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Ian_Smell
Someone needs to find out where Wigginton was hiding after the All Star break. That clearly was not him who was playing so terribly.
Dave_Gershman
Rockies.
Jake Humphrey
Starter on a bad team, supersub on a good team. It’ll be his choice.
stovin
The Orioles should offer Pie and Tillman to the DBacks for Reynolds instead of Wiggy. Then offer Dunn 4 years 60 million and offer the Astros Egan, Snyder and Andino for Wandy Rodriguez. And sign Hiroyuki Nakajima and Corey Patterson.Rotation 1: Wandy 2: Guthrie 3: Matusz 4: Bergy 5: Arrieta. Lineup 1: Roberts 2B 2: Markakis RF 3: Scott DH 4: Dunn 1B 5: Reynolds 3B 6: Jones CF 7: Wieters C 8: Patterson LF 9: Nakajima SS
Dave_Gershman
I agree with signing Nakjima but the other stuff seems a bit unrealistic. Although I would love to see the Orioles get Wandy but no point of trading someone lik Egan when they simply can’t compete next season.
crashcameron
i haven’t followed him so i’m not sure if Tillman is dropping, but always beware of trading young arm for some home runs (although i’m sure Reynolds would deliver a few in a place like Camden)
ugen64
moving from the NL West to the AL East could be a problem. just look at the difference going the other direction made for Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell. then there’s the issue of defense. somehow Reynolds posted a positive UZR last season, but over his career he has a UZR/150 of -5.9 at 3B. yeah, compared to Wigginton he’s practically a Gold Glover, but in general that’s another weakness of his. and finally Reynolds’s career trend is worrying. his line drive rate has been going down every year. also, teams are pitching around him more and more (in 2007 he saw 51.8% of pitches in the zone; last season only 44.2%), but he’s not changing his approach. so his walk rate has improved, and his HR rate is still the same (because he can still crush a mistake), but everything else (line drive percentage, strikeout rate, OBP, SLG) has gotten worse.
I’m not saying the Orioles shouldn’t go after him, but to trade any sort of real prospect like Tillman would be a bad idea. in this case we’d only get 2 relatively expensive years of Reynolds, compared to 5 years of Tillman (2 of them at the league minimum salary)
Andy Ledford
I wouldn’t mind seeing him sign a 1yr deal with the braves. Provide depth all around the field. Would probably get plenty of at bats spelling chipper at 3rd, freeman at 1st, prado at 2nd. wiggy & infante could really be useful together to fill some holes in case of injuries in the infield or outfield.
3mil is no small chunk of change, but he’d prolly get enough at bats to make it worth it. wouldn’t have to use brooks conrad (as much as some fans support him) as much as we were forced to this year.
Depends if we get a big bat in left field, and a reliever, and if there’s enough $ left to go after wiggy as a superutility
Eric
Hopefully The Orioles re-sign this guy.
He wont have the year he did last year.
But like the article says he is very versatile
johnsilver
He’s better than Willie Bloomquist and Bill Hall, but about all can say. He’s not good enough on defense end at any position to stick as recall from his days as a Ray, actually pretty brutal everywhere and didn’t he come up through the minors as a 3B?
Sign on a good team as a supersub and try to hang on for a long career that way, maybe a NL team for years longer even pinch hitting if he can handle it.
$1742854
Perfect back-up 1B/3B/DH against lefties (platoon with Kubel) for Twins? Hits .275/.351/.465 against Lefties versus Kubel’s .236/.313/.352. Also a good power bat off the bench, something the Twins always lack. Good insurance in case Morneau has issues, keeps Cuddy in right, waaaaay better than other potential 1B/3B backups (read: Brendan Harris).
Beaned1
The Orioles should invest their money in starters at 1B and 3B, not backups. I hope they don’t re-sign him for his ‘veteran presence’, because its time to get some real players at the corners here. I don’t even want him as a backup – time for him to go away, we got our moneys worth already. The above-mentioned Dunn at 1B and Reynolds at 3B makes a lot of sense for this O’s team – I hope it happens.
Pie and Tillman may never have higher trade value- better get rid of them soon. Pie will never learn to run the bases – sure he’s got all those tools, but they are worthless with an empty brain. Face it, he’s not a thinking man’s baseball player. Tillman could be the next Liz, remember him? Liz once had trade value, but then we held onto him and he didn’t improve…and we got nuthin in return for him. Wah wawwwww.
Lanidrac
If he can also play shortstop, he looks like a very good target for the Cardinals, especially with his numbers against lefties.