Comments on: Buying And Selling

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:01:34 +0000

If the team can get Reid Brignac for a three-month rental of Bedard, we should all be ecstatic.

By: qwerty

qwerty — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:49:03 +0000

If you trade with Tampa, odds are you try to make it a multiplayer deal where Sonnanstine or Niemann are coming back to replace Bedard. If you trade with Philly, you make sure Carlos Carrasco is in the deal. The Mâ€™s will get a pitcher back in a Bedard trade.

So my hopes of getting 3 prospects back for Bedard are a pipedream? It’s like trading the 5 prospects (Jones et al for Brignac…) ouch.

By: jjracoon

jjracoon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:59:10 +0000

I got enamored by the young Betancourt too during his first couple years but can not see ANY improvement in ANY aspect of his game in at least 1 1/2 years. I see this kid as a short term answer with possible long term implications. If Trunfiel (sic) proves to be the shortstop of the future then Brignac becomes the second baseman. I was sold as soon as I saw the left handed hitting and the stats just made it tastier. Any chance of Carp coming up to give us a little lefthanded bench strength too??????

By: bakomariner

bakomariner — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:41:46 +0000

Great write up and good, thought out responses…way to kick off the day…I’m off to the ballpark baby…just got back to the hotel from the beach…time to watch The King for the first time in person…got my jersey and I’m out the door…have a good one!

Happy Felix Day!

By: thebigp708

thebigp708 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:02:33 +0000

If all else fails I could play SS for the M’s… It would be an upgrade from YB and I’m cheap.

By: Dennisss

Dennisss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:53:57 +0000

Mike,

Thanks for checking. My research abilities are not as good as yours, so that’s strictly from memory. You are probably right that I got the pattern slightly wrong.

I would be skeptical too. I’m glad someone felt the need to look it up.

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:16:15 +0000

For those wondering about the LaRussa experiment, I had to go track it down. (Specifically, I was skeptical that it happened, but it looks like I just didn’t remember because I was out of the country when it happened.) It’s from the second half of July 1993, pretty distinctive as that’s when you have the only relief appearances by regular starters Welch, Ron Darling, and Bobby Witt. I’m not sure the pattern was intended to be a 9-man rotation with a 3-3-3 IP pattern, though. From the box scores, I would have guessed 4-4-1 (with the 1 being Eckersley).

By: 6-4-3

6-4-3 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:46:45 +0000

They had a nine-man rotation, with three guys slated to pitch 3 innings each every third game, and a couple more in the bullpen. It did not really get good results, the starter could never get a win, and they gave it up after a month or two.

Starters never getting the win would definitely be a drawback. Also, starters would be pissed when the manager pulled them after three innings when pitching well. Once again “team morale” rears its ugly head…

I should have known LaRussa would have tried this scheme

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:27:17 +0000

[Bedardâ€™s] done NOTHING for us since heâ€™s got here except prove the Adam Jones traded was lopsided in Baltimoreâ€™s favor.

What a ridiculous overstatement

By: diderot

diderot — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:25:45 +0000

Heâ€™s done NOTHING for us since heâ€™s got here except prove the Adam Jones traded was lopsided in Baltimoreâ€™s favor.

You mean other than pitching well?

Don’t blame him for the trade. It wasn’t his idea.