tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post7567931450855809815..comments2023-10-10T12:46:47.186-04:00Comments on The Green Weenie: First BaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-20883159740321169612011-10-26T15:22:06.542-04:002011-10-26T15:22:06.542-04:00Not much of a class of 1Bmen, Will. I mentioned Ko...Not much of a class of 1Bmen, Will. I mentioned Kotchman just because he's young enough to hold the fort for a couple of years, thought he's certainly not the answer. <br /><br />I'm sorta partial to the platoon, given the FA class and internal options. Lee would be nice, but I'm not sure he'd be worth the money. We'll see what the market dangles in front of him.Ron Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-44554566391725250802011-10-26T07:38:40.495-04:002011-10-26T07:38:40.495-04:00Casey Kotchman and Matt Hague are the same player-...Casey Kotchman and Matt Hague are the same player---except Hague is a bit younger and doesn't have the major league resume, such as it is, that Kotchman has. Bleecchhh. Of the two, I'd rather go with our own guy. Pena might be interesting, and he has plenty of experience within the NL Central, so he might even have another big season or two left in him. But he is a high strikeout guy on the back side of 30. <br /><br /><br />I agree with you that Steve Pearce has probably played his last game as a Pirate. It looks to me like the front office has Dickerson in mind for the long term, ie, 2014 and beyond. <br /><br /><br />Re: Diaz, tell me he wasn't hurt this past year. He HAD TO be, given his career work prior to 2011. I'm telling you: this front office is deliberately gambling on players it knows full well are already hurt.WilliamJPellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774466220683142262noreply@blogger.com