Re: who is leading the major's in RBI's...oh yea,Josh Hamilton!

On Sat, 3 May 2008 17:22:58 -0400, "RJA" <rja@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>"David Short" <David.No.Short@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>news:fvijve$sls$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Bob Braun" <oxinfla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>> Hamilton will have better numbers than Dunn.  400K vs. $13MIL.  Don't 
>>> even
>>> bother think about the defensive aspect.  Watching Hamilton handle
>>> pitches, and drive the ball to the opposite field with power made him
an
>>> absolute no-brainer.  He abused himself for years, literally thumbed
his
>>> nose at minor league baseball, jumped to the majors and handled
pitches
>>> like an elite player.  People just don't do that.  He is in a class
that
>>> approaches Albert Pujols.
>> ....a unique talent.
>>
>>> The GM of the Reds chose the wrong path for 2008.  Votto in LF,
Hamilton
>>> in CF and Bruce in RF was the way to go for 2008.  Adding an ace
pitcher
>>> to this lineup was putting lipstick on a hog.  Grow with the kids, the
>>> "cheap kids" in 2008, the future is bright.  But again, the Reds will 
>>> fall
>>> into perpetual rebuild.
>>
>> You can blame Krivsky all you want, but the mandate from the owner was
to
>> win NOW. He was in a position where he couldn't deal either Junior or
Dunn
>> and he needed to get a winning record on the books in order to keep his

>> job.
>
>This is what I don't get.  There are tons of people locally saying that 
>Krivsky should have gone young and/or traded Griffey and Dunn, but none
of 
>them will tell you who the takers were.  Griffey is under contract and I 
>doubt any smart GM wanted an aging veteran for 12.5 million or whatever
it 
>is.  They also know that he's got a 16.5 million dollar option after this

>year.  Dunn could have been bought out, but who exactly was going to
replace 
>his numbers?  I know he has sucked thus far, but I'm not sure anyone
could 
>have seen that after last year.

Uh...I did. One of his biggest defenders saw it a mile away.

>Bruce is hitting .307/.324 at AAA and striking out 1/4 of the time.  This

>doesn't exactly say that he's going to tear up the majors just yet.
>
>If Hamilton was here, it may have been a wash.  Couple more games
possibly 
>won due to offense, and a couple more lost due to lack of pitching.  I'd 
>rather have the pitching in the long run.  The offense is easier to 
>acquire/solve.  Hamilton also adds to our lefthanded hitting struggles 
>against lefties.

Assuming for the sake of argument that Hamilton and Volquez are equally
talented, of course you would want the pitcher. Pitching is much harder
to find.

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Kevin McClave

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