DJ Spinoza
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- Aug 7, 2003
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I don't even want to get started on Davis and the OF, but I think his development in general really looks bad on the Pirates. They didn't really give him any reps there in the minors, and then just threw him out in the deep end at the same time as his callup. I think the underlying skills with Davis scream that he'd break out if sent to another org that knew what it was doing, but how relevant that is right now, I'm not sure.
I see Davis and Suwinski in the same boat in that the front office really believes in both and is unlikely to move on, much less sell low. Davis now being hurt makes it a near-0 possibility, I think.
Ward seems like an easy fit because the acquisition cost shouldn't be too high and he adds some veteran presence to go along with Cutch next year. The more I think about it, the more I think a push for Jazz makes too much sense not to hope for, as CF is a massive hole and it's not getting solved internally or even through the draft.
But the sellers' market will gum things up, and I don't really see a ton of other teams who will emerge and sell. Maybe a chunk of teams (us included) won't really buy much, but it's hard to imagine most of the teams around us in the standings having much to sell. The Jays seem like one domino that could fall, because they realistically aren't getting into the AL race unless they go on a winning streak that is pretty long.
Maybe an outside the box guy we could look at is Matt Vierling from Detroit. He's a little younger than Ward and not quite as good, but a bat that's right around average is not something we can boast many of right now. He might not quite fit the Tigers window even as they are starting to improve, so maybe there's a lower cost out of nowhere swap to be had there.
I see Davis and Suwinski in the same boat in that the front office really believes in both and is unlikely to move on, much less sell low. Davis now being hurt makes it a near-0 possibility, I think.
Ward seems like an easy fit because the acquisition cost shouldn't be too high and he adds some veteran presence to go along with Cutch next year. The more I think about it, the more I think a push for Jazz makes too much sense not to hope for, as CF is a massive hole and it's not getting solved internally or even through the draft.
But the sellers' market will gum things up, and I don't really see a ton of other teams who will emerge and sell. Maybe a chunk of teams (us included) won't really buy much, but it's hard to imagine most of the teams around us in the standings having much to sell. The Jays seem like one domino that could fall, because they realistically aren't getting into the AL race unless they go on a winning streak that is pretty long.
Maybe an outside the box guy we could look at is Matt Vierling from Detroit. He's a little younger than Ward and not quite as good, but a bat that's right around average is not something we can boast many of right now. He might not quite fit the Tigers window even as they are starting to improve, so maybe there's a lower cost out of nowhere swap to be had there.