October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:44 PM) Prefer Kent Hrbek After all the concussions, Morneau probably thinks he is Kent Hrbek. Any resurgence he had was solely Coors Field aided, no thank you.
October 30, 201510 yr Morneau is pretty similar to pre-2015 LaRoche. I'd rather just keep ALR and hope for a rebound than try to dump him, pay half his salary, and give a deal to a different old guy like Morneau.
October 30, 201510 yr It doesn't make sense because we have to be building towards 2017-2019. Giving those at-bats to a Morneau over someone like Avi, Olt, Davidson (or even Cabrera, with a younger player playing LF/RF) makes little or no sense because we're just wasting those opportunities when they could benefit a "prospect/suspect" who actually could be a part of the future of the organization. Now you can certainly make the argument ALL of those guys might have no future, or even Trayce Thompson, but that's a different argument. If you at least believe they have a "reasonable" chance to succeed, then you have to go with the younger players.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) It doesn't make sense because we have to be building towards 2017-2019. Giving those at-bats to a Morneau over someone like Avi, Olt, Davidson (or even Cabrera, with a younger player playing LF/RF) makes little or no sense because we're just wasting those opportunities when they could benefit a "prospect/suspect" who actually could be a part of the future of the organization. Now you can certainly make the argument ALL of those guys might have no future, or even Trayce Thompson, but that's a different argument. If you at least believe they have a "reasonable" chance to succeed, then you have to go with the younger players. Problem is we don't have anyone in the upper minors knocking on the door who deserve those at bats.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) Morneau option not picked up. What do you think? Always killed it in our park Neither. Sox need to get more versatile. Fewer dead veterans needed as well.
October 30, 201510 yr Just two seasons ago he had good stats. But last year he must have been hurt with only 182 plate appearances, unless he was benched. If we could dump LaRoche (impossible to do with that contract) I'd be all for paying Morneau the kind of money the Sox paid Keppinger for a year or 2. Give it a shot.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) Prefer Kent Hrbek laughed out loud. Thank you
October 30, 201510 yr Morneau should retire. Great career, but this last concussion came on a play where he dived for the ball and came up concussed.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:51 PM) laughed out loud. Thank you He either ways 400 pounds or is skinny and unrecognizable now I bet.
October 30, 201510 yr We have someone in Laroche, who may have been struggling in a down year, but is a gold glove firstbaseman and can hit homers. My instincts tell me he will be coming back with a vengeance in 2016.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 10:15 AM) He either ways 400 pounds or is skinny and unrecognizable now I bet. The former.
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