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When I saw this story it just blew me away. This has to be one of the most disheartening things Towers could say. Instead of saying something along the lines of how we need to find a true ace to pair with Corbin, Towers wants to throw money away on another outfielder. How many damn outfielders does this team need? This year we have had Parra, Pollock, Eaton, Ross, Kubel, and Prado in the outfield. Six players for three positions.
We have also had Gregorious, Pennington, Bloomquist, Owings, and early on John McDonald at shortstop. What the hell is with stockpiling so many players for the same position?
Look at it this way, some people say we cannot afford a player such as Cliff Lee who makes 25 million a year. I beg to differ. Look at what Towers has done with some of the d'backs payroll.
Trevor Cahill 5.7 million
Cody Ross 6 million
Jason Kubel 7.5 million
Brandon McCarthy 5.25 million
Heath Bell 6.5 million (d'backs are paying him 13 million of his 21 million contract)
Hmm now what does that add up to? 30.95 million dollars. These are all guys that the d'backs are paying this season, and who are under contract next season, besides Kubel. Which would you rather have, the players I just mentioned, or Cliff Lee? The best year of those guys careers do not even match an average year for Cliff Lee.
Just so pathetic to say we need another big bat. What a joke. WE NEED A DOMINATE ACE. We made the playoffs in 2011 because of Hudson and Kennedy having dominant years. We won the World Series because of Johnson and Schilling. Pitching is everything. I guess Towers does not understand that.
Are we really supposed to believe that Archie Bradley is going to come up and win the Cy Young? That is way too much pressure to put on him. Basically this pitching staff is Corbin and a bunch of guys who are at best number three starters. If Towers wastes the teams payroll on another outfielder and banks on the starters we already have, us fans are most likely going to sit through another .500 season.
We have also had Gregorious, Pennington, Bloomquist, Owings, and early on John McDonald at shortstop. What the hell is with stockpiling so many players for the same position?
Look at it this way, some people say we cannot afford a player such as Cliff Lee who makes 25 million a year. I beg to differ. Look at what Towers has done with some of the d'backs payroll.
Trevor Cahill 5.7 million
Cody Ross 6 million
Jason Kubel 7.5 million
Brandon McCarthy 5.25 million
Heath Bell 6.5 million (d'backs are paying him 13 million of his 21 million contract)
Hmm now what does that add up to? 30.95 million dollars. These are all guys that the d'backs are paying this season, and who are under contract next season, besides Kubel. Which would you rather have, the players I just mentioned, or Cliff Lee? The best year of those guys careers do not even match an average year for Cliff Lee.
Just so pathetic to say we need another big bat. What a joke. WE NEED A DOMINATE ACE. We made the playoffs in 2011 because of Hudson and Kennedy having dominant years. We won the World Series because of Johnson and Schilling. Pitching is everything. I guess Towers does not understand that.
Are we really supposed to believe that Archie Bradley is going to come up and win the Cy Young? That is way too much pressure to put on him. Basically this pitching staff is Corbin and a bunch of guys who are at best number three starters. If Towers wastes the teams payroll on another outfielder and banks on the starters we already have, us fans are most likely going to sit through another .500 season.
