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As a starter, would be an upgrade over what we this season, and could be competent backup to Flores. Might be costly, however.
Questionable grammar all over this one. I'm thinkin' Turtle Boy has been hittin' the today.
I would never, ever, ever, ever, EVER trade for a reliever. EVER.OK, I'm with you and I have posed this question before as have others, "why not utilize the starters we have that will not make the 5 man rotation?"Maybe not all but we seem posed to add two FA starters leaving a group of four to five either sent back to Syracuse or Harrisburg.Most of them seem able to get thru the first AB's fairly unscathed and the remaining AB's they start getting hit harder.Sounds like relief pitchers to me.
OK, I'm with you and I have posed this question before as have others, "why not utilize the starters we have that will not make the 5 man rotation?"Maybe not all but we seem posed to add two FA starters leaving a group of four to five either sent back to Syracuse or Harrisburg.Most of them seem able to get thru the first AB's fairly unscathed and the remaining AB's they start getting hit harder.Sounds like relief pitchers to me.
I'd like Morse to be our first guy off the bench to pinch-hit. He seems to do pretty well in that role.
You think he does better than Willie Harris?
The numbers don't lie.
Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times hears that the Rays are on the verge of trading Akinori Iwamura. Topkin's source, who's not with the Rays, says the team close to acquiring Iwamura is not the Dodgers or Cubs.The Rays have until one day after the end of the World Series to pick up Iwamura's $4.85MM option or buy him out for $550K. The Rays don't need Iwamura thanks to Ben Zobrist's emergence, but it's not surprising that other teams have interest in the Japanese infielder. The 30-year-old has a career line of .281/.354/.393 and he plays a solid second base, according to UZR/150.
Please, please, please!
The Tampa Bay Rays are rumored to be in the process of finalizing a deal that will send second baseman Akinori Iwamura to a National League team. The trade is expected to be completed Tuesday night.The deal is believed to be a sign-and-trade.
I didn't say I thought it was the Nats, just providing more info on the story. I haven't seen us ruled out anywhere either. All we know is that it's a national league team. Reports have ruled out Giants, Cubs and Dodgers.
Wow. Talk about process of elimination? We can probably rule out the Phillies (Utley), SD and Florida (too expensive), the Rox (adequate cheap depth) . . .
According to Dejan Kovacevic, the Pirates are involved.
sincerely doubt that it is us.
Right. We don't need help at 2nd base.
