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Quick Hits: Gonzalez, Pujols, Young, Royals

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | April 30, 2012 at 10:37pm CDT

Vladimir Guerrero looked pretty good in his workout for the Diamondbacks, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports (Twitter links). Arizona has some interest in signing the veteran DH, but he's still considered a long shot according to Heyman. Here links for Monday…

  • The Rays are a "possible fit" for Mike Gonzalez, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter). Last week we heard that the left-handed reliever could sign within ten days.
  • Albert Pujols told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that he’s comfortable in Anaheim even though he hasn’t hit like a $240MM player since signing with the Angels.“Why not? This is my family,” he said. “These guys are my family. I feel pretty comfortable.”
  • Ken Davidoff of the New York Post suggests the Tigers could release Delmon Young to make a statement about the conduct they expect from their players without hurting their team in the standings.
  • Jim Callis of Baseball America will be very surprised if the Royals don't select a college pitcher with their top pick in the upcoming amateur draft. Callis suggests the Royals could take Louisiana State right-hander Kevin Gausman with the fifth overall selection.

Mike Axisa contributed to this post.

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  1. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    I can really see the Rays signing Shaky. They alway spot out bargain basement relievers and Shaky will be that, since here we are 5/1 with him still not with a team, thanks to his superb agent once again mis reading the market for one of his clients.

    Shaky will be yet another top notch grab for TB if that indeed is his destination and hope the reason Cherrington isn’t bothering is because he has to make a decision soon on Miller and Cook.. Shaky should be able to help in another month or 2 an awful lot more than probably Cook and Miller combined.

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    • chico65

      13 years ago

      I’m taken aback by your endorsement of such a Shaky reliever, John.

      Reply
      • User 4245925809

        13 years ago

        He does give another example of “shake, rattle and roll” out there doesn’t he?

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        • chico65

          13 years ago

          There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on

          Reply
  2. Leo Ramos

    13 years ago

    Guerrero?? on my Dbacks
    that would be a dream become truth
    guerrero hit 290 whit 15 home runs… he stills as a great batter

    Reply
    • lefty177

      13 years ago

      sentences, we use sentences here

      Reply
      • Leo Ramos

        13 years ago

        sorry, my PC  has some mistakes in the software…  it´s hard to write with it 

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        • lefty177

          13 years ago

          hah, just busting on ya, you’re right though, Guerrero on the D’Backs as a DH for interleague play, pinch hitter most of the time & he can play the outfield in a pinch, they could do worse than signing him

          Reply
    • vtadave

      13 years ago

      Once Young is healthy, that will be 4 OF’s better than Guerrero, but I guess as a guy at the end of the bench you could do worse.

      Reply
      • Double_Up

        13 years ago

        True, he could be better than what we can call advertised.  He’s always been a guy who prepares well, and with his age and the lack of a job in May, he may be working harder than ever, which if he does get signed could prove huge.

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  3. blh2010

    13 years ago

    LOL @pujols, i’m sure he does feel comfortable who wouldn’t with the amount of money he’s making he could care less if the team is in dead last, he has his money and two ws rings.

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    • TDKnies

      13 years ago

      Yeah, it’s not like professional athletes are competitive and absolutely hate losing or anything.

      *I don’t deny the fact that there are athletes who care more about money than winning, but until proven otherwise I’m more inclined to believe that any given athlete would much rather win than lose regardless of outside circumstances (money, etc).

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      • MB923

        13 years ago

        Unless your Shoeless Joe Jackson

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        • Vmmercan

          13 years ago

          Even he was still competitive, shoes or not.

          Reply
          • Double_Up

            13 years ago

            Hard to figure why Pujols is struggling so mightily.  Changing leagues is rarely a big deal for hitters.  Guerrero is a good example but few good hitters suffer from changing leads.  Is he out of sorts, older than we think, hurt, losing desire?

            Reply
            • CAD_Monkey

              13 years ago

              It’s the marine layer.

              Reply
  4. Zach Hewitt

    13 years ago

    What about Mike Gonzalez to the Reds. They could move Chapman to the rotation since Gonzalez would take a left setup man spot.

    Reply
  5. Tony Bowman

    13 years ago

    The Tiger a hypocrites. Cabrera pull this crap twice and they covered for him. Don’t get me wrong. What Delmon Young did was completely wrong in every way, but what the Tigers are doing and what MLB is doing is just as despicable.

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    • vtadave

      13 years ago

      Delmon though isn’t a top-five hitter in the game and he doesn’t have a mega-money contract.  Kick him to the curb I say.

      Reply
      • Infield Fly

        13 years ago

        (For @twitter-774465:disqus as well).

        To me the real shame is that in Baseball (and in such cases as the ones mentioned), doing “the right thing” is practically a convenience, and only to be employed when there’s something to be gained financially or image wise, or when it’s strategically useful – like getting rid of a player that isn’t working out as well as hoped.

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        • User 4245925809

          13 years ago

           “like getting rid of a player that isn’t working out as well as hoped.”

          LOL. Are you saying that Young has been a bust at nearly 7m and this is the easiest out on the dough owed? If so… I agree…

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    • Double_Up

      13 years ago

      Though to be fair, we don’t know exactly what he did or what was said/done to him.  Sounds like an argument a few people should apologize for.  But he’s the one in the spotlight.

