Comments on: Rockies making “aggressive push” for Michael Cuddyer

By: wlschneider09

wlschneider09 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:56:12 +0000

I guess we’re just going to bash Cuddyer up and down cause he’s been around too long. He’s not a platoon player, he’s not helpless vs. righties (.272/.321/.407 last year, similar for career) and he’s not actually any worse than Willingham despite what minor differences Aaron wants to highlight. In fact if you did any sort of stringent statistical analysis I’d wager Cuddy and Will are pretty near identical (real statistics, not baseball statistics).

Is he too expensive, yes, that could be argued. That should be the logic in play here. Don’t insist on change simply for the sake of change.

By: Tim OShenko

Tim OShenko — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:10:30 +0000

If Gardy had any sense, Cuddyer would be a platoon guy. Dude is helpless against righties. But yeah, you’re right, he was out there pretty much everyday, even when injured.

By: bkunza

bkunza — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:56:08 +0000

How exactly is Cuddyer a platoon player? He was as everyday as you can get with the Twins.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:24:25 +0000

Yeah. When you finish 21 games out, what you really want to do is add an expensive, aging platoon guy to a long term deal. Huh?

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:54:00 +0000

I’m just relieved this didn’t begin with “Phillies”. I’d rather rely on John Mayberry Jr. for a half million dollars. Which is about 7.5 million dollars less than M.C. will get.