2014 Offseason Plans Thread Pt2

[jta4437]

Who in the hell is Rafael Ortega? I've never heard of him.

No clue but he's on the 40 man

See winding's post about where he came from

 

[Broseidon]

He has a career .300 BA/ .370 OBP against LH pitchers. Oh well. I think he would have been a good addition. I hope he doesn't kill our LH starters.

Morse and Hart both signed cheap one year deals to prove their healthy and productive so they can cash in next FA, yet both went to terrible places for them to do so. Both bad places for RH power and in SF Morse will actually have to play in the OF.

Shoulda came here Morse, shoulda came here

 

[Broseidon]

Nah ... it will be Rafael Ortega off waivers from COL Nov 27th

(JTA and I talked about this the other night wondering who would go)

What about this Castalannos(?) fellow we picked up?

 

[jta4437]

Morse and Hart both signed cheap one year deals to prove their healthy and productive so they can cash in next FA, yet both went to terrible places for them to do so. Both bad places for RH power and in SF Morse will actually have to play in the OF.

Shoulda came here Morse, shoulda came here

Morse has been healthy once and that was also the only year he was any good, good pass JD

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I think they'll want to give one last opportunity to Kirkman before cutting him loose.

Why?

 

[Broseidon]

.347 OBP against LHPs he'll be ok

Plus he mashes RHP. I read somewhere that they think Choo will slide to 1B in a few seasons.

 

[fordman84]

Morse and Hart both signed cheap one year deals to prove their healthy and productive so they can cash in next FA, yet both went to terrible places for them to do so. Both bad places for RH power and in SF Morse will actually have to play in the OF.

Shoulda came here Morse, shoulda came here

I thought hitters all wanted to come here to have a rebound year, and pitchers know to stay away. Maybe we aren't reaching out to those aging hitter guys looking for one year contracts.

 

[jta4437]

What about this Castalannos(?) fellow we picked up?

Pretty sure Castellanos stays in place of Ortega, if another move is made maybe not, though there are a couple candidates that rank up there as well

 

[fordman84]

Plus he mashes RHP. I read somewhere that they think Choo will slide to 1B in a few seasons.

Choo to 1B and Prince to DH? I could see it.

 

[Broseidon]

Why?

Hard throwing lefty. He'll be invited to various spring trainings for another decade

 

[jta4437]

Why?

He's a pitcher with some solid ability but hasn't put it together yet

 

[jta4437]

Choo to 1B and Prince to DH? I could see it.

As could I, curious to his defensive ability at 1B though

 

[Broseidon]

I thought hitters all wanted to come here to have a rebound year, and pitchers know to stay away. Maybe we aren't reaching out to those aging hitter guys looking for one year contracts.

Right, the ole Milton Bradley theory. Guess the league caught wise

I have an irrational fondness for Morse tho. Nobody else here wanted him at all

 

[Justinkm83]

Morse has been healthy once and that was also the only year he was any good, good pass JD

That's the same thing I've told Broseidon plenty of times.

 

[jta4437]

Right, the ole Milton Bradley theory. Guess the league caught wise

I have an irrational fondness for Morse tho. Nobody else here wanted him at all

For good reason, he's pretty awful that had one outlier season

 

[ESPN Refugee]

He's a pitcher with some solid ability but hasn't put it together yet

This.

 

[Broseidon]

As could I, curious to his defensive ability at 1B though

I bet he'd be fine. He'd be better than MY was with his frying pan of a glove.

 

[Broseidon]

Easy fellas, I caveated 'irrational' Morse love..although his numbers were very Cruz like except at a fraction of the cost.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

He's a pitcher with some solid ability but hasn't put it together yet

He drives me crazy. A good inning still will take him 20 pitches to get through the inning. Correct me if I am wrong but he has to be on the MLB roster or he can be claimed if we send him down. I guess he could be that long man in games that are not going well.

 

[Windingmywatch]

What about this Castalannos(?) fellow we picked up?

He came off waivers from BOS who had to make room for Napoli. They had acquired Castellanos from LAD in a minor league trade after the post season. Castellanos had very good AA and AAA numbers in 2011-2012. Something happened in 2013 and he had a major down turn. LAD couldn't figure out where to play him.

I'd expect TEX puts him down in Round Rock to provide some COF depth although he's got lots of time at 3b and 2b in the minors too.

Alex Castellanos Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com