      Reply
    • melonis_rex

      13 years ago

      IIRC, Cabrera got DUIs. Lots of MLB players get DUIs, both stars and scrubs. Nobody ever sees any consequences from the team or the league.

      Young (supposedly) assaulted someone at the team hotel, actually inflicting violence on them and potentially committing a hate crime, which had a far worse result than a DUI where nobody got hurt.

      NOTE: I’m not saying DUIs are acceptable and/or not dangerous. I’m all in favor of significant suspensions for players who get DUIs.

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      • wickedkevin

        13 years ago

        Isn’t it a fair counter to say that although Cabrera didn’t hurt anyone, he could have done MUCH more damage than Young?  Like potentially kill someone… 

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        • Marvin Marshall

          13 years ago

          I didn’t know MLB or the local authorities punished people for potentially committing a worse crime than they actually did commit. 

          Reply
          • wickedkevin

            13 years ago

            You can kick or punch someone and be charged with assault.  At the same time, you can drive around plastered until you either hit a wall/person, etc.  If someone doesn’t get caught by the cops first, then what?  And the MLB can do whatever they want as a private business.  

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          • Infield Fly

            13 years ago

            Interesting perspective.

            The irony is this concept is almost like a counterbalance to rewarding players for possibly having a worse season than they already had. :-/

            Reply
        • melonis_rex

          13 years ago

          I think its a fair counter.

          But the *one* instance I can think of where a player’s drunk driving actually hurt someone besides the player, the player (albeit a scrub) got instantly suspended.

          But then, to be fair, several players have been popped for beating wives/fiances and didn’t get suspensions from MLB for it, and there was actual assault involved.

          Reply
      • dskirsa

        13 years ago

        The other big difference here is that Young did this in NYC and the New York Post and other media outlets can’t stop talking about it. The overall publicity of this means that the MLB is doing more about it.  

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    • Stuart Brown

      13 years ago

      I don’t think a DUI is on the level of physically assaulting someone. At least, I don’t see it that way. You’re obviously free to disagree, but I don’t see the parallels here other than the fact that drinking was involved.

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      • User 4245925809

        13 years ago

         Might fall into the category of where people who drink (or drink excessively) and drive think it is not a serious offense and people who either do not drink, or drink light and then drive think it is serious also.

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      • dskirsa

        13 years ago

        The guy he assaulted didn’t end up in the hospital or anything.  Not like Young delivered a beating.  From what I’ve read, he pushed him to the ground.  

        Your chances of killing someone while driving drunk greatly exceed those while walking drunk.

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    • Claud Smoot

      13 years ago

      I don’t recall Miggy getting in a drunken fight with and yelling Anti-Semetic statements. 

      Reply
      • chico65

        13 years ago

        Did you know that the distance from home to first is approximately 16.12 Smoots?

        Reply
      • Sully65

        13 years ago

        Last Spring training did in fact throw a bottle of scotch at an arresting officer on his way to Spring training. 

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        • chico65

          13 years ago

          What a waste of scotch.  I’m sure it wasn’t J&B or Cutty Sark, either.

          Reply
        • Pawsdeep

          13 years ago

          No he didn’t. He DRANK it infront of an officer. If he threw it, then there would have been all sorts of assaulting an officer charge.

          Get your facts straight. Cabrera never threw the bottle, let alone at an officer in uniform.

          Reply
          • chico65

            13 years ago

            I had much higher expectations for a cornerstone of the franchise with a $150+ MM contract 😉 

            Reply
    • Pawsdeep

      13 years ago

      Don’t blame the tigers, blame the CBA.

      It’s the players union that put ridiculous alcohol clauses in the last CBA that basically allows players to be exempt from bad behavior if alcohol is involved.

      Reply
  6. joeybw

    13 years ago

    I really do like Mike Gonzalez, I mean, talk about lefty specialist. I just don’t see where he fits, the pen has been great except Badenhop and the Rays aren’t cutting him, he has no options left and Howell and McGee are handling the left handers very well.

    Reply
    • Stuart Brown

      13 years ago

      It’s funny because his splits have actually been very inconsistent over the years. For his career, though, he handles righties just as well as lefties with the exception that righties walk a bit more against him.

      He dominated lefties last year, but was terrible against righties. The exact opposite was the case in 2010. It’s a bit strange.

      Reply
  7. Nick Sossamon

    13 years ago

    Hmm, it seems like maybe you’re too comfortable Albert.  I wish I could be more comfortable with all your pop ups, hacking swings and slow rollers to the left side. 

    Almost 100 PA’s without a homerun… its starting to get too late to say its too early.  I know he pulled something similar last season, but man he still looks downright clueless at the plate and we’re coming up on May.  Even through his terrible April in 2011 he still had 7 HR’s, nearly 20 RBI’s and a 1:1 BB/K.  When do we start worrying?  200 PA’s?  300? 

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    • Miles

      13 years ago

      Crazy. The first full month of his entire career, not counting Octobers, with zero homers. I wonder what the MLB record for that is. Keep it up Albert!

      Reply
  8. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    Maybe KC should make another top pick like “Fabulous” Frank McCann again? Remember that guy from his FSL days in the mid 70’s.. 4th pick overall (1976) played ho-hum for several seasons and then long gone..

    Can’t waste high picks on people named “Fabulous” but his nickname was sure way cool.

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