Right Handed Bat and Outfield Defense

by bighead306 on Oct 27, 2010 7:51 PM EDT

Is anyone interested in trading for Dan Uggla? With Orlando Hudson leaving we could use a second basemen and it would be the big right handed bat we need to go with Young and Cuddyer. I know everyone is thinking then we would be pretty close to the slowest team in the history of baseball with only Span being able to steal a base, but what if we shore up our outfield defense and give someone like Revere a chance? Span is very good in right and left but not much above average in CF. On ESPN Turk Awards they had a stat that showed how crazy high Lirianos BABIP against was (340) and one reason could be because of how bad or outfielders were. If we put Revere in the outfield and Ugla at second we would have huge depth. Our infield defense would go down some but its already really good. We could resign Thome and we would have 4 huge bats (Young, Thome, Kubel, Cuddyer) to fill 2 spots in left and DH. That means many games we could have 2 huge bats come off the bench. Let Delmon play most games and platoon Thome Kubel and Cuddyer depending on if theres a right handed or left handed starter. It also gives us more flexiblity to give Morneau days off and even if Revere doesn't play well we can always send him down and just be a slower team. But even if hes only hitting 250 but steals 20-30 bases in the 9 hole with his outfield D over Cuddyers and Kubels negative UZRs it just seems to make alot of sense. Wouldnt it be nice to have Kubel start a game against a righty and in the 8th or 9th they go to the bullpen and bring in a lefty and we can call Young or Cuddy to come off our bench! Not to mention 265 and 25-35 homers coming from Uggla in the 5th or 6th spot.

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I believe his name gets tossed around periodically

And every time someone convinces me his defense is so atrocious that the payroll and prospect sacrifices necessary for Uggla just don’t make sense.

by bl4ckduck on Oct 27, 2010 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

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Interesting post. It could be improved by adding paragraph breaks.

Generally, I like the idea of getting another RH bat and improving our OF defense. This is one idea, though I also keep hearing that his defense is lousy.

That said, trading Kubel for someone like him might not be a bad deal.

by snolls on Oct 28, 2010 5:23 PM EDT reply actions

yea

sorry im a little lazy. But his defense is not great our coaches are so big on D that they will help him and with morneau, mauer, hardy, and even valencia our infield D is still really good with a below average 2nd basemen. With span and revere in the big outfield of target field there would be alot of ground covered. Its like 2009 when we had go go and span but revere has a brain to steal and not make mental mistakes and can hit better too.

by bighead306 on Oct 28, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

revere has a brain to steal

Hopefully he stole the right brain. If he stole the wrong one it could mean bad things for his re-animated monster experiment.

by DJL44 on Oct 28, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I have high hopes for his monster

I think it speaks volumes that he went after the brain himself, instead of sending an assistant like Igor or LNP. That kind of dedication should produce good results for his experiment.

This was a triumph
I'm making a note here - huge success

by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Oct 28, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

The past experiments have turned out okay

by DJL44 on Oct 29, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

2nd try

by DJL44 on Oct 29, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

No interest in Uggla

where would he bat in our lineup??
seriously where?

2nd behind Span in front of Mauer because thats about ALLLLLLL i can possibly see

and he has very little speed in case you didn’t know.

I called it - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!

Why Oh Why did the D'Backs select A.J. Pollock over Mike Trout?

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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Oct 29, 2010 2:11 AM EDT reply actions

Dude...

He hit .287/.369/.508 this year, for an OPS that was better than everyone on the Twins except Morneau and Thome. You don’t turn down a guy like that because he doesn’t fit into a prototypical lineup slot – he’s an offensive upgrade over literally eight of the nine guys in the lineup, so there is zero reason not to find room for him in the lineup.

That said, I don’t think Uggla is a realistic acquisition – he’s going to be expensive both in prospects and dollars, and I’m wondering if maybe the Marlins will be somewhat less cheap now that they got a stadium deal.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Oct 29, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

My main concern is 2B defense

He might be a 4 WAR player with the bat and a -3 WAR player with the glove, making him an overpriced player.

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Oct 29, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, he's never been less than -1 with the glove.

He’s bad, but -3 would be epic.

by Luke in MN on Oct 29, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

he has no speed

thats why you play revere in right and cuddyer kubel thome split DH

by bighead306 on Oct 29, 2010 2:26 AM EDT reply actions

Terrible idea

RF @ Target Field is small, LF is big. Speed works better in LF.
Delmon and Cuddyer have great arms. Revere has no arm. Arms are better in RF.

Revere in RF and Delmon in LF throws away 3 wins.

by DJL44 on Oct 29, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Also, I cringe to think of Revere throwing from right field

The second baseman will have to run out to short right field to cut it off. Combined with weird caroms off the wall, and Target Field will be a triples park for every visiting team, not to mention tag plays and stretching singles into doubles..

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Oct 29, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions