2014 Offseason Plans Thread Pt2

[terpsfball09]

Your scout friend back at work tomorrow? Still interested how things transpire.

Yessir

 

[Nightcrawler]

Yessir

I'd expect them to be getting a RH bat.... I doubt they want Moreland to DH against lefties

 

[terpsfball09]

Oh they'll make a move, and something tells me they'll get that solid DH still, even though my friend indicated we had moved on

 

[romeo212000]

Oh they'll make a move, and something tells me they'll get that solid DH still, even though my friend indicated we had moved on

I don't think iit will be Cruz. I'd settle for someone like baker if he's healthy.

 

[terpsfball09]

Ya I don't think itll be cruz either. I was referring more to morales

 

[Nightcrawler]

Oh they'll make a move, and something tells me they'll get that solid DH still, even though my friend indicated we had moved on

I've accepted the likelihood of Moreland being DH. I hope your friend tells us of plans to get someone better.

 

[romeo212000]

Ya I don't think itll be cruz either. I was referring more to morales

Not sure about him either, but I see some prudent moves on the horizon.

 

[romeo212000]

I've accepted the likelihood of Moreland being DH. I hope your friend tells us of plans to get someone better.

You are not a fan of Mitch. We get it.

 

[darrylgann]

Ya I don't think itll be cruz either. I was referring more to morales

Have they mentioned Baker there to you, Terps? They keeping up on him?

 

[donaldson79]

Even if Beltre is starting a decline, I believe he's still better than the vast majority. I'm not convinced he wasn't paying hurt a lot last year.

He is better than most, and yes he was hurt a lot last season. But fact of the matter is, he has been hurt a considerable amount of time, even though he perceived, a lot over the last few seasons.

He's still an elite 3rd baseman. Just not necessarily the best.

I still love him.

 

[terpsfball09]

Have they mentioned Baker there to you, Terps? They keeping up on him?

No, to this point its always been the big fish because of the front office wide want to trade moreland. It was only within the past couple of days we backed off of cruz and eased a little bit off of morales. We could still get morales, but boras would have to call us. I don't think we'll be calling them

 

[lainey12]

Don't understand the huge problem with moving Profar; 3 years or so down the road. Might happen, might not. But you're acting like this is insane.

The best 3rd baseman in the AL is a very young, converted SS in Baltimore.

Machado was converted because he was blocked at SS, and they wanted to get him in the line-up and on the field, much like Profar. (and now we know why)
Almost anything you read had/has Machado moving back to SS by 2015.
BUT, that was before his injury....who knows how much that will effect him, hopefully not much...exciting player

 

[romeo212000]

Machado was converted because he was blocked at SS, and they wanted to get him in the line-up and on the field, much like Profar. (and now we know why)
Almost anything you read had/has Machado moving back to SS by 2015.
BUT, that was before his injury....who knows how much that will effect him, hopefully not much...exciting player

Someone has to take over for Beltre. If profar's bat develops and sardinas or odor develop into legitimate major league middle infielders, why not consider moving him to third? His defense would certainly be elite.

 

[jta4437]

Machado was converted because he was blocked at SS, and they wanted to get him in the line-up and on the field, much like Profar. (and now we know why)
Almost anything you read had/has Machado moving back to SS by 2015.
BUT, that was before his injury....who knows how much that will effect him, hopefully not much...exciting player

Never read anything alluding to Machado moving back to SS, at least nothing reputable, may have missed something,

the point is it made sense to move him and they did, same will happen with Profar IF it makes sense, if it doesn't he won't move, we won't know until Odor gets closer to the Show

I'm pretty sure Machado stays at 3B, but thats JMO

 

[lainey12]

And I'm so glad they did, and had to settle for wells.

 

[lainey12]

Never read anything alluding to Machado moving back to SS, at least nothing reputable, may have missed something,

the point is it made sense to move him and they did, same will happen with Profar IF it makes sense, if it doesn't he won't move, we won't know until Odor gets closer to the Show

I'm pretty sure Machado stays at 3B, but thats JMO

well, agreed...we need to see what happens with Profar and Odor. I never disputed that.

"if it makes sense" was my entire point, we could agree also agree there. They don't just automatically move Profar there because he can (probably) play third.

 

[jta4437]

well, agreed...we need to see what happens with Profar and Odor. I never disputed that.

"if it makes sense" was my entire point, we could agree also agree there. They don't just automatically move Profar there because he can (probably) play third.

There we go, some common ground, and that's all I was ever saying,

If Odor is the real deal at 2B and we don't plan on trading Andrus, then it only makes sense to shift Profar later on, to make room for Odor at 2B

 

[lainey12]

Someone has to take over for Beltre. If profar's bat develops and sardinas or odor develop into legitimate major league middle infielders, why not consider moving him to third? His defense would certainly be elite.

Because if he has elite SS defensive skills and can also manage his offensive projections, we would be wasting one of the rarest things in baseball, and then we get back into the value argument

Do you think JD will play him at 3rd if he ends holding that much value as a SS in the League?
I'm saying no way

 

[jta4437]

Because if he has elite SS defensive skills and can also manage his offensive projections, we would be wasting one of the rarest things in baseball, and then we get back into the value argument

Do you think JD will play him at 3rd if he ends holding that much value as a SS in the League?
I'm saying no way

If Andrus is already there, then how is he going to play SS?

All of this speculation is based on the premise that we have Profar, Andrus & Odor

 

[romeo212000]

Because if he has elite SS defensive skills and can also manage his offensive projections, we would be wasting one of the rarest things in baseball, and then we get back into the value argument

Do you think JD will play him at 3rd if he ends holding that much value as a SS in the League?
I'm saying no way

If they retain Andrus? Absolutely. Andrus is and for tge foreseeable future will be a better defensive ss than profar.