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kungfucampby
It’s going to be hilarious when Morales and Drew suddenly have teams in a bidding war for their services post-June draft. It’ll highlight how silly the compensation system is when paired with GMs who severely overvalue draft picks.
dwarfstar
In Kendrys Morales case why would not accept 14.1MM when you have never made over 5.25MM in your career stupid move on his part. In Stephen Drew case in final year of 7/28MM contract so 4MM AVP why you not take 14.1MM stupid move on his part also. In my opinion you have to do what is right for you, no matter what your agent says, he will still get paid no matter you sign for?
Hills of Glenallen
I think the Cubs would be okay with Olt if he ended up a Mark Trumbo like guy.
jb226 2
I would only be okay with that if that outcome also came with Kevin Towers to fleece in a trade.
sourbob
I don’t think Kevin Towers is going to have a job to pull trades from by June.
schaddy24
With the potential lineup that the Cubs could have in 2 or 3 years, Olt could be hitting 7th or 8th. I’ll take a guy with legit pop at that spot in the order, even if his avg. and OBP aren’t great. He will see more pitches to hit too once Baez/Bryant/Almora/etc are up.
Hills of Glenallen
Agreed. It’s nice to see a masher in the linueup again. Reminds me of someone…hmmmmmmm……..
Manfrenjensen
Ask the Rockies how well the “tandem” system works at the major league level.
Pete Harnisch
The funny thing is, Zaidi says the A’s thought about the tandem system when they had pitching depth. Last season, the Rockies tried this system when they completely lacked pitching depth.
The Rockies FO is like a bunch of outcast kids on the school playground, who overhear things the cool kids (the A’s FO) are doing, try to mimic the cool kids, but fail miserably.
Seamaholic
Are you suggesting that the 2014 Astros have more pitching depth than the 2012 Rockies? Yeesh. The major league ready pitchers available to the Astros this year are just about the most pathetic bunch in baseball history. The Rockies did that experiment in 2012 because of the unique problem of pitching at altitude (they had been toying with the idea for many years), and the fact that literally their entire starting rotation was at one point injured. It was an injury-prevention scheme, and it’s quite likely that the A’s got the idea from them.
Pete Harnisch
No I am not suggesting that – my comment compares the Rockies strategy to the A’s strategy.
And Zaidi says they thought about the tandem system a few years ago, which was before 2012.
Pete Harnisch
Regardless, the Rockies tried to implement the piggy back system at the major league level without much implementation (that I know of) in the minor leagues. At least the Astros are doing it throughout the organization, and not just at one level.
liberalconservative
Morales is just what the A’s need since they need a 1st baseman other than Barton.