klaus kinski Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Morneau option not picked up. What do you think? Always killed it in our park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winninguglyin83 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Prefer Kent Hrbek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:44 PM) Prefer Kent Hrbek After all the concussions, Morneau probably thinks he is Kent Hrbek. Any resurgence he had was solely Coors Field aided, no thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Morneau is pretty similar to pre-2015 LaRoche. I'd rather just keep ALR and hope for a rebound than try to dump him, pay half his salary, and give a deal to a different old guy like Morneau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'd be open to it, but doesn't he absolutely despise us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetman Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 We are stuck with LaRoche unless we deal him for another bad contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 It doesn't make sense because we have to be building towards 2017-2019. Giving those at-bats to a Morneau over someone like Avi, Olt, Davidson (or even Cabrera, with a younger player playing LF/RF) makes little or no sense because we're just wasting those opportunities when they could benefit a "prospect/suspect" who actually could be a part of the future of the organization. Now you can certainly make the argument ALL of those guys might have no future, or even Trayce Thompson, but that's a different argument. If you at least believe they have a "reasonable" chance to succeed, then you have to go with the younger players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) It doesn't make sense because we have to be building towards 2017-2019. Giving those at-bats to a Morneau over someone like Avi, Olt, Davidson (or even Cabrera, with a younger player playing LF/RF) makes little or no sense because we're just wasting those opportunities when they could benefit a "prospect/suspect" who actually could be a part of the future of the organization. Now you can certainly make the argument ALL of those guys might have no future, or even Trayce Thompson, but that's a different argument. If you at least believe they have a "reasonable" chance to succeed, then you have to go with the younger players. Problem is we don't have anyone in the upper minors knocking on the door who deserve those at bats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) Morneau option not picked up. What do you think? Always killed it in our park Neither. Sox need to get more versatile. Fewer dead veterans needed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Just two seasons ago he had good stats. But last year he must have been hurt with only 182 plate appearances, unless he was benched. If we could dump LaRoche (impossible to do with that contract) I'd be all for paying Morneau the kind of money the Sox paid Keppinger for a year or 2. Give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) Prefer Kent Hrbek laughed out loud. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Morneau should retire. Great career, but this last concussion came on a play where he dived for the ball and came up concussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:51 PM) laughed out loud. Thank you He either ways 400 pounds or is skinny and unrecognizable now I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 We have someone in Laroche, who may have been struggling in a down year, but is a gold glove firstbaseman and can hit homers. My instincts tell me he will be coming back with a vengeance in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 No to both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 10:15 AM) He either ways 400 pounds or is skinny and unrecognizable now I bet. The former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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