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dylanp5030
I could see a grievance being filed if Papelbon was moved out of the closers role.
Phillyfan425
Exactly, in theory, it’s a great idea. In practice, Papelbon, his agent, and possibly the MLBPA would have a field day with moving one of the top closers for the year (while his peripherals haven’t been great, he’s in the top 10 this year – with a chance at the top 5) out of his role – especially with the vesting option of games finished in his contract.
jb226 2
Not to mention that it’s absolutely disgusting for a national sports writer come right out and suggest manipulating a player’s usage to avoid paying him what he should be due according to the contract the parties both agreed to.
NomarGarciaparra
Especially when Pap is having a tremendous season
Wek
So RAJr has not been looking at the future nor at 2015 at all? No surprise there.
Phillyfan425
Except he did an interview a week ago, saying that he has already starting to look toward 2016 as a realistic year to be a contending team, again. RAJ is never straightforward with the media (and any GM that is really isn’t doing their job properly).
Jeff McCoy
For some GMs, guile is part of the game with the media, but with Amaro, I’m pretty sure it’s just general incompetence,
Phillyfan425
I don’t know. Back when he was kinda liked (well, let’s go with “not fervently hated”) – he’d say things like “we’re not in on this player” or “we’re targeting *this guy*” and then go after *that guy*. It seems normal GM misdirection.
Eric 23
I’ve never heard of wanting to move a player off of shortstop to reduce injury risk. That seems absurd to me.
Jeff McCoy
Especially when you consider that 1B is a position where players turn and move on EVERY groundball to the infield.
dubinsky
players are moved from shortstop to less demanding positions routinely.
Eric 23
Players moving from SS happens due to skill reasons (ie Hanley), but I’ve never heard of it happening to preserve a players health.
dubinsky
Baltimore managers used to want to move Ripken from short to third as they thought that he would be less likely to be banged up and/or injured at the corner.
Ripken preferred to stay at short and play when hurt
SwingtimeInTheRockies
In Denver, we tend not to put much stock in the words of Mark Kiszla. I think every town has a guy like that.
Eric 23
Dave Kaplan in Chicago.
KJ4realz
There have been quite a few Philljes articles on here and it’s so bittersweet.
DarthMurph
Bumping Papelbon would create more problems than it would solve. Beyond the clubhouse toxicity, could you imagine what the bullpen atmosphere would be like if Papelbon was the set up man?
mattbennett_22
Troy Tulowitzki had a .811 2014 OPS away from Coors Field. He owns a .818 career OPS away from Coors Field. Neither of those marks would even rank in the top ten first base qualifiers for 2014.
Mikenmn
Moving Papelbon to set-up will not only create an ugly clubhouse situation, but also brings up the possibility of a grievance if he doesn’t vest because of losing his job as closer–particularly since his performance this year doesn’t justify a demotion.
jvent
I would hate to trade wright but what about a big trade with Colorado wright,duda,niese and montero for cargo,arenado and morneau
Than trade den deckker colon and gee to cubs for castro and Travis wood only cause the mets would need a Lp colon could be their ace lol
Mets lineup could be grandy,murph,arenado,cargo,Castro,morneau,d’araund and lagares
Rotation Harvey ,degrom,wheeler,wood and syndergaard
SFGiantsfan_10
That Colorado trade is interesting. I think that if you take out Duda and Montero and put in one of Syndergaard or DeGrom then you have a deal.