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That is why I am glad you are not the GM, no offense. I don't mind trading prospects, but I want a player who can hit both lefties and righties, and Granderson fits in only with half that scenerio. If Granderson was remotely solid against lefties, that's fine, but he's not as he Aaron Miles against lefties and that to me isn't worth Castro/Vitters or Cashner. I wouldn't be opposed to Vitters and a couple of B prospects for Granderson, but Cashner and Castro imo are off limits unless Verlander or Miguel Cabrera are coming back in the deal. I also believe in 2008 he hit 270 against lefties. Nope. How is it a BS argument? The BS argument is saying that it doesn't matter because there aren't a lot of lefties in NL Central rotations. It doesn't matter. He's going to see a significant chunk of PAs against lefties no matter what..... especially considering how bad he is against them. And hell yeah it's significant when you're THAT bad against lefties. He shouldn't be playing against lefties, period. Every time there's a lefty pithcing, Granderson becomes a terrible player. His defense is good, but it doesn't come close to making up for the .600 OPS he'll be putting up against them. That said, I'd trade Vitters for him.... but not with Castro or Jackson. Hell no. If we're giving up Vitters for Granderson, the rest of the package better be pretty much just filler.

I wouldn't have traded him for Doumit either.

I agree with you on the Bradley thing, but that's simply not going to happen. I think when talking about this winter we need to just assume he's gone. Whether or not that's the right move is a completely different debate. As far as Byrd goes, I have to disagree with you wholeheartedly. Defensively, he has a good reputation, and according to UZR he's almost exactly average, with a -6 last year, +5.9 in 08, and a +.3 in 2007At worst he's probably a little above average, which considering he would allow us to move Fukudome to RF he would still give us a pretty good net gain in the outfield defensively. And he's a type B FA, so there is no cost in players for him. As for Home/Road splits, I think those might be a minor issue, but nothing huge. First off, there's generally a gap in guys with regards to home/road splits. For instance, in 2009 the average MLB player hit .267/.340/.429 at home and .258/.326/.406 away. Also, Wrigley Field is a pretty damn good hitters park too, so there shouldn't be much of a dropoff going from Texas to Wrigley. I mean he's not a guy to go "Oh my God it's Marlon Byrd!" But he's a pretty good player that can probably be gotten relatively inexpensively. When a guy plays in Texas and has huge splits, it's an issue. If we got Byrd I think we could expect like a .750 OPS.

i wouldnt empty the farm for johan. i don't think i'd want him with that contract. he's been on a steady decline since 2006 and is on the wrong side of 30.

awful awful awful

A Granderson platoon with Johnson would produce badass results, but I don't know if Hendry would have enough payroll room to pay both of them.

That might be enough for one of them Might? Really? A closer, a starting SS/2B, a guy who has excelled as a loogy(and can spot start) and a guy who has potential as a DH. Not to mention they're all very cheap and most under team control for a bit. They would instantly have 3 or 4 guys they would put on the field right now. You're missing the point of the post. agree they all suck. freakin hendry. yeah because that's exactly what i said

best kill i've seen this season

bad penalty or bs call?

That might be enough for one of them Might? Really? A closer, a starting SS/2B, a guy who has excelled as a loogy(and can spot start) and a guy who has potential as a DH. Not to mention they're all very cheap and most under team control for a bit. They would instantly have 3 or 4 guys they would put on the field right now. You're missing the point of the post.

I'm trying to figure out if this is a joke. It's best to just assume that all of his posts are.

That might be enough for one of them

how is byrd anything like derosa?

hahahahaa

what a bust

He decided to turn white so the Wrigley fans would love him again.

Decent, yes. Pretty good, debatable. He had a 4.42 ERA, 1.505 WHIP, 108 Ks and 77 BBs in 183.1 IP. thats pretty terrible

based on what? the reds offense has been crap the last 2 seasons, and that's with a ballpark helping them The Reds have a lot of young talent, I'm afraid of them over the next couple years. That's been the general sentiment for a couple years now, no? woooosh

based on what? the reds offense has been crap the last 2 seasons, and that's with a ballpark helping them

lol @ adam jones it's pathetic how much of a joke award this has become.

That's not the debate though. The debate is he better choice than say 140 or so games of Sam Fuld. Did you not see this post from Rob?

Like offense? Because Sam Fuld is awful at that. The guy can't even OPS a 800 OPS in the freaking PCL as a 28 year old. Defense is important but not that important. Especially for a team desperate for offense in RF. you're desperate for production in RF, period. and yes, when your defense is as bad as Dye's is, it's very important. and you talk about wanting hitting there? well dye has only hit in 1 of the last 3 seasons and will be 36 next season. last season he was 10th out of the 11 qualifying AL RF in OPS (.793). his UZR rankings among all MLB RF over the past 4 seasons 18th of 19 11th of 13 17th of 19 17th of 17 so he's been terrible on both sides of the ball in 2 of his last 3 seasons, and is going to be 36. if fuld doesn't hit, at least it will be the only thing he sucks at. if fuld got on base like he did in his minor league career and did with the cubs last season, the difference would be even bigger.

i guess fuld will have to settle for being better than dye at the things that actually matter then and like i said, he doesn't need to outhit dye to be more valuable. even when dye does hit (which is like half the time), he gives it back defensively. he's a dh

jermaine dye is like the opposite of consistent and no one with half a brain would say Sam Fuld is more valuable than Jermaine Dye. If Dye plays like he did last season, then Fuld wouldn't have to do much of anything with the bat to be more valuable overall than Dye. Sorry that you put too much stock in a name.

jermaine dye is like the opposite of consistent