DaveG
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yeah as much as BDLC seems like a bargain given what was traded away, this feels like an overpayment by a good chunk.
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wish he was trading arms he didnt like instead of bats, since he really hasnt exhibited much ability to properly rate hitters
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Yeah it's tricky. He's had a great season, but it's also possible that we're selling way high on him. IKF is a bold buy -- if he can just maintain this level of play for the remainder of this year and next year, he's a huge help.
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Giving up McAdoo sucks, but this team needs help now and IKF is cost controlled for next year as well. I am not believing for even a second that his bat will maintain the level it has been at this year, but he should be a good defensive contact hitter that you can play basically anywhere.
I'd plan on him playing 2B until Gonzales gets back and then have him take over the CF role for next year.
Yeah 1 more year at $7.5 million.
Yeah I think it's both the Pirates are buying high on IKF while also selling high on McAdoo. Doing it as a 1 for 1 swap is hard to complain about.
I'd plan on him playing 2B until Gonzales gets back and then have him take over the CF role for next year.
Yeah 1 more year at $7.5 million.
Yeah I think it's both the Pirates are buying high on IKF while also selling high on McAdoo. Doing it as a 1 for 1 swap is hard to complain about.
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We didn't give up any top 10 prospects AND INFACT added Yorke who's currently our 5th best prospect. They ACTUALLY took on salary and two major leaguers who are under team control beyond this season!
How can anyone be anything but thrilled about these moves????
How can anyone be anything but thrilled about these moves????
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I'm not a prospect guru and I'm not going to complain about giving up something to get something but man does trading an OF prospect right now seem like a bad idea given the current system.
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They trade their only legit OF prospect who was quickly rising. Cherington is a moron.
EDIT: FOR A UTILITY Infielder????? Cherington is the worst GM EVER
EDIT: FOR A UTILITY Infielder????? Cherington is the worst GM EVER
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He wasn't gonna be here anytime soon. We also just got Dela cruz who's here for four more years.
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McAdoo has played 15 games in the minors in the OF. He was drafted as a 2B and has been playing as a 3B in the minors.
Coastal Kev
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Based on his rise through the system, he could have been here to start next season. AWFUL trade.
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Strongly disagree, he may never even be a major league player. In fact odds are he won't be.
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Yea..........you LOL'd when I called the Archer trade a historically bad trade. We'll revisit this one again the start of next year.
Empoleon8771
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McAdoo is nowhere even remotely close to MLB ready. He has an absolutely massive swing and miss problem, both in terms of making contact with pitches in the zone and swinging at pitches outside of the zone. He'd get absolutely shredded if he went up against MLB pitching.
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Yes we will, we got a proven commodity who's signed beyond this season for a guy who's not even a top 15 prospect.
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Once again, it's bookmarked. McAdoo was the most consistent hitter that I saw in the Pirates system this year.
Empoleon8771
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A guy who's chasing 37.8% of the time with pitches outside of the zone and only making contact with 74.2% of swings within the zone in A+/AA is nowhere even close to MLB ready.
Put that guy up against a MLB slider and he's going to fall over trying to swing at it.
I'll give credit to Brownie. He definitely must have had something whispered in his ear.
"we have two hours, we will do something."
"we have two hours, we will do something."
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He is a 3B. Which sucks because we could fantasize about him replacing Hayes but realistically that wasn't going to happen.
.269 in 27 AA games. Might be getting your panties all bunched without merit. Highly doubt he'll be in the show next year.
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