feesh play the Phightins?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:55:00 +0000

After Jorge Cantu’s wretched two-error performance afield last night, a major contribution to the Feesh’s eighth inning Keystone Kops/Nine Stooges debacle against the Bravos, it would just about take all of a team’s corner infielders going down with fractures to inspire most GMs to consider him seriously. Then again, there’s always Omar Minaya. Maybe the Feesh could dummy up a hairline fracture someplace – or, maybe, they could scratch an X-ray print when no one is looking….

By: Proudly Canadian

Proudly Canadian — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:06 +0000

PS Magglio Ordonez broke his ankle tonight on a botched slide at home. Out for 6 to 8 weeks.

By: Proudly Canadian

Proudly Canadian — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:30:31 +0000

Well played Matthew!
Bautista is not playing as well as he did last September when he hit 10 home runs. I have been watching him play all season and see no evidence that this is a career year. He has a very nice rapport with his hitting coach. We know that the Pirates have a record of ineptitude. Obviously, they did not know how to get the best out of him.

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:11:45 +0000

Yeah, Bautista was never given a chance during the 2 1/2 seasons he spent playing regularly for the Pirates.
The Jays should be open to trading him because if this is his career season, he’s not going to be worth nearly what he’s likely to earn in arbitration next year. Sure, it’s possible he’s ready to put together a string of 30-homer seasons. But unless the Jays truly believe that, it’d make a ton of sense to trade him.
And Encarnacion wasn’t tried in the outfield because the Jays didn’t want to try him in the outfield. You’re right: they never really wanted him in the first place. And the fact that he dealt with a wrist injury this spring has nothing to do with it, though it would have proven to be a problem if they had made the choice to use him in the outfield.

By: Proudly Canadian

Proudly Canadian — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:57:08 +0000

Why would the Jays want to trade Bautista? Furthermore, he does not want to go as Toronto is the first team to give him a real chance. Regarding Encarnacion, he was not the key ingredient going to Toronto in the trade for Rolen. The player the Jays wanted was a young pitcher named Zach Stewart. They are very happy with his progress at Double A. As far as the Jays were concerned, Encarnation was a throw in in the Rolen trade. Encarnation was also injured during most of spring training, so it was impossible to train him as an outfielder during spring training. The facile ignorance of some commentators who are paid to write something is often amazing.