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Of Beltre, Castilla, & Clubhouse Discord

Tim Sullivan's column today is titled, "Anger Surfaces in Clubhouse."  He writes that players question the wisdom of waiving Vinnie and not doing more at the trade deadline.  Tim Krasovic writes that the front office deemed Castilla merely average defensively.  We now see how wrong that observation was.  And as I said at the time, if you are going to give up Vinnie's defense, you need a whole lot of offense to replace him.  Which got me thinking whether we can revive those Beltre rumors.  Adrian Beltre was the only third baseman I saw pass through Petco this year who was superior to Vinnie with the glove.  Though not matching his numbers from his contract year in LA, he is a young player with power.  He just might clear waivers.  Then, the Padres could waive Bellhorn, who is of no use, and use Walker as a dependable role player and pinch hitter.  The million dollar questions are what would the Mariners want in return and does Linebrink still have substantial trade value?

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Beltre's Been heating Up, Too
Beltre has 6 homers and 17 RBIs (not "RBI" -- don't get me started) in the last month.  Of course, we don't know what he would have done in a Bizarro World of him wearing blue and sand and manning third base for the Padres.

by Enzo Hernandez on Aug 16, 2006 8:12 AM PDT   0 recs

Linebrink is a few runs away
from sporting an ERA over 4, a substantially detrimental stat from a trade value standpoint.

Some of that clubhouse anger could be that they felt Castilla was more than just a player.  Front office doesn't hang out in the dugout.  For all we know, he could have been that mystical force of optimism that kept the Padres focused and in games til the end.

As a GM, how do you put value on that.  How do you quantify that in trade value.  I guess you can't.  Unfortunately, unless you know how DEX (MR. SPORTS MBA), to put tangible value on intangible assets.

by bktabinga on Aug 16, 2006 11:41 AM PDT   0 recs

So...
How many HRs BBs SBs 2Bs 3Bs IBBs does Beltre have?

by jessemundo on Aug 18, 2006 1:30 PM PDT   0 recs

Excellent Since All-Star Break
6 HRs, 12 BBs, 0 SBs, 12 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 HRs, 21 RBIs, .300 AVG., .364 OBP, and .536 SLG.

by Enzo Hernandez on Aug 20, 2006 3:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Latest on Padre 3B Production
Russell Branyan throws away his first chance at third. Since Vinny Castilla was released on July 19, Padres third basemen have committed 10 errors in 36 games and hit .182 with two homers and eight RBI.

by Enzo Hernandez on Aug 28, 2006 11:04 AM PDT   0 recs

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