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

On Sat, 03 May 2008 17:45:25 -0400, Kevin McClave <kmcclaveSPAM
DIES@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.

I don't see this as a slam dunk.     Elite outfielders are just as
hard to find, and usually have much longer careers.    

If it were such an easy decision, then why didn't we trade Bruce for
Bedard or Haren?

Haren especially  is a young ace with very affordable salary yet we
refused to budge on Bruce.


Volquez is nice.  Very nice, but so is a Ken Griffey JR-like talent
roaming the outfield OPSing +900 for a long time.   And we seemingly
had 2 of them under wraps at bargain basement prices  for at least the
next 6 years.   That's extra cash for pitching or whatever.  

Lefthandedness be damned, I was looking forward to an outfield of
Bruce, Dunn, and Hobbes for at least a few years.   Or it made losing
Dunn not that big of a blow.   If Dunn were not in the picture, then
those two talents on the corners could more than allow us to handle a
purely defensive CFer like maybe Stubbs, even if it turns out he can't
hit a lick.