Tuesday Bird Droppings

on dope?

We’re just a front for the Sun or something, remember?

but for first we’ve picked up Michael Aubrey and Rhyne Hughes who could be decent. Plus we might force Luke Scott to play first even though he’s pretty good defensively.
Also anybody know what injury Scott Moore had this year? He used to be a good option at third

Should the team splurge on a big bat this off-season, or wait until next year? One plus is that because of our poor record, the team can sign a Type A free agent without surrendering a draft pick.

If you know where one is, be sure to let us know. Free agent market is woefully thin right now.

At least I don’t think he’ll give away the draft picks. He’s already said some mumbo jumbo about dominoes falling into place with trades. I expect him to eventually package a set of promising youngsters for some big pieces, along the lines of the Red Sox. He’s said he doesn’t plan on trading off youth this year, but getting overpaid can change one’s mind. I guess it is more likely to happen next year for a move in 2011. If he doesn’t get a deal for the bat (or pitcher), maybe we’re in for another bullpen revamp (not done like Beattie and Flanagan) while he hopes Wieters power comes, Jones figures his game out, and the pitching develops.

He was quite young for AAA and had lousy luck. Plus, he’s still making improvements.

always looks like they got the shaft when its just them who gets the axe.

i guess you could argue that pitching/hitting coaches might really be influential, but most of that should be in the offseason. but most of these guys in the bigs (whos names aren’t desserts) should already have a pretty good idea of what theyre doing by the time they get here. hitting coaches are just for kicks.

have an arm injury, maybe shoulder preventing him from playing third? And really I think third is where we have a hole opening up.
I’m hoping we might get Crede on a minor league deal or at least a high-incentive deal. Use him and somebody else at third.

at least he hasn’t crashed and burned yet

Also have the highest upside. Part of it just depends on what competition they are facing and how advanced they are. Look at Porcello right now who’s probably a league-average pitcher while jumping from A to the MLB level.
Hopefully the high school picks will start appearing in the majors as we start losing pitchers like Guthrie or Matuez. I think the plan is to reload, not just get decent pitchers to the majors

Unfortunately (especially for Bedard himself) he was diagnosed with a torn labrum earlier this year and will have to spend quite a bit of time rehabbing it. He won’t be back in baseball until mid to late 2010.

but Bedard has a labrum tear and probably wont be good to pitch til the middle of next season (and even then you dont know what you’re gonna be getting). Bergesen should be good to go and honeslty I dont know if i’d even want Berken in the pen at this point. Let him work some stuff out at AAA and if he figures it out great. If not, whatever. I would like to see Hernandez in the pen though.

signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year.

would be ok. He should be paid for half a season or whatever time he COULD pitch, though. He might be interested in a Smoltz like contract. Lots of incentives if it works out and no real loss if it doesn’t.

whom he would not supply trite cliches after games. His 7 innings a start were usually among the best a LHP in the AL had to offer. I couldn’t care less if he makes a reporter’s job hard or not. I care if he pitches well.