Damion Easley Batting Fifth and Playing First Today

[Elster88]

Apparently that's what cutting Delgado would mean.

[seawolf17]

See, what happens is that you replace Delgado on the roster with another player. They let you do that when you cut a guy.

[Elster88]

Do you have any players in mind?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm guessing it's Mike Carp.

I agree that cutting Delgado is unwise at best, foolish at worst.

[seawolf17]

Hell, just ride Tatis until he remembers that he's too old to keep this up also.

Or Carp.

Or Michel Abreu.

Or anyone, really, considering Luis Fucking Castillo has a higher OPS than Delgado.

[Elster88]

Out of the players you named, my money would be on Delgado to have the best production for the rest of the year.

Tatis is fun right now, but I don't trust him long term. If you're talking about a temporary benching I might agree and see what Tatis can do. But now we need Tatis in the outfield.

Cutting Delgado wouldn't work.

[Guest AG/DC]

Who cares what his OPS is relative to Castillo the first two months. It's his OPS relative to his backups going forward that matters.

[seawolf17]

I just don't see what makes anyone think Delgado's going to get better as the season goes on.

[Elster88]

I agree. I see him playing the same and outproducing any potential replacements.

I don't see why anyone thinks cutting him without replacing his production would benefit the team.

[Willets Point]

Cutting Delgado would be the utmost in stupidity.

[RealityChuck]

Willets Point wrote: Cutting Delgado would be the utmost in stupidity.

No. The utmost in stupidity is cutting him and expecting Mike Carp to pick up the slack.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, let's be careful with superlatives. Cutting Wright would be the utmost in stupidity.

Small aside: I remember the Giants had a halfback named Billy Taylor who had a few good starts that made me hopeful in 1979, fell into part-time status in 1980, and mostly disuse in 1981.

The Giants released him in the middle of that year, and I remember telling my Dad, "Did you hear? The Giants released Taylor."

His response, "They released Lawrence Taylor?!" blew my mind, because somewhere in his head, it was conceiveable that his beloved sad-sack franchise, still only a few short seasons removed from The Fumble, could be foolish enough to cut the greatest rookie outside linebacker anybody could recall.

That would have been the utmost in stupidity.

Edited May 27, 2008 by Guest

[Theoldmole]

I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220?

[Theoldmole]

And I'd say not protecting Tom Seaver in an expansion draft would be the utmost in stupidity. But no team would do that, would they?

[duan]

TheOldMole wrote: I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220?

there possibly is, but there's also no reason to pay what would clearly be a ferocious LH bench threat to hit for someone else. EVEN if all he's good for is a long ball in 20abs. By all means platoon him, by all means make him a sunday starter, but eating the money would be stupid. We're not so drastically short of roster space that acquiring one is worth $12 million. Lets not forget, we're currently carrying THREE catchers, an IF/OF from AA who's gone O for 10 after getting his 3 doubles aswell as rotating various under performing (hey that's you Matt Wise, Jorge Sosa and Carlos Muniz) rarely utilised relievers through the 12 pitcher slot.

[Guest AG/DC]

When we're certain he's either a clearly worse threat off the bench than Raul Casanova and has little chance of changing that, or that he's damaging the prospects of other players, that's when we reach that point.

The only other release trigger would be if he's begging for his release and explitily implicitly threatening to be a distraction if he doesn't get it. We're not there yet either.

For all the accusations coming in, the guy has been nothing but a gent since he arrived.

[smg58]

He also has three home runs in the past week. Yes his average still sucks, but he's been swinging the bat at least a little better lately.

[Willets Point]

TheOldMole wrote: I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220?

Yes there is. His name is Carlos Delgado and he will return to form. Maybe for the Mets if rash decisions aren't made.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Willie seemed to suggest in today's snooze that Delgado might sit again today... or else I read the thing wrong.

[metirish]

Bondy in the Snooze claims that "Willie has decided to platoon Carlos Delgado, finally".

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

metirish wrote: Bondy in the Snooze claims that "Willie has decided to platoon Carlos Delgado, finally".

I agree that it is worth trying to find a platoon partner. I would prefer that they give Val Pascucci the chance over Easley or Evans.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, I pine for Val. Righthanded and slugging a ton in New Orleans.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think they need another outfielder before they let Evans go

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, if they DL Church (and it sure looks like they should), Val plays some outfield.

Other outfielders that are performing in AAA include Chris Aguila (nine homers), Brady Clark (.304 BA) and Jesus Feliciano (.366 OBP with no power).

[Benjamin Grimm]

Didn't I read that Brady was out for the remainder of the season with an injury?

[Guest AG/DC]

Of course. Knee injury.

That bumps Feliciano up the depth chart.

[Gwreck]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Willie seemed to suggest in today's snooze that Delgado might sit again today... or else I read the thing wrong.

He said same on pregame show on WFAN with Ed Coleman last night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

See in New Orleans
Chris Aguila
Full of charm and appeal
Handsome, elegant, intelligent, sweet
He's really ideal

[metirish]

From his wiki bio.

] * Aguila comes from a widely varied ethnic background. His father is Filipino, and his mother is Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian. As of 2006, Aguila and Tony Solaita are the only known ethnic Samoans who have played in Major League Baseball. * Aguila has been doing Polynesian fire knife dancing since he was in the fifth grade.

[Benjamin Grimm]

] * Aguila has been doing Polynesian fire knife dancing since he was in the fifth grade.

That sounds even more dangerous than flying from Atlanta to Denver with a concussion.