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Look, I'd try to toss some actual interesting ideas out there, but why bother? Chapman and Olsen are likely to end up blocking each other at some point and both guys are powerful hitters with some holes in their swing. Chapman is an elite defender. Barreto came over in the Grey deal and I like him a lot; he may also be blocked - he'd be a perfect get for us. Or I could talk about Luzardo, the fireballing lefty that was a potential 1st rounder before TJ surgery in college. He recovered and it looks like his stuff is all the way back after he was a big part of the Madson/Doolittle deal. But you know what? None of that matters because Mozeliak is going to do what he does - sell ungodly low. Whoever we get, you and I will have never heard of before and will almost certainly never hear of again. It'll be like the Adams and Diaz trades. Because one thing Moe is really really good at is selling low and buying high. Why trade for Ozuna 2 years ago when the Marlins were trying to give him away just to get him off the roster after they played service time games with him and pissed him off? Why acquire Fowler 2 years ago when he had to slink back to Chicago on a 1-yr deal when the market never came together for him? Why look for guys like Colome BEFORE they're Colome when you can just wait until after they break out and pay 4 times as much for them? And why wait and see if a guy with a startlingly similar offensive profile to Christian Yelich rebounds when you can just dump him for nothing? That's what's going to happen here. Piscotty will be dumped. For most of 2016 ago he was among the better young 'pure' hitters in the league and looked like a born 2 hitter or a perfect 6 hitter in the Renteria mold. We'd tinkered with his swing, added the necessary loft and made him a legit asset. Then we decided to **** with it even more, absolutely wrecked his approach and then acted all surprised when he struggled. So now we'll dump a guy to the A's, who will then build him back up and in 2 seasons trade him for an actual return. Why? Because Billy Beane is a smart GM. John Mozeliak, OTOH, thinks Dexter Fowler and Matt Carpenter are going to be part of the next Cardinal champion. Because he's an idiot and doesn't understand aging curves.
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Why in the actual **** would you do that?
His value is nominal due to his injury/eye issues. Meanwhile, if he DOES have a handle on either of those things, he's a 30/30 player who is likely to give you a .300/.400/.500 season because this guy understands baseball backwards and forwards. Meanwhile he's the only guy on the team with any passion. If you could get a genuinely excellent return for him, go ahead and deal him. But you're not getting that from Oakland because that's not what they do. They value shop and rehabilitate so they can sell high later. At this point the best move with Pham is probably to just hold him. He doesn't cost anything and if he gets hurt...so what? He's cheap and we have replacements like O'Niell and even Bader who can probably step in. Arozarena might be big league ready at some pont next year as well. Meanwhile if he has one more year like the one he just had, his value skyrockets. If he doesn't...c'est la vie; nobody was going to give you 'healthy Pham' value for him right now anyway.
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Selling low on Piscoty would be dumb as duck.
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Pham's talent has always been there, even when he was in his early 20s and killing it in Springfield. Injuries have been the thing that's held him back his entire career. His batspeed is excellent, his pitch recognition is some of the best on the team (when he can actually see). And again - he understands what a good offensive season is. He's bought into the idea that OBP, ISO and speed are how you win baseball games. He's not a sellout idiot like Grichuk, he's not an average first guy either. He's a genuinely intelligent hitter with the physical tools to rival anyone in baseball. Hell, he said it best himself: Quote:
The players to trade are Fowler and Carpenter. If it's the former, Piscotty plays LF. If it's the latter, move him to 1b. ****, move 'em both and put Martinez at 1b, who's a very good hitter in his own right.
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Yes.
But they're going to.
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I don't understand the Pham hate, PGM.
Trading him is all downside for the Cardinals. Piscotty could be the same, depending on return. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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It will all come out crystal clear. Just like Heyturd.
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Pham's a ****ing killer; he's an animal. He doesn't just want to improve, he knows how to do it. I'm not sure how anyone can actively dislike Tommy Pham - the dude's produced at every level. Injuries are all that's ever held him back. He's the kind of guy you need to hit on if you want to catch the cubs. Moving him for a paltry return just to get something out of him is a .500 move. It's what you do if you're more interested in not losing than you are winning. So in that regard, it's another Mozeliak special.
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Texted my Rays fan buddy. He says it's Kelly and a AA outfielder for Colume.
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Nope.
When something sounds really stupid, always check followers. Clearly a dupe account.
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