06-12-2009, 04:54 AM
Like Fella said, it would be Hendry abandoning his plan and pretty much saying he screwed up. We're just 57 games into the season, and Bradley not hitting as he always has makes things look much worse than they should've been. A ton of the fan base would appreciate Hendry admitting he made a mistake, but I don't think there's a general manager in the league that would do that so quickly. The Aramis injury is the real problem, and instead of being able to play Fontenot and DeRosa together, it's Fontenot and Scales/Miles/Blanco, which is obviously a big downgrade offensively.
Additionally, how would such a trade work? Do you just give Cleveland back what they traded you? I just can't imagine a "redo" like that happening. In the offseason, I wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs signed him, but trading for him now? I'd be <b>shocked</b>. If it did happen, I'd think it wouldn't be for at least another month as a desperation move, and Aramis will be back by then(or so we've been told). I'd love to add a player like DeRosa that can play a bunch of positions and provide solid offense. If Aaron Miles were hitting .300, I'd be fine with him being that guy, but he's been terrible.
Would I like to have Mark DeRosa on the team? <b>Of course.</b> I just think people are taking it way too far as to where our team would be with him right now.
It's not the loss of Mark DeRosa that has this team hovering around the .500 mark. It's Alfonso Soriano hitting barely over .200 since May 1st. It's Milton Bradley not having a .700 OPS, something he last did in 2001. It's Geovany Soto not supplying any power until this last week, and not doing anything at the plate at all in April. It's Derrek Lee hitting .189 with a .537 OPS in April. It's Aaron Miles who came into this year being a .290 career hitter, hitting .200. It's Ryan Theriot thinking he's a home run hitter because he had a nice 10-game stretch, and of course teams have adjusted how they pitch to him, so he's striking out at a much higher rate than ever before and getting away from what made him a terrific #2 hitter for us last year. It's Mike Fontenot disappearing in May. It's the team consistently not just putting the damn ball in play with runners in scoring position and less than 2 outs. It's Carlos Marmol all of a sudden having no idea where the strike zone is. It's Neal Cotts having an ERA over 7. It's Kevin Gregg and Aaron Heilman having a few performances that would even make '08 Bob Howry laugh.
There's some things people could've possibly seen coming, like Soto having a sophomore slump for example. But most of this has just been players greatly underachieving, and all at the same time. That was really nice of them to do that. If our offensive players were hitting <i>anything</i> like where their career averages are, the team might be up 5 games in the division. People are looking for answers as to why this team is so much different than last year's so far, so understandably they're going to point to the players we decided not to keep. It's all on the players we have not performing as they should be. Again, I'd love to have Mark DeRosa, but he's far from the solution to our problems.
Additionally, how would such a trade work? Do you just give Cleveland back what they traded you? I just can't imagine a "redo" like that happening. In the offseason, I wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs signed him, but trading for him now? I'd be <b>shocked</b>. If it did happen, I'd think it wouldn't be for at least another month as a desperation move, and Aramis will be back by then(or so we've been told). I'd love to add a player like DeRosa that can play a bunch of positions and provide solid offense. If Aaron Miles were hitting .300, I'd be fine with him being that guy, but he's been terrible.
Would I like to have Mark DeRosa on the team? <b>Of course.</b> I just think people are taking it way too far as to where our team would be with him right now.
It's not the loss of Mark DeRosa that has this team hovering around the .500 mark. It's Alfonso Soriano hitting barely over .200 since May 1st. It's Milton Bradley not having a .700 OPS, something he last did in 2001. It's Geovany Soto not supplying any power until this last week, and not doing anything at the plate at all in April. It's Derrek Lee hitting .189 with a .537 OPS in April. It's Aaron Miles who came into this year being a .290 career hitter, hitting .200. It's Ryan Theriot thinking he's a home run hitter because he had a nice 10-game stretch, and of course teams have adjusted how they pitch to him, so he's striking out at a much higher rate than ever before and getting away from what made him a terrific #2 hitter for us last year. It's Mike Fontenot disappearing in May. It's the team consistently not just putting the damn ball in play with runners in scoring position and less than 2 outs. It's Carlos Marmol all of a sudden having no idea where the strike zone is. It's Neal Cotts having an ERA over 7. It's Kevin Gregg and Aaron Heilman having a few performances that would even make '08 Bob Howry laugh.
There's some things people could've possibly seen coming, like Soto having a sophomore slump for example. But most of this has just been players greatly underachieving, and all at the same time. That was really nice of them to do that. If our offensive players were hitting <i>anything</i> like where their career averages are, the team might be up 5 games in the division. People are looking for answers as to why this team is so much different than last year's so far, so understandably they're going to point to the players we decided not to keep. It's all on the players we have not performing as they should be. Again, I'd love to have Mark DeRosa, but he's far from the solution to our problems.
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