Back from vacation, where to start...
Boy, you go on vacation during the trading deadline, so many topics- let's see, Giambi's got cancer, Olerud is going to NY (Family issues??), Contreras traded, Nomar, Dodgers, Cubs, ...
At least we don't have to waste a bunch of time talking about all those moves the M's made.
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Before I left, I hoped the M's would play .500 ball. Instead, the losing has permeated the clubhouse and the M's find a way to lose game after game. Overall, I think it is fair to say the pitching on this team stinks.
So, this has caused many fans to realize the M's need to be shopping for one, and probably 2 quality arms in the off-season.
If you buy the argument the M's need to go after a couple of pitchers, this means:
- less funds for position players the M's desperately need
- less funds for a big-time bat (ie: power) the M's desperately need
- more chance the M's screw up during the off-season by randomly picking up guys and in general overpaying
During an interview with KJR, Bavasi said he is looking for a Freddy Garcia-type pitcher. Let's look at Freddy's numbers so far: 3.35 ERA, 156 IP, 131 SO, BB 43
If he keeps this up, he'll certainly end up with one of the better seasons for a pitcher in the AL. If you think you have identified a FA pitcher available this upcoming winter with similiar numbers and upside, let's hear it. Not much right now excites me.
One completely bullshit statement by Bavasi- that Garcia wouldn't have come back. Garcia has flat-out said if the M's would have offered him a similiar contract, he would be back. I'm more inclined to believe Garcia on this one, and again the M's back themselves in a corner by never offering an actual real-life contract.
Instead, they are left with a tired argument that the agent said they were looking for fill-in-the-blank money and they couldn't afford it.
I guess what I'm getting at is I don't see a lot of good pitchers available as FA's that excite me, and the M's don't have much to trade.
Some fans seem to think a $95 million paroll will mean no long rebuilding plan. Given the sorry state of the current team (is there anything positive about the current group?) it will take an incredible off-season for the M's to be anything other than the 4th best team in the AL West next year.
Boy, you go on vacation during the trading deadline, so many topics- let's see, Giambi's got cancer, Olerud is going to NY (Family issues??), Contreras traded, Nomar, Dodgers, Cubs, ...
At least we don't have to waste a bunch of time talking about all those moves the M's made.
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Before I left, I hoped the M's would play .500 ball. Instead, the losing has permeated the clubhouse and the M's find a way to lose game after game. Overall, I think it is fair to say the pitching on this team stinks.
So, this has caused many fans to realize the M's need to be shopping for one, and probably 2 quality arms in the off-season.
If you buy the argument the M's need to go after a couple of pitchers, this means:
- less funds for position players the M's desperately need
- less funds for a big-time bat (ie: power) the M's desperately need
- more chance the M's screw up during the off-season by randomly picking up guys and in general overpaying
During an interview with KJR, Bavasi said he is looking for a Freddy Garcia-type pitcher. Let's look at Freddy's numbers so far: 3.35 ERA, 156 IP, 131 SO, BB 43
If he keeps this up, he'll certainly end up with one of the better seasons for a pitcher in the AL. If you think you have identified a FA pitcher available this upcoming winter with similiar numbers and upside, let's hear it. Not much right now excites me.
One completely bullshit statement by Bavasi- that Garcia wouldn't have come back. Garcia has flat-out said if the M's would have offered him a similiar contract, he would be back. I'm more inclined to believe Garcia on this one, and again the M's back themselves in a corner by never offering an actual real-life contract.
Instead, they are left with a tired argument that the agent said they were looking for fill-in-the-blank money and they couldn't afford it.
I guess what I'm getting at is I don't see a lot of good pitchers available as FA's that excite me, and the M's don't have much to trade.
Some fans seem to think a $95 million paroll will mean no long rebuilding plan. Given the sorry state of the current team (is there anything positive about the current group?) it will take an incredible off-season for the M's to be anything other than the 4th best team in the AL West next year.
posted by Tom at
5:39 PM
