Olney On Ausmus, Carroll, Prior, Penny

How Mike Jacobs and John Bale are still on the Royals right now I will never know. We should have non-tendered them first!

Feeling bad for Carroll... signing with Oakland is where veterans go to die.

(Mike Piazza, Jason Giambi, Frank Thomas "the 2nd time"..)

"The Giants are attempting to re-sign Brad Penny, who lost 12 pounds since the end of the season."

It was later revealed that Penny found those stray extra 12 pounds hidding at a Chinese Buffett. No need to fear, Penny and his lost pounds have been reunited.

In other news, Penny won Buffett hero once again with an astonishing 87 plates finished, vanquishing his nearest competition, fellow big leaguer Bartolo Colon.

I've heard Carroll linked to a number of teams, even as an everyday guy (he batted .300 with Great D in fulltime duty in Colorado (2006). The Dodgers, Tigers, Oakland, Twins.. all teams that have mentioned Carroll in various media outlets.. I think Cleveland has an offer out to Carroll? Has anybody seen or heard that? He is such a fundamental, great player. I always appreciated, as a Clevelend fan, him signing autographs before every game I attended. Very classy off the field and on.

"I find it hilarious that a user here going by the name of DunkinDonuts is trashing another poster/player regarding weight. How funny."

I'm afraid I have to question your level of sophistication when you refer to "trashing another poster/player regarding weight." There is no question that I was referring to the poster's use of "Buffett" in place of "buffet," and not to the player himself. The fact that you felt compelled to put a slash to leave open the possibility that I was referring to either BaseBallz or Brad Penny casts doubt on your reading comprehension, which in turn makes your ability to discern humor appear somewhat suspect because you seem to be laughing at a situation that you don't fully understand.

If you think it is funny that a poster named "DunkinDonuts" would defend an overweight pitcher because (a) you see a parallel between donuts and fat people; and (b) you assume that fatties of a feather flock together, then your amusement is justified. Hilarious indeed.

Please, God, no Fernando Rodney in Philly.

"Via Twitter, Olney's heard from other teams that the Reds would love to move closer Francisco Cordero."

Just another reason why you don't give closers long term deals unless your payroll is 200+. As long as you develop some young arms one of them is going to stick for a few years cheaply at the closer spot.

What about a Fransico for Bradley swap?

Francisco sorry

"I like the fact that we're trying to resign Penny. Hopefully we can get him on a 2+ year deal and he performs the way he did at the end of this season."

Someone's hoping their team signs Penny to a two-year deal? Yikes...

You obviously didn't see how well he performed when he returned to the NL last season.

DunkinDonuts, you are my new favorite poster.

That's a tough one, Joey. Can I have a lifeline?

I would like to see the Astros sign Ausmus as a backup. He could finish his career where he spent the most time and already holds the most games caught record in team history. Plus if they have either Towles or Castro as the #1 Catcher then Ausmus would be perfect to coach them early on.

Well, the Rockies had issues hitting. Either they had extra base hits/home runs or nothing at all. Though I'm a believer in them next year as supposed to this year as Fowler will hopefully be healthy all year, Gonzalez showed his stuff, and E-Y Jr. should get his shot. Then the Rockies become a serious threat.

The Dodgers need Martin to get back to hitting, or else their offense is just decent, despite how their offense did last year. Manny needs to get back to hitting like he is able to. Either can't carry the entire team.

cook,

You're absolutely right... the message should be more important than the delivery. Unfortunately, there was no content to distract me from the delivery, unless it is true that Brad Penny has found the twelve pounds that he had previously lost (at the Chinese Buffett, of all places). I suppose I could focus less on the spelling and instead debate whether we should put an asterisk next to Penny's alleged 87-plates record because he did not consume the proper ratio of starches to legumes.

Seriously, my point stands. If you're going to trash someone, don't highlight your own shortcomings so blatantly, because it tends to undercut your point.

It's like when people say, "the yanks dont need lackey cause hes got more chins then wins." Cute, yes. Insightful? Not really. In that case, the spelling and grammar are right in line with the quality of the analysis. Therefore, I reserve the right to retaliate for having wasted my time.

I'm also partial to those instances where there's a post on Adrian Gonzalez, and the first comment is, "O grate, here comes all the red sox fans tryin to offer micheal bowdin for agon... gimme a brake its gonna take at least buccholz and lester and elsbury plus three GOOD prospects and then maybe well START talking." During those moments, I feel compelled to look past the speling/grammer issues so that I can tap the brain of the mental giant behind those kernels of wisdom.

I'll elevate form over substance when the people pissing on form actually add something of substance. Until then, I will continue to defend overweight pitchers against their illiterate detractors.

The Reds are going to have an awful hard time unloading Cordero. Yet another example of why they're not a winning team. It's hard to compete when you blow something like 17% of your payroll on a pitcher you won't use except for one inning in games you're already winning.

Ausmus would only be passable as a strict backup/mentor type who only gets in a game once every couple weeks. Otherwise his offense will quickly negate any value he gives you with the glove.

There's been a Mark Prior sighting? Outside of an operating room I mean??? It's too bad it didn't work out for him, I'd like to see him get healthy and have some success before he decides enough is enough. Good luck to him.

""why would it be bad to have Penny for 2 years in the NL West, MorneauVP? You can get away with not being a top flight pitcher in that soft-hitting division."

Never mind the fact that two of the NL's top run-scoring teams were the Rockies and Dodgers. NL Central was the weakest offensive division.

Posted by: vtadave | November 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM"

Both LA and Col have very good offenses.. ARZ had a good hitting club too, very good considering a majority of their team was hurt/flat out sucked.

The Dodgers did everything but hit Home Runs.

Btw Dunkin, I do enjoy your posts as well.

Wow.. Mark Prior is throwing off of flat ground, huh? Makes me wonder what Jaret Wright is up to...

It seems like every season Prior is coming off another surgery and looking to rehab with a team until he hurts his shoulder again.

Maybe it's time to rethink your strategy, Mark... Rest up for a few months, start on a new strength training program and DON'T touch a ball for at least a season or two.

milton bradley for kerry wood straight up

^^
Another joker who thinks Uggla is worth Cain!

No Giants fan thinks we could get AGon. Maybe if we gave up Bumgarner AND Posey.

Penny is fine. He would be our #4 pitcher. He won't have the pressure of being the team ace.

As for Uggla...Sanchez and a prospect should do it.