Apparently they want help for 2012 not just 2011 - Which is funny, cuz we have several relievers with multiple years left, including an All-Star closer.
Problem is they don't have a lot of bats they're willing to give up who are any good. Matt Davidson is basically Alex Liddi from 2 years ago except he's not tearing up the Cal League like Liddi did. Ditto Borchering, though he's a switch hitter. I don't like Krauss.
Paul Goldschmidt I do like, but he's a strict DH for us. Still, he's been VERY impressive in AA and is one of those "easy to find bat-only" guys Sandy wants us to keep the DH slot open for. .300/.420/.610 in AA with 21% Ks and a .8 batting eye interests me. If he was the Halman-esque batter this year that he was last year in A+, I would be less interested, but he certainly seems to be growing into himself as a power hitter.
AJ Pollock is a former first rounder who lost last year to injury...so the team bumped him 2 levels to AA and he's posting an .800 OPS there as a center fielder. He's right-handed like Goldschmidt, but without that power he's gonna get hurt by the Safe. Still, an interesting player with Guti on the fritz. Cowgill is actually more interesting to me as a 25 year old CF with a .9 eye who is ready now (tearing up AAA, though from a hitter-friendly park). He's more of a patch on our CF wound. Eaton's another CF option who just got promoted to AA with a great eye, so they have a lot of these backup CFs lying around while we have basically none. Wheeler is another adequate 3B option, I guess.
They DO have some pieces I'd talk to them about (haven't even talked about any arms we might get back).
They were already on my list of teams to talk to, so it's good to hear they might want to buy what we're selling.
~G
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