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Rally Weimaraner
Izturis could provide some nice veteran advice to Villar and Gonzalez but he definitely should not be starting over the kids in 2014.
formerdraftpick 2
I wonder if Izturis would have been a better choice than Barmes at SS for the Pirates.
Rally Weimaraner
Barmes is a better defender at SS and they produce about the same offense, money wise Izturis is a bit better deal but Barmes at 1 year 2 Million is not a bad deal. Pittsburgh relied on a lot of group balls last year so that added defense was probably worth the added cost to them.
Ron Loreski
If the Reds are looking for SS depth, why didn’t they just resign him?
Tim Graddy
You obviously didn’t see his stats from last year.
ShaneRedsFan
Whoever they sign to be the backup SS won’t be much better.
Ron Loreski
Available free agent shortstops..
Stephen Drew (31)
Alex Gonzalez (36)
Nick Green (35)
Paul Janish (31)
Elliot Johnson (30)
John McDonald (39)
Omar Quintanilla (32)
Take Drew out of the equation, is Izturis really any better or worse than any of these guys?
The_Porcupine
Solid signing in case Villar doesn’t continue to develop.
Tim Graddy
Good, now the Reds can’t resign him.
AceRuby
Surprised the Mets didn’t try to sign him to add some much needed depth in case Tejada gets off to a bad start at all.