Dyson is a lefthanded hitter.

But I agree, this should be the lineup

There's nothing for Francoeur to figure out.

His bat is slow. He has lost bat speed and can no longer hit decent fastballs in the zone.

He has lost not one but TWO steps in the field. His below average-range is a real hindrance to his OF defense, despite his great arm.

They are realizing this, I think. Gotta be nice about it in the media, though.

Dyson is fun to watch. If could consistently take away pitches to the left side he could get on a base at a very high rate with his speed.

Excellent movie. Harrison Ford needs to be nominated for his role.

Or you could just make up stats. Wouldn't be the first time.

Someone get the game thread going.

Don't want this Wiggins boner to subside.

Guthrie dominating ought to keep it.

:banghead: I know Dyson is a lefty. Typing to quick before brain reacts.

I quoted your comparison of Moose to Frenchy, and called out why that's absurd. Where exactly did Lonnie Chisenhall fit into that comparison?

If you throw a bunch of shit at the wall, you're going to get called out for it (i.e. comparing a 24 year old prospect to a 29 year old has been). If you want to compare Moose to Chisenhall, then that's a more relevant conversation.

Thoughts on Howie Kendrick if the Angels continue to tank?

I didn't think about it much before this series, but after seeing how hobbled Pujols and how little Josh Hamilton cares, I can see the Angels having a rough year.

They aren't going to trade Trout, and Pujols and Hamilton are untradeable. That basically leaves Trumbo and Kendrick as the only tradeable options.

Kendrick is a good but not great 2B who is fairly expensive ($10 million in 2014 and 15). They could probably get 2-3 nice, young and cheap pieces that would help in return for him.

My eyes still are on Chase Utley, but Kendrick would be a nice consolation prize.

I've put Kendrick's name out there before. He is a bit pricey for what you get back, but he's a solid hitter and has good defensive skills as well.

I'd take him, but the Angels would have to eat some of that salary.

I'll take Trumbo.

Great movie, saw it last night.

I'd love Trumbo but can't see them moving him for anything less than a King's ransom (or Trout, obviously, at really any price). Too young, too controlled, too inexpensive. And too good.

The time to strike at Trumbo was probably the past offseason, when he was coming off a bit of a down year and his stock was a little lower. And before they cleared their huge glut of OF options.

How about Colon/Giavotella, Coleman, and Eibner for him?

This is some serious Twilight Zone stuff here. So now to that point: explain why Chisenhall is down but not Moose. I was told these guys need MLB time to "develop" and that AAA won't help them. But here we see a team that actually develops hitters at this level sending him down. A guy who's quite comparable to Moose.


People wonder why we can't develop hitters. Well? Here's one possible answer. Right here. In the division. They're doing something drastically different.