Pete7784

Is he just average, at best, in LF? yes. is he 30? yes. The question is this: for the 2007 team, does he give us a better chance to win playing every day in left than anybody else in the organization right now? sweeney should be better someday, maybe owens can bring more to the table someday, but right now hes the 2nd best lefty hitter in the organization, and hes the best option. i want to win games, i'll worry about 2008 and beyond when the time comes.

Why hasn't anybody given any thought to Gload in left field next season? Everyone wants pods gone, great, he should be gone. But all I keep hearing about is Ryan Sweeney and Carl Crawford pipe dreams. Is there really any doubt that Gload is the 5th best hitter in the organization right now? Take the big 4 guys and he's the best of the rest. Look at his numbers in '04 when he got a chance to play. Look at his numbers now. Anybody really think he wouldnt hit at least .310 with 20 homers? Sure, you'll say that he can't play D in left, well neither can pods, who we won a title with out there, and i have no reason to believe that he wouldnt be average. If we can get a leadoff in center or at short, then i'm sold on gload. maybe Sweeney will be a hitter someday, but right now hes not. no way he gives us a better chance to win playing every day than Gload.