Game 31 Overflow Thread

As far as happiness, it makes me no difference to be honest. So I don’t know where that came from. However, on the blocking point. You can’t block someone if the person they are blocking can improve with more innings in AAA. Jimenez is not peaked in AAA, he can still gain from being there. So can Perez, Motte and the like. With all of the effective innings our starters are giving, there’s not many innings in play.

And I do care what we can get. Reyes is cost controlled for the next two years, he isn’t locked into the roster and can be put back in Memphis, Reyes is making a nice chunk of change irregardless of what he does, and that’s the contract he’s signed.

The players union does everything under the book to try and get the players everything they can, the team management deals with that. The team has every right to do what they need to do in regards to a player.

If this conversation was about Thompson, that’s one thing. But we’re talking about Reyes, who had a load of chances last year and frankly, didn’t show up.

Everyday he ups his value, irregardless of what he does on the field. That’s the economics of baseball. At the end of last year all he could do is go up and he is.

Why wouldn’t you want to sit on a cost controlled pitcher who three teams have been open about shopping for?

The season is young, we were the team last year that had to look anywhere and everywhere for a pitcher. There will be new teams in that place this year. When they’re there, they’ll come with more to the table.

And if no one does, no harm, no foul. We have a new look at him next year and evaluate from there.

I do too, in regards to Dunc vs Reyes. There’s no harm in keeping a cost controlled guy around when your staff will empty out at the end of the year.