Is It Time To Let Alford Go

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:39 pm

Anthony Alford struck out two more time today. It is early, but in 5 at bats he has four strikeouts. I think it might be time to release him, and see what the Pirates have with Tucker, Allen, or someone else. Alford does not make enough contact.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:50 pm

I'd send him and Tucker. Tucker hasn't shown me much. I doubt that he's much of a MLB player, to be blunt about it.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:24 pm

757978232A232B26213E24130 wrote: Anthony Alford struck out two more time today. It is early, but in 5 at bats he has four strikeouts. I think it might be time to release him, and see what the Pirates have with Tucker, Allen, or someone else. Alford does not make enough contact.
Alford was much improved when he returned to the Pirates in August last season. There's no reason not to see if he can have a good enough ST to help them in the season. 5 ABs is nothing.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:07 pm

Two more strikeouts for Alford today. It is time to designate him for assignment, and open a roster spot which they will need for a backup catcher.

maher.timothy20@gm · Post by **maher.timothy20@gm** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:20 pm

707C7D262F262E23243B21160 wrote: Two more strikeouts for Alford today. It is time to designate him for assignment, and open a roster spot which they will need for a backup catcher.

Absolutely not. They're going to need him to play center after trading Bryan Reynolds for two potentially very high-ceiling 19-year-olds after his unreasonable demand for an extra half mil.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:49 pm

69656C61762A706D696B706C7D3634446369040 wrote: Two more strikeouts for Alford today. It is time to designate him for assignment, and open a roster spot which they will need for a backup catcher.

Absolutely not. They're going to need him to play center after trading Bryan Reynolds for two potentially very high-ceiling 19-year-olds after his unreasonable demand for an extra half mil.
I like your idea, but they can put Oliva out in centerfield when they move Reynolds due to his high demands.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:01 pm

Won't be long before the "clubhouse cancer" stories start making their rounds.

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:12 pm

3A36376C656C64696E716B5C0 wrote: Two more strikeouts for Alford today. It is time to designate him for assignment, and open a roster spot which they will need for a backup catcher.

Absolutely not. They're going to need him to play center after trading Bryan Reynolds for two potentially very high-ceiling 19-year-olds after his unreasonable demand for an extra half mil.
I like your idea, but they can put Oliva out in centerfield when they move Reynolds due to his high demands.

Whether Alford is released or not really doesn’t matter. But the same goes for Oliva, too. The team can do better than both and, by the time Reynolds will be dealt away, someone better than both Alford and Oliva will be ready.

GreenWeenie · Post by **GreenWeenie** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:17 pm

I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

DemDog · Post by **DemDog** » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:13 am

536671717A4371717A7D71140 wrote: I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

How many acres on that farm? How many cows do you milk or is it just a beef farm rather than a dairy farm? Do you have a real "stud" bull or do you just go out like big market baseball teams and buy the semen from someone else's stud bull?