Comments on: Weekend Recap

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By: sirsean

sirsean — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:56 +0000

I'm not advocating designating him for assignment. Once TR signed him to that contract, we were stuck with him. (Think anyone would be dumb enough to want him in a trade?)

I just hope we don't do something stupid like re-sign him after the season, complete with the standard Players' Union Approved "Terrible Performance Gets You A 150% Raise!!!" contract.

By: FunBobby

FunBobby — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:45:12 +0000

They are indentical players. So we might as well keep the cheaper, younger one. However, if we designate Punto we are still on the hook for his 2+ million dollar salary. However, I would like to see the fan reaction if he is sent down. “but he hit 290 for us in 2006″ “yes, and he hit 205 for us last year” “but he tries hard” “yes, and imagine how terrible he would be if he didn’t try”

By: sirsean

sirsean — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:01 +0000

Last year Tolbert started out hot in AAA and then cooled dramatically over the summer. We'll see if the same is the case this year.

But if he bats .350 through May, Gardy's not going to care if he never gets a hit again. Which is dangerous -- that's how you stack the roster with guys who just got lucky once or twice, like Nick Punto, Lew Ford, Jason Tyner, Luis Rodriguez.

(At the end of the day, though ... kick out Tolbert or Punto? We don't need both.)

By: FunBobby

FunBobby — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:49:29 +0000

I just hope we don’t keep tolbert around after he exceeds his usefulness like we did with Punto. It may sound terrible, but once he stops hitting we need to kick him to the curb and not waste a roster spot on him. This isn’t little league where you have to keep everyone on the team and let everyone bat. Players who are not good do not deserve to play. Its like in high school, there is a kid on the team who is terrible, but he was good when he was 11. If we are playing Tolbert it august while he is hitting 220 because he hit 400 in may I will be very, very upset.

By: sirsean

sirsean — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:48 +0000

I second the motion on those rumblings. Something has to light a fire under Delmon, and getting benched might be just the trick. (As you pointed out, it seems to have worked for Gomez.)

Tolbert's a utility infielder. He's not going to be a wizard at any position, but at least he can play them decently. Every team needs one of those guys ... they just 1) shouldn't play every day, and 2) shouldn't make $2.4 million. That's why I like Tolbert a lot more than I like Punto -- they do the exact same thing, except pitchers haven't completely figured Tolbert out yet, and he's not a complete waste of money.

I like Casilla at SS. I think he offers better than decent defense and plenty more offense than Everett (last night's Pink Bat Power notwithstanding). Plus, having Casilla and Gomez on the bases will wreak havoc on opposing teams.