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Westheim · 12-14-2015, 05:59 PM

(dramatically shoves all his chips into the middle of the table)

Short of the deadline, the Raccoons acquired 29-year old slugger LF/RF Ron Alston (.333, 19 HR, 58 RBI) from the Indians in exchange for 31-yr old 1B/3B Daniel Sharp (.270, 0 HR, 5 RBI), 24-yr old AAA SS/2B Ryan Miller (.191, 0 HR, 9 RBI) and 20-yr old AA LF Jimmy Eichelkraut (.214, 4 HR, 30 RBI between A and AA).

Everybody knows about Alston. A sweet dream of a batter.

Everybody knows about Sharp. Useful bat, not overwhelming, and little power, never hitting double digit home runs in nine seasons in the Bigs. Good player on a perennially losing team. Miller hasn’t even consistently shown his glove so far, and his bat has been atrocious. .215 with two homers in over 300 major league at-bats. 14 walks, 65 strikeouts. The living definition of an automatic out.

And then there’s Jimmy Oatmeal. Catastrophic bust if there ever was one. His power potential has been slashed by scouts. He has a big roundhouse swing with no self-control and terrible eyes. If he meets a ball, he can mash it a half mile. But he NEVER meets one, because he CAN’T. He has 25 walks and 108 strikeouts this season in the low minors. He is actually worse than last year.

The Indians think he can be fixed. I doubt it.

But that’s not our beer anymore. We’ve got Alston. Debuting at 19, full time player at 20. Okay, he wasn’t actually good until 22. But wow, has he been good! For his career, he’s .289/.376/.472 with 227 HR and 725 RBI. He missed 111 games with injuries last season, but that was the first time that happened to him. He was on the DL only once before that. Three DL trips in total, for a tight back, an intercostal strain, and a broken wrist. No known weaknesses.

So! Alston joins the big league roster, and Pruitt moves to the bench. Trevino gets sent to St. Petersburg. Jose Gutierrez gets added to the big league roster. He plays only second base and bats right-handed (Manuel Gutierrez is the one that plays all spots and bats left-handed). I see a platoon with Yoshi Nomura happening here. Gutierrez batted .200 in 30 AB earlier in the year, and .225 in 102 AB last year.

Man, we can’t wait for those sorry Bayhawks to come to town!

12-14-2015, 05:59 PM	#1643
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,779	(dramatically shoves all his chips into the middle of the table) Short of the deadline, the Raccoons acquired 29-year old slugger LF/RF Ron Alston (.333, 19 HR, 58 RBI) from the Indians in exchange for 31-yr old 1B/3B Daniel Sharp (.270, 0 HR, 5 RBI), 24-yr old AAA SS/2B Ryan Miller (.191, 0 HR, 9 RBI) and 20-yr old AA LF Jimmy Eichelkraut (.214, 4 HR, 30 RBI between A and AA). Everybody knows about Alston. A sweet dream of a batter. Everybody knows about Sharp. Useful bat, not overwhelming, and little power, never hitting double digit home runs in nine seasons in the Bigs. Good player on a perennially losing team. Miller hasn’t even consistently shown his glove so far, and his bat has been atrocious. .215 with two homers in over 300 major league at-bats. 14 walks, 65 strikeouts. The living definition of an automatic out. And then there’s Jimmy Oatmeal. Catastrophic bust if there ever was one. His power potential has been slashed by scouts. He has a big roundhouse swing with no self-control and terrible eyes. If he meets a ball, he can mash it a half mile. But he NEVER meets one, because he CAN’T. He has 25 walks and 108 strikeouts this season in the low minors. He is actually worse than last year. The Indians think he can be fixed. I doubt it. But that’s not our beer anymore. We’ve got Alston. Debuting at 19, full time player at 20. Okay, he wasn’t actually good until 22. But wow, has he been good! For his career, he’s .289/.376/.472 with 227 HR and 725 RBI. He missed 111 games with injuries last season, but that was the first time that happened to him. He was on the DL only once before that. Three DL trips in total, for a tight back, an intercostal strain, and a broken wrist. No known weaknesses. So! Alston joins the big league roster, and Pruitt moves to the bench. Trevino gets sent to St. Petersburg. Jose Gutierrez gets added to the big league roster. He plays only second base and bats right-handed (Manuel Gutierrez is the one that plays all spots and bats left-handed). I see a platoon with Yoshi Nomura happening here. Gutierrez batted .200 in 30 AB earlier in the year, and .225 in 102 AB last year. Man, we can’t wait for those sorry Bayhawks to come to town! Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 92 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.