Curtis Granderson?

[Clapp]

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Hey KLAW! Can you give me a starting point for a Cubs deal for Granderson? Is Phil Rogers' article this morning suggesting Marmol and Castro too much?
Klaw
(1:15 PM)

Yeah, WAY too much for a player who probably needs to be platooned.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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He's right, it would be idiotic. I said the same thing right when I saw that article last week. Granderson's a great clubhouse guy, solid player... not the player a lot of people are making him out to be. And he'd absolutely bat leadoff. 90% of the league's managers will put him at leadoff, especially Lou.

Granderson is one of my favorite people in the league, but I just don't really want to give up what it would probably take to get him. He's a waste of time against lefties and doesn't get on base enough for a quality leadoff hitter. While his stolen base percentage has been good, he doesn't run frequently(maybe that changes with a new manager though), and he's not getting any faster... like Soriano. He's struck out at least 141 times 3 of the last 4 years as well.

He'd be an ideal leader to replace Derrek Lee, would make the defense better with him in center and Kosuke in right, and overall produces solid offensive numbers, but I'm just not nearly as excited at the thought of trading for him as most seem to be. At the plate, he's pretty much a Soriano with less power and the ability to only hit against right-handers. I just don't really want anymore of these strikeout like crazy guys