rowand's rowdies Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Hello everybody, we're back. Hopefully we can be back at the ballpark, supporting A-Row this summer, but that's another conversation all together. Just wanted to chime in on two things. (1) Miguel Cabrera. This guy is a stud. He is right there with Pujols hitting wise, just lesser known becuase he plays for the marlins. If the rumors are true, and he is losing weight and working on speed, he could play 4 positions (1B,3B, LF, RF). He is also only 24. Let me repeat that, he is ONLY 24. Josh Fields is 24, but is 5 months older than Miggy as he is turning 25 in a week. Who right now is the better player? At best, Josh's ceiling is a 40 HR guy who bats .275. Miguel could be one of the best players in MLB history. He would also excel at a hitters park like the Cell, which Miami stadium is not. Now, I'm not bashing Josh Fields, I love the guy. However, I am partial to Crede and wouldn't mind keeping him as a 3B/DH combo this year as an insurance policy. Jimmy can't hit LH pitching that well anyway. He could play some 3B as well when Miggy plays OF. Now, we would depleat the farm system, but the farm system is what it is for a reason. We can replenish by making better draft and personnel decisions. We can also replace a SP such as Danks or Floyd with a low cost veteran FA such as a Colon or Clement. Hell, sign a few of them and see who pans out. Loaiza worked out pretty well back in the day. (2) Rauch for Uribe + Cash? Saw that the Nats are looking to use Rauch to get a shortstop. They went after Guzman a few years back after his time in MIN, and he is very similiar to Uribe. Might help or hurt. We would have to throw in a prospect (or Sisco, Aardsma, or MacDougal) and some $, but he would help the bullpen or the starting rotation. I always liked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(rowand's rowdies @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 04:30 PM) (2) Rauch for Uribe + Cash? Saw that the Nats are looking to use Rauch to get a shortstop. They went after Guzman a few years back after his time in MIN, and he is very similiar to Uribe. Might help or hurt. We would have to throw in a prospect (or Sisco, Aardsma, or MacDougal) and some $, but he would help the bullpen or the starting rotation. I always liked him. Rauch aint coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilmot825 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Rauch...Been There Done That....Mike Cameron 4 Home Runs, Need I Say More. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 03:37 PM) Rauch...Been There Done That....Mike Cameron 4 Home Runs, Need I Say More. Rauch gave up like 1 of those homers; you are referring more to Jim Parque then anyone else. Besides that, that's absolutely terrible reasoning. So yeah, you need to say a lot more to deject a pitcher like that. He's actually been a pretty damn good reliever for his past 230 innings or so; maybe you need to look at his history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 05:42 PM) Rauch gave up like 1 of those homers; you are referring more to Jim Parque then anyone else. Besides that, that's absolutely terrible reasoning. So yeah, you need to say a lot more to deject a pitcher like that. He's actually been a pretty damn good reliever for his past 230 innings or so; maybe you need to look at his history. Rauch isnt a white sox because he left the game he started early. Rauch was being sent down after the game and he told the sox he left in the 6th inning or so after he was pulled to get a jump on heading back to AAA. Basically he was never going to pitch for teh sox again, and i doubt we reacquire him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(daa84 @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 03:45 PM) Rauch isnt a white sox because he left the game he started early. Rauch was being sent down after the game and he told the sox he left in the 6th inning or so after he was pulled to get a jump on heading back to AAA. Basically he was never going to pitch for teh sox again, and i doubt we reacquire him Now see, that's a better reason as to why the Sox would have no interest in them. I'd forgotten the exact circumstances, but GHC brought it up in another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Maybe we could reacquire him and then trade him to the Alomar family for Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmookie Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 id rather see another starting pitcher. the rotation of buehrle, vazquez, contreras, danks, and either floyd, gonzalez, haiger,broadway etc.. scares me. sign a-row, get a pitcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 03:42 PM) He's actually been a pretty damn good reliever for his past 230 innings or so; maybe you need to look at his history. Talk about an inning eater... most innings out of the pen in the last two seasons that i know of (178 and 2/3 innings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeynach Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 U do all realize Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis are now members of the Tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 QUOTE(joeynach @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 05:37 PM) U do all realize Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis are now members of the Tigers. no way IS YOU SERIOUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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