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6461666068627B666F7C7A770E0 wrote: Who is out there that can play center?  If Marte gets hurt, we are SOL in CF.  Polanco in center? NO!  Frazier?  F-NO!  So who do we put there?  J-Hay?




I assume Sean Rodriguez, but very good question.

444D45545A200 wrote: A third tier OF with hustle and attitude problems to take at bats from Luplow and Frazier.



It only makes sense to spend our limited millions on a corner OF like that, who is comparable value or worse than what we already have (Frazier) only older and having no future.



I love it! Let's go bucs!


I cannot match you with snarkiness, but I do agree with you 100%. TBMTIB deserves some snark,

Cabrera is not an option for CF.



The best remaining free agent options who have played CF in the past include:



Jarod Dyson

Carlos Gomez

John Jay

Cameron Maybin



I do not view any of them as being exciting options.



I would prefer to see the Pirates try to acquire someone in a trade who could play CF rather than relying on the pickings through free agency. I would not be looking for a starter, but someone who could be a 4th outfielder for a few years. That said, I do not have any great suggestions regarding who that player could be.

456F645463757579160 wrote: A third tier OF with hustle and attitude problems to take at bats from Luplow and Frazier.



It only makes sense to spend our limited millions on a corner OF like that, who is comparable value or worse than what we already have (Frazier) only older and having no future.



I love it! Let's go bucs!


I cannot match you with snarkiness, but I do agree with you 100%. TBMTIB deserves some snark, 




I doubt anyone could out-snark dmetz.

272C24282D2C377274033A222B2C2C6D202C430 wrote: So, we don't want a 4th Outfielder or is it that we don't want Cabrera?


Myself I could hardly care less about another 4th OF right now. Luplow needs at bats. He may be a useable piece if/when we decide we care about winning again. We have lot of 4th OFers. One of them is SRod.



Dyson is an interesting name. The rest mentioned are a waste.



Melky is the worst type of player we could add lol. He's a known clubhouse problem, a PED user and flat out not very good. He's also aging and wouldnt be here long. I saw the name linked to us and laughed out loud at what a perfectly dumb, directionless signing that would be.



Of all these free agents just by sheer luck still available...we are linked to a loser like Melky hahaha

I wish they would trade Harrison and start Luplow in LF.



I wouldn't mind a bench outfielder with some pop. I don't know about Cabrera's clubhouse problems, but he was suspended in 2012. That really shouldn't matter at this point.

777C74787D7C672224536A727B7C7C3D707C130 wrote: I wish they would trade Harrison and start Luplow in LF.



I wouldn't mind a bench outfielder with some pop. I don't know about Cabrera's clubhouse problems, but he was suspended in 2012. That really shouldn't matter at this point.




So, you are like the owner and GM then, not wanting a competitive team.  Trading Harrison and starting Luplow in the OF makes a bad team even worse.  Congrats. I'd rather have that PED guy Cabrera in the OF than Luplow and that isn't a ringing endorsement for Melky.

7C50585F5473445242310 wrote: Cabrera is not an option for CF.



The best remaining free agent options who have played CF in the past include:



Jarod Dyson

Carlos Gomez

John Jay

Cameron Maybin



I do not view any of them as being exciting options.



I would prefer to see the Pirates try to acquire someone in a trade who could play CF rather than relying on the pickings through free agency.  I would not be looking for a starter, but someone who could be a 4th outfielder for a few years.  That said, I do not have any great suggestions regarding who that player could be.


Nothing great, but I'd rather see Carlos Gomez then Luplow.

0B1B1A2D3B3B37580 wrote: I wish they would trade Harrison and start Luplow in LF.



I wouldn't mind a bench outfielder with some pop. I don't know about Cabrera's clubhouse problems, but he was suspended in 2012. That really shouldn't matter at this point.




So, you are like the owner and GM then, not wanting a competitive team.  Trading Harrison and starting Luplow in the OF makes a bad team even worse.  Congrats.  I'd rather have that PED guy Cabrera in the OF than Luplow and that isn't a ringing endorsement for Melky.


What I took from Dog's post is that since it is pretty clear the FO does not intend to compete this year, they might as well trade Harrison for prospects and see what they've got in Luplow.



Personally, I'd keep Harrison at 2B and put Frazier in LF and let Luplow bat everyday in Indy for maybe half a season. But I think the team is already past the point of no return regarding whether they can compete this year. I think we all want a competitive team. But we also see that's not what the FO is going to do this year.

7161605741414D220 wrote: I wish they would trade Harrison and start Luplow in LF.



I wouldn't mind a bench outfielder with some pop. I don't know about Cabrera's clubhouse problems, but he was suspended in 2012. That really shouldn't matter at this point.




So, you are like the owner and GM then, not wanting a competitive team.  Trading Harrison and starting Luplow in the OF makes a bad team even worse.  Congrats.  I'd rather have that PED guy Cabrera in the OF than Luplow and that isn't a ringing endorsement for Melky.


Yes. It's called looking at the big picture and being realistic.