Rolen & Scutaro: Any interest?
Rolen is owed $11 million next year so I don't think it'd cost much in terms of prospects to get the two of them. Shift the Panda to 1st, Scutaro at 2nd, improves the offense quite a bit while not giving up much defensively. Thoughts?
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Just wanted to add
slow day at work so I start to rosterbate quite a bit.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Jul 24, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Scutaro always intrests me. But he does the Forbidden Result (walks) and I am not sure how that can sunk on to the team.
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by daveinexile on Jul 24, 2009 3:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I get the feeling that they wouldn’t come cheap at all. In a vacuum, I’d love to go out and get one or both of them, though.
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by rotorueter on Jul 24, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This would only be a minor bonus, but we could also use Ishikawa as a late-inning replacement…either to rest Rolen so that he stays healthy, or to take out Panda a boost the defense a bit.
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by rotorueter on Jul 24, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…or to take out Panda a boost the defense a bit.
Obviously posted before Friday nights game game against the Rox :-)
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by nvsfg on Jul 24, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well Scutaro walks after the year and Rolen is fragile and owed a lot of money. I’m pretty sure we could get it done without including the top 5 (I’ve personally add Neal to the big 4, who I think are tier above all our other prospects). Sosa+one of Crawford/Kieshnick maybe? Am I overvaluing our prospects and the Jays determination to cut salary?
by AngelWillSaveUs on Jul 24, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to say. I hope you’re right, though!
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by rotorueter on Jul 24, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I knew Rolen would stay healthy, I’d be tempted. Jays should be willing to dump his salary for lesser prospects.
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by leftymalo on Jul 24, 2009 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There’s this player that’s been on my mind
All the time! Scu-Scu-Scutaro…
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by shikantaza on Jul 24, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Natto on Jul 24, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to have Scutaro, but I dunno how much we’d have to give up to get him. He’s having a pretty good year.
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by Natto on Jul 24, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
CLAP CLAP
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by GiantBrass on Jul 24, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 24, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scutaro is the best defensive SS in the league (or at least near-best). Move Renteria to second (or bench him if we have the stomach for it).
Anyway good ideaz
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by i did my job on Jul 24, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like this...
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by GiantBrass on Jul 24, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OUT OF MY HEAD!!
Or else you will enough up wiht my grammar an syntax. You been warned.
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by daveinexile on Jul 25, 2009 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine how much minor league loot the Giants would have to give up to get Halladay, Rolen and Scutaro?
LOL
by boolemaster on Jul 24, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine how much minor league loot the Giants would have to give up to get Halladay, Rolen and Scutaro?
Think they would take the Grizzlies minus Buster ?
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by nvsfg on Jul 24, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This idea was already posted
I like the idea of going after Rolen, but you’re late to the discussion. Trading for Rolen was already hashed-out in-depth on this board beginning 12 days ago:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/7/13/947347/rolen-for-prospects
For that threadpost the most frequent coupling suggested was Alex Rios, not Scutaro. Rolen should come cheap because he’s basically a salary dump. Sabean is not likely to give the Jays anything near what they’d want for Scutaro since he’s a 2.5 month rental before being a FA at the end of this season. Sabes has been quite steadfast about his disinterest in trading for a short-termer unless the other team is basically giving him away – which probably rules out Scutaro. He would be a nice pick up as a FA though.
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by Fla-Giant on Jul 24, 2009 11:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a good post.
One reason I didn’t talk much about Scutaro there is I had, and still do have, a hard time thinking the Jays would put him up on the block for anything but a highway robbery type trade. The troubles the Jays have had for several years at SS before him , he great glove work and very cheep contract stillmakes me kind of view being on the " I wanted a Pony, and team of baseball playing robots and.." list.
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by daveinexile on Jul 25, 2009 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scutaro at SS would be wonderful.
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by jponry on Jul 25, 2009 12:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
must stick up for my guy here. He’s stunk lately, but he was obviously injured. Before that he hit with men on base, and although his range and arm are lousy, he makes most of the important plays that he has to. I can’t think of any fielding errors from Edgar that have really cost us.
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by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2009 6:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. But if Renteria was at second that bum wing of his would not be as much of an issue either.
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by daveinexile on Jul 25, 2009 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marco Scutaro would still be much much better.
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by jponry on Jul 25, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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