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<!--quoteo(post=19190:date=Feb 19 2009, 07:51 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 19 2009, 07:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19186:date=Feb 19 2009, 06:40 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Feb 19 2009, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19183:date=Feb 19 2009, 07:39 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 19 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19178:date=Feb 19 2009, 06:34 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Feb 19 2009, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Is anyone complaining about Font? I'm sure not.
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Like Andy said and you always remind us, we got the AL OPS leader in Bradley. You can't look at the positional comparison but the team as a whole. We got a downgrade offensively at 2b, but a monumental upgrade in RF. If we just got Miles instead of DeRosa and kept Fuk in right field, sure there's reason to be upset. Our lineup now has more versatility and might very well be better than last year's. I don't think DeRo puts up those power numbers again either. I bet he hits 12 or 13 homers.
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But are Bradley/Miles better than Edmonds/DeRosa would have been? I'm not sold yet.
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Do you mean if we kept Edmonds this year, or their production last year? I don't think you can really top that production last year but for this year I think we made the right decision. All I really miss about DeRo is his versatility. Unfortunately I'll remember him most for grounding into a DP on a 3-1 count in the 8th inning of game 3 '07 and booting a routine dp to start the game 2 disaster in '08. I mean would I rather have him than Miles? Of course, but I think we'll be just fine.
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Pretty much how I feel. And while it wasn't as memorable as those two, he had a pretty poor at bat in Game 3 against LA. Soto was on 3rd and all DeRosa had to do was hit the ball to the right side and we get a run in and yet he decides to pull the ball and ends up rolling over it. The guy caused me as much frustration in the playoffs as anyone on the team the last two years and that's saying something considering how bad the whole team has been in each series.

I liked DeRosa but I don't think we're going to miss his bat. The versatility will definitely be missed but production wise, we'll be fine.