Thursday, December 18, 2003
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If the Mariners acquire Jose Valentin from the White Sox, then Jose Lopez better be ready to play for the big club in 2005.
And while we are on Lopez, he better be a damn good player. I mean, there's a reason why the Mariners didn't sign Miguel Tejada and won't even try to acquire Nomar Garciaparra, right? Yeah, it's because of Lopez. He better be of the Nomar-Tejada-Alex Rodriguez variety and not of the Rey Ordonez-crap bin.
The same thing goes for the M's pitching prospects, i.e. Clint Nagoette, Rett Johnson, and Travis Blackley. The M's are so afraid of dealing their pitching prospects for a bat. I mean, crap, if you deal one of those guys it won't hurt you THAT much.
It's so painfully obvious that this offense has needed a big bat in their lineup since Alex left after the 2000 season. But the M's are still subscribing to the "pitching and defense wins championships" line of thinking. What good does pitching and defense do if you can't score runs?
Those top 3 pitching prospects better be 15-20 game winners to back up the Mariners inability to deal them. Remember, as good as these guys have been in the minor leagues, they could very well be Dave Fleming, Roger Salkeld, and Bob Wolcott.
Prospects are just that, prospects. Everybody needs to remember that.
"KILL" BILL: WOODY WOODWARD IS MY IDOL
And while we are on Lopez, he better be a damn good player. I mean, there's a reason why the Mariners didn't sign Miguel Tejada and won't even try to acquire Nomar Garciaparra, right? Yeah, it's because of Lopez. He better be of the Nomar-Tejada-Alex Rodriguez variety and not of the Rey Ordonez-crap bin.
The same thing goes for the M's pitching prospects, i.e. Clint Nagoette, Rett Johnson, and Travis Blackley. The M's are so afraid of dealing their pitching prospects for a bat. I mean, crap, if you deal one of those guys it won't hurt you THAT much.
It's so painfully obvious that this offense has needed a big bat in their lineup since Alex left after the 2000 season. But the M's are still subscribing to the "pitching and defense wins championships" line of thinking. What good does pitching and defense do if you can't score runs?
Those top 3 pitching prospects better be 15-20 game winners to back up the Mariners inability to deal them. Remember, as good as these guys have been in the minor leagues, they could very well be Dave Fleming, Roger Salkeld, and Bob Wolcott.
Prospects are just that, prospects. Everybody needs to remember that.
"KILL" BILL: WOODY WOODWARD IS MY IDOL
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