Keep in mind I posted this well before yesterday's complete game. And I couldn't feel stronger about my point. Matty Mo has been our stopper in virtually every start he has made. He's pitching better than what we expected when we signed him - maybe even to prove to everyone wrong about last year.
When you have this much talent you don't just throw it away because you can, IMO. You exercise patience until every team is chopping at the bit to make a deal with you. 'Till you can get the deal you want. Not to mention it depends heavily on what view your organization has on the year. I think we have been in the re-tool-on-the-fly phase ever since our letdown in the Dusty Baker years. We signed Filipe Alou and a bunch of veterans to make some final runs at the series where Barry Bonds was the centerpiece. We failed, and so now in the Bruce Bochy years we are going to rebuild through youth. This is why I think we should trade a Randy Winn, who also has inflated value, and let the OF kids fight for the open spots. Lewis and Ortmeier are battling, and one will rise above the other. If they both flop then we have flexibility - Shierholtz and Timpner in AAA.
Does that mean I don't think we can make a run at the pennant this year? Sure we can, but a lot of things have to fall in place for that to realistically happen. What we should hope for IMO is that the bats in our lineup can get us to the playoffs so our youth can get a taste of the future. What I do not want to see, is Sabean throw away pitching talent for some useless bat, like he has done before.
Morris and Zito are training our young pitching.
Roberts and Winn are training our young outfielders.
Omar and Ray are training Kevin Frandsen (since Niekro flopped).
Miguel Cabrera is available in free agency after this year so maybe we can use some of our $35 million to ink him in the offseason. What a great young centerpiece he will make.
I know we have Durham but maybe we can find a trade to get rid of Ray-Ray and bring in Luis Castillo who is a free agent. Or maybe we try to get a different Minnesota Twin in Torii Hunter.
Francisco Cordero is returning to his closing form that he had in Texas. Maybe we could snag him up in the offseason.
My point is that the free agent market is bright in the next couple years when we will have large amounts of cash to work with. So I strongly feel that we should just develop talent this year. I think Morris is key to said development and I don't think we should trade him until next year - when Sanchez is ready.
Who's tradeable: Winn, Durham, Feliz, Ortiz. Get whatever we can for those guys and prep for the free agent market.
When you have this much talent you don't just throw it away because you can, IMO. You exercise patience until every team is chopping at the bit to make a deal with you. 'Till you can get the deal you want. Not to mention it depends heavily on what view your organization has on the year. I think we have been in the re-tool-on-the-fly phase ever since our letdown in the Dusty Baker years. We signed Filipe Alou and a bunch of veterans to make some final runs at the series where Barry Bonds was the centerpiece. We failed, and so now in the Bruce Bochy years we are going to rebuild through youth. This is why I think we should trade a Randy Winn, who also has inflated value, and let the OF kids fight for the open spots. Lewis and Ortmeier are battling, and one will rise above the other. If they both flop then we have flexibility - Shierholtz and Timpner in AAA.
Does that mean I don't think we can make a run at the pennant this year? Sure we can, but a lot of things have to fall in place for that to realistically happen. What we should hope for IMO is that the bats in our lineup can get us to the playoffs so our youth can get a taste of the future. What I do not want to see, is Sabean throw away pitching talent for some useless bat, like he has done before.
Morris and Zito are training our young pitching.
Roberts and Winn are training our young outfielders.
Omar and Ray are training Kevin Frandsen (since Niekro flopped).
Miguel Cabrera is available in free agency after this year so maybe we can use some of our $35 million to ink him in the offseason. What a great young centerpiece he will make.
I know we have Durham but maybe we can find a trade to get rid of Ray-Ray and bring in Luis Castillo who is a free agent. Or maybe we try to get a different Minnesota Twin in Torii Hunter.
Francisco Cordero is returning to his closing form that he had in Texas. Maybe we could snag him up in the offseason.
My point is that the free agent market is bright in the next couple years when we will have large amounts of cash to work with. So I strongly feel that we should just develop talent this year. I think Morris is key to said development and I don't think we should trade him until next year - when Sanchez is ready.
Who's tradeable: Winn, Durham, Feliz, Ortiz. Get whatever we can for those guys and prep for the free agent market.
