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paqza
That’s a great question. Ozuna also seems like he has far more power potential. The numbers he put up in the lower minors were ludicrous – 20+ homers/season at three consecutive levels (A-, A, A+). I don’t agree with how the Marlins brought him up but the talent’s there.
paqza
The guy’s you’ve mentioned – Hudson, Ichiro, Colón, Jeets, Hawkins, Ibañez, and Giambi have all had more significant success in recent memory than Podsednik. Moreover, Hudson and Colón have had lots of success in recent memory, Jeets is about to retire, Hawkins nearly retired until he got a job with the Mets last year, and Ibañez and Giambi, who both bring left-handed power to the table, are in their last seasons as well.
It’s likely some combination of his age, low ceiling, and lack of recent success coupled with the fact that a team in contention would look for a better option whereas a team like the ‘stros would look to give playing time to someone who could be part of the future as opposed to a short-term “fix”.
paqza
He hasn’t been as great as I would have expected, and the numbers bear that out. At the very least, he’s had a relatively strong July (117 wRC+).
tesseract
They changed the wording of the article after I posted this. It originally read “all these guys should be able to handle the CF position defensively” which I disagree with CY (regardless of his hitting) his defense at CF is subpar
paqza
Conversely, he seems exactly like the type of players the Marlins should build around. He’s cost-controlled and only getting better. Of course, for the right package, I’m sure he’d be in play.
paqza
In all fairness, it’s not completely clear that those three guys would be significant upgrades over Jackson. Revere’s a clear downgrade offensively and not much better on offense, Fowler’s better offensively but worse on defense, and Span’s probably a bit better but not by much. On Span specifically, I think it’s unlikely that the Nats will move him.
paqza
There’s another dimension to it. Perhaps they could afford Price but maybe it doesn’t make sense to sacrifice the talent they would need to. The Mariners, as built, aren’t looking to add just a single piece to put them over; they have multiple areas of weakness to address and going all-in on Price would require them to sacrifice significantly in other areas.
Also important to note is Paxton could be back in a few days; he’s made three consecutive rehab starts without problems and could be pretty effective without requiring the team to gut the system.
paqza
Exactly. They could get a guy like Colón for pretty cheap – a guy, incidentally, who loves pitching in Oakland and Safeco. Add that to them getting Paxton back and it doesn’t look too bad. What they need is a better OF – perhaps Fowler would be a good option there.
paqza
That’s one way to look at it, sure. On the flipside, they have to make it to the playoffs, first. The team is ranked 5th in baseball in pitching but 22nd in hitting. They should focus on shoring up the OF offense before considering Price.
paqza
How about trading for Colón and Andrew Brown and keeping the major prospects? You get a respectable innings-eater who thrives in that division and a lefty masher without giving up almost anything.
paqza
Is he more of a corner OF? I know he’s played in CF but I think he’s gotten most of his playing time in LF.
paqza
They did just dump Uggla, in all fairness. If they could get rid of that contract, I think it’s likely they would.
vtncsc
After HOW many seasons? BJ is getting more money, and it took them that long to dump Uggla w/ less money. He’s not going anywhere.
paqza
His plate discipline has gotten a lot better. He’s waking in more than 11% of his at bats and the .340+ OBP is definitely respectable. He’s not hitting for any power, though. A sub .300 slugging is not what you want in an OF. It won’t be a big deal as long as you guys DON’T TRADE POMPEY! He looks like the real deal – a switch-hitting CF with speed and power who looks to be ready by the Super 2 deadline next year.
paqza
I think he’s generally used in a corner – he generally was when Fowler, not an especially good CF, was on the team. He’s not on the corner OF list, either, but I do think he might get moved.
paqza
I’ve heard rumors that the Rays would ask for more if Price gets traded within the division.
paqza
I’ve heard rumors that the Rays would ask for more if Price gets traded within the division.
vtncsc
As far as I know, we don’t have a legit replacement coming up the pipeline, so I don’t see who they’d replace him with.
He’s ours, for at least, minimum of 1 more year.