Around Baseball - 2013 Postseason GDT Edition

What do you think we would need to offer the Brewers for Norichicka Aoki? He is exactly the kind of hitter we need to add to this team. Hits about .285 with a .355 OBP. Doesnt really play good enough defense in center to play there full time or hit for enough power to be a starter at corner outfield but he can steal 20-30 bases and he has struck out only 95 times in 1110 at bats. He's only under contract for 1 year at 1.5 million. He could be the ideal 4th outfield for this team and if BJ continues to fail in 2014 I would be very comfortable benching BJ in favor of Aoki.

Would also like to get Scooter Gennett from them but he hit over his head in his ML debut so they might want more than he is really worth. I think adding those two would give us atleast average production from CF and 2B which is a big step up from the fail that is Uggla and BJ.
 
cajunrevenge said:
What do you think we would need to offer the Brewers for Norichicka Aoki? He is exactly the kind of hitter we need to add to this team. Hits about .285 with a .355 OBP. Doesnt really play good enough defense in center to play there full time or hit for enough power to be a starter at corner outfield but he can steal 20-30 bases and he has struck out only 95 times in 1110 at bats. He's only under contract for 1 year at 1.5 million. He could be the ideal 4th outfield for this team and if BJ continues to fail in 2014 I would be very comfortable benching BJ in favor of Aoki.

Would also like to get Scooter Gennett from them but he hit over his head in his ML debut so they might want more than he is really worth. I think adding those two would give us atleast average production from CF and 2B which is a big step up from the fail that is Uggla and BJ.
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Problem is, we're entering only year 2 of BJ's 5 year deal. I think we kinda have to bank on the fact he's going to improve, being a mid market team and all.
 
I really liked Gennett when I saw him in Atlanta but unfortunately the Brewers have almost the same problems we have and the same strengths. I dont see how we match up with them trade wise.
 
bravesnumberone said:
In a short series, I would have taken my chances with the Cardinals over the Dodgers.
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Imo had Tehran and Medlen pitched even remotely to their ability we would be playing the Cards. The dodgers are a good team but not impossible to beat, look at how the Cardinals young pitchers shut em down
 
Perfect Cell said:
Imo had Tehran and Medlen pitched even remotely to their ability we would be playing the Cards. The dodgers are a good team but not impossible to beat, look at how the Cardinals young pitchers shut em down
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Agreed, just on paper strictly speaking, Kershaw and Greinke in a best-of-five is very tough.
 
Holy choke job Batman. Tigers, up 5-1 in the 8th, give up a game-tying grand slam, throw a wild-pitch in the 9th to advance a runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 outs, and lose on a walk-off single. Sounds like something we'd do to choke away a sure win the playoffs.
 
JusticeForAll23 said:
Holy choke job Batman. Tigers, up 5-1 in the 8th, give up a game-tying grand slam, throw a wild-pitch in the 9th to advance a runner from 2nd to 3rd with 0 outs, and lose on a walk-off single. Sounds like something we'd do to choke away a sure win the playoffs.
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We did it, in 18 innings instead of 9.
 
NYCBrave said:
Problem is, we're entering only year 2 of BJ's 5 year deal. I think we kinda have to bank on the fact he's going to improve, being a mid market team and all.
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I hope and pray BJ will return to normal next year too but we need a strong backup option. Even if BJ does return to normal Aoki is a good bat off the bench and you he is a good fill in when the inevitable injuries happen. This teams needs guys who can get on base at a relatively good clip.

PawPawMaxwell said:
I really liked Gennett when I saw him in Atlanta but unfortunately the Brewers have almost the same problems we have and the same strengths. I dont see how we match up with them trade wise.
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Now I know I am going to me killed over this suggestion but what about Beachy. Assuming no Price trade and Hudson is re-signed. The Brewers need pitching in a bad way. Maybe they view Beachy as a good buy low option. Scooter and Aoki are not star caliber players that should be untouchable for them. In fact since Aoki is only under contract for one more year I would want more from the Brewers. Maybe the rest could be convincing them to take a few extra million of Uggla's contract. So something like Beachy and Uggla for Scooter Gennett, Norichicka Aoki, Brewers pay 8-10 million of Uggla's salary over his last 2 years.
 
I'd be surprised if Beachy had any trade value without proving he can still pitch and he's still very cheap.
 
Beachy is the one guy right now out of Medlen-Teheran-Minor that when he's on, he can truly match up inning for inning with a guy like Kershaw. His starts are usually very efficient, not getting to 100 pitches until around the 7th or 8th inning. Medlen is the only other guy that can regularly do that, with Minor being able to get an 8 inning start every now and then, and Teheran being lucky to get more than 6 IP.
 
Hanley has a fractured rib, of course he does.

Lucky Cards with another break, boy do the baseball gods love them.
 
Dodgers are closing in on Yankee level heat with me. To me if you have a 200 million dollar payroll and dont even make the world series then your one of the biggest chokers in the history of sports.
 
So hard to root for either of these teams tonight. Although, that last display from Puig makes me despise him even more.
 
How do you get doubled off there? Boneheaded plays by the Cardinals offense and defense just in the last inning.
 
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