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ethanhickey
I would say for the outfield Dyson and Heredia platoon while Haniger gets RF. They are having Miranda start this spring, and it seems that they aren’t set on giving Gallardo the fifth spot. Heston and Miranda are his competitors. Gallardo reminds me a little of Wade Miley and could be a trade chip once the season gets started. If I was Dipoto, I would keep stocking Triple-A, because in 2 years we lose a lot of players. We need to have a bridge through bad years because I’m done swimming from peak to peak.
myaccount
I don’t think platooning Dyson is even an option. JD acquired him to provide excellent defense for our questionable pitching staff, so I expect him to see 130 games minimum (barring injury of course).
sss847
the 1b duo: either deep v’s, killer v’s, or some pun on DV that can be passed off for how hard they hit balls. i’ll leave the nuances up to someone more clever.
TheMichigan
Deep Velocity Duo
GrandSlammy
The Flying V’s
kvnmaret
The Deep V’s
whereslou
It depends on what he does in ST but they are pretty high in Vieira. There is a small chance he could make it out of ST but more than likely be called up later in the year. They compare him to Diaz with 2 real nasty pitches. It will be interesting to see how he does this spring.
The 1st base situation still doesn’t make sense to me. We will see if Vogelbach is enough of an upgrade over Petersen to lose Montgomery I don’t see it yet but we will see. Hopefully one will breakout and we don’t have to platoon the position. As for a nickname they haven’t done anything to deserve one yet. Let them earn one before we give them one.
northwestbaseball7t
I don’t think we got enough for Montgomery by any means but to be fair we also got Paul Blackburn who we then flipped for Valencia so now the Montgomery tRade makes up for both our 1st baseman. It would be pretty sad if we had dj penciled in as our everyday 1b for 2017. I wanted to be fair and throw that out there but I just don’t see any reason to trade a stud lefty pitcher for a first baseman when you could go out and sign Chris carater who hit 40 bombs for only 3 million on a 1 year investment. It seems to me like unless you a all start 1st baseman the rest are cheap and easy to come by on the free agent market. I mean look at Napoli. He was cheap and safe also and a guy who can play everyday and had 101 rbis and only got a short term deal. The scariest part to me is the fact they worry if Vogel can even hang defensively at first. It’s where you move guys who can swing it but are not good enough to play defensively and they are tElling us there is concern of he can be serviceable there. If he has to become a dh only player now he loses a ton of value and the trade get really iffy.
myaccount
Chris Carter provides even less defense than Vogelbach, isn’t controllable, and has a much lower ceiling. He belongs in the AL east anyway because all he can do is mash.
123syo
under-DV-eloped?
BusterMove
Correct me if I’m wrong, which is never, but doesn’t Cruz also like to play RF over DH? Wouldn’t he be in the mix for corner, or is he strictly offense now?
Jeff Todd
I’m sure he’ll mix in every now and again, but he’s slated to pretty much turn into a full-time DH: seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/nelson-cruz-on-th…
BusterMove
Thanks.
eschmeyer
V Twin Engine
BuxBombers
JT, how about Vogelencia? Has a nicer ring than Valbach.
KevinKernan
I’m going with flying V for the 1st base duo. Hopefully they hit some homers.
GrandSlammy
You nailed it
coolsiesmatt
Dyson is the superior CF, they should move Martin to RF since he’s more arm than range. I don’t get why people think Martin gets more playing time, he’s a worse player, even has a worse vs. LHP split. And his body fell apart with his workload last year. I think they should go Haniger/Dyson/Martin vs R and alternate Haniger/Dyson/Heredia and Haniger/Martin/Heredia vs L.
myaccount
Well Servais loves him and when he was actually healthy last season he provided a ton defensively. He was actually hitting pretty well until he went on the DL. Also why would we be comparing Martin and Dyson’s PT anyway? Both are slated to start.
bradthebluefish
I’m going with the DV Duo!
wiggysf
Darn Vital
unsaturatedmatz
Hanover
matthew102402
considering the fact that servais and Dipoto have flat out said that Haniger will be the opening day right fielder, it really isn’t much of a battle.
Jeff Todd
It’s not quite the same as spending hundreds of millions on a free agent. There’s plenty of room for competition, not just for who takes the field opening day but how playing time is allocated throughout the season.
usafcop
V-Bach
usafcop
Valenbach