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Patrick OKennedy
Adam Dunn should be at the top of any list of designated hitters. He is not capable of playing any position in the field.
bjsguess
Yet some team will pay him to play OF.
The reality is that the market for solid DH’s is around $7m. A team can justify bringing in a guy like Dunn at $12m+ IF he can play the OF/1B.
For the record, his 1B play this year wasn’t the worst out there. He might be able to transition to a full-time 1B and not kill your team.
Patrick OKennedy
DH is one of the stronger positions this winter on the free agent market, along with relief pitchers, and possibly first base. Add that there are only 14 teams, not 30 that need a DH, and you almost have a glut there. Some of those guys will be mis-cast as 1B/ OF types, others will have to take bench roles, others will take cheaper deals, and others will go golfing for the summer. It’s not like the market for outfielders or starting pitchers, at all.
Encarnacion's Parrot
Manny has stated that he’d rather DH to lengthen his career. Blue Jays, Twins, Rangers and Tigers would be my guesses for where he ends up.
moonraker45
I dunno how much the jays trust Lind at 1b to go out and sign Manny.
Encarnacion's Parrot
Well look at it this way, what do you see as being more productive as a whole:
1B – Lind
DH – Ramirez
or
1B – Overbay
DH – Lind
I’ll take option #1 if Bautista plays 3B any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
moonraker45
I’ll take my daughters tee ball coach over lyle overbay.
TwinsVet
Not a prayer he lands in MN. Smith doesn’t even pick up the phone to check the price tag on that one.
Jake Humphrey
Glaus could be a value signing for some team needing a DH. He can’t play the field anymore due to him having some problems with his legs, but when he’s healthy the man can hit.
Brandon G
I wouldn’t mind seeing the Braves take a chance with Andruw Jones. In his “part time” duty he posted better offensive numbers than any other outfielder on the Braves minus Heyward.
Jake Humphrey
Check his home/away splits from the past two years.
shockey12
It would make sense if the Jays signed a borderline DH/1B like Berkman and have him and Lind split time at first 50/50 between 1st and DH
woadude
I still dont know why people think the Red Sox are going to pay Ortiz 12.5 million dollars, that option is going to be declined and a small bidding war may take place but for no more than 7 million.
Patrick OKennedy
Big Papi had a nice line against RHP’s, with a 1.059 OPS, 30 Homers, and 78 RBI in 333 AB’s. He’ll get a tidy sum of money. Boston would be hard pressed to find a better DH on the free agent market.
cubfan4life
I could see Boston possibly doing something along the lines of not picking up his option, especially since there is no buyout, and then resigning him to a 2 yr deal somewhere around 16-18M. If Ortiz wont accept a deal like that then you can either pay up for one more year and go out next offseason and pick up someone or decline the option and make your pitch to SD and MIL for either AGon or Fielder.
Also a stopgap guy like Thome, Matsui, or Berkman could be serviceable for this year for far less than the 12.5M that would be due if the option was picked up.
IDK if extending Ortiz is the way to go. I think that going through this year with a DH, whether its Ortiz or someone else, who is only signed through this year gives them the most flexibility. Cause it seems that bringing in a guy like Gonzalez is their priority and if you lock up money in Ortiz over 2 years then you are locked in to playing Youk at 3rd full time as opposed to using the DH spot as a spot to give guys rotating days off from the field.