But the CSI Miami one-liner meme was the greatest meme that should probably be retired on VEB of all time…
[reaches for sunglasses]
Of all…
[puts them on]
time.

Adrian is 27 to Rasmus’s 23
Adrian is already in his arbitration years while Rasmus is still cost controled for a few more years.
All that said though Adrian is already putting up 30+HRs while Colby may be a few years (if ever) away from that. If Adrian was able to make up for the defensive loss of a “gold glove caliber” CF while maintaining his current offensive prowless I might consider it. The problem comes down to CF being a premium defensive position and Rasmus being a 20/20 (HR/2B) guy (he had 16/22 this year so not a stretch to assume he hits 20/20 next year) and if he ever figures out the base stealing part of his game at he could put up a 20/20/20 season someday.

In the end though I doubt I could be swayed to make that trade.

But as he can’t play 3B or LF, that’s a little moot, don’t you think?

If we’re going to trade Rasmus for someone to play 3rd or LF why don’t we, ummmm, trade him for a third baseman or an outfielder???

It’s an interesting hypothetical question though.

For purely personal reasons. And in this case I can’t separate baseball from emotions. Sorry.

but the team usually tends to be around the playoffs at the end of the season. So based on results I don’t know if terrible and overrated fits. In my opinion if a good percentage of the time your team is 1/4 of the league’s playoffs the manager is probably responsible for that in some way shape or form.

and a brilliant manager at the same time. There are so many different things a manager has to be in control of for a baseball game. He is great at finding interesting ways to try to get a run across but he is AWFUL at his loyalty to floundering players.

played the occasional 2b, SS and 3b.
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strangely, his wikipedia photo shows him throwing RH

Obviously, someone coming off of surgery to repair a torn labrum and torn rotator cuff probably shouldn’t be “interesting,” let alone “very, very interesting.” But, if his velocity is there, why not roll the dice? What’s the worst that could happen?

I also like Gaudin. Depending on the price, he’d be a nice acquisition.

He would be an amazing fit for us. He had some weird sickness in 09. He is in the Winter League right now. In the end though he will most likely be tendered a contract.

I like Wang as a buy low candidate. He would fit well into our teams pitching philosophy.

I liked Gaudin as a buy-low shot this year but I think I’d just rather roll with Garcia as our 4th starter this year (assuming Smoltz is back to be #4 and we don’t pick up any injuries). Gaudin’d certainly be a decent common-sense pickup for the league minimum (or near that), though.

I just don’t see Jenks getting non-tendered and going for a song. Obviously you’d want him if that happens, but I don’t really see why one poor year would make them want to cut bait.

Bonser and Church are both decent buy-low candidates too, although you’ve got to wonder whether we’ve already (hypothetically) got enough of these type of guys. I prefer Gaudin to Bonser, and Church would only be blocking someone like Allen Craig.

I don’t get what you mean about tRA hating Wang. Yeah, he was below-average in 2009, but then all the other stats hated him as much (if not more – 5.38 FIP!). In 05-07 he was solidly above average by tRA, and in 08 he was about average. I’m not getting where tRA and the other stats wildly disagree about Wang, except perhaps in 2008 where he was average-ish by tRA and a bit above average by FIP (although in only 95 IP).

I wouldn’t mind picking him up and seeing if we can fix him.

For his career, it’s 4.55, which translates to about a 4.2 ERA.. THat’s not that bad.

He’s better performance-wise than any other “short-term veteran solution” and he’s probably going to be cheaper for us too. Plus John Smoltz seems like the kind of guy you want to have when he knows it’s going to be his last year.

Smoltz will be back (YAY!), we get a pick for DeRo after making a cursory attempt to retain him (YAY!) and presumably Holliday’s in pinstripes next year (Meh.).

Now we’ve just got to wait and see who ends up getting $10m-ish to play LF. My hope is Cameron, although I expect (if he’s not offered arby) Damon. Either way, I think that would represent a decent winter. The only other necessity is a RH or two for the bullpen – Tony Pena Jr and Kiko Calero on reasonable contracts, and I’m happy. I’d love to take a flier on Wagner or Saito if they’re vaguely fit and if Wagner isn’t offered arby, too (and maybe Putz at a push).

He’s said publicly he wants to come back. I think a lot of people around the team have made no secret of their liking him, and he made a pretty good impression in his ten or so starts last year. I can’t see how it doesn’t happen, tbh, and I really, really hope it does.

although I wouldn’t be surprised if TLR and Duncan press for and receive a scrap off the heap to “compete” for the no. 5 slot.

that would be my preference too. There’s a lot of decent FA arms around, some will probably be nice bargains, but I don’t see any of them signing as cheaply as Smoltz, and I just like the guy. Plus, that leaves us plenty of cash to get the best non-Holliday option in LF.

He seems to get in fights with managers pretty readily.

Sun and Mercury opposition Pluto *cough cough*

Plus, he is coming off 2 surgeries. I would rather sign Cameron to a 2 year/$18M contract

Not a Damon fan but he would be okay I guess. I would just have to get over not liking him.

hopefully he’s cheap (maybe cheaper than DeRosa) and would allow Allen Craig to get a legitimate shot. if Craig and Nady don’t work out, you still have enough payroll flexibility to move some pieces around. signing Cameron/Damon/Bay/Holliday to a serious deal really paints you into a corner (maybe more so than Lohse.)

  ***two*** TJ surgeries is kind of high-risk, imo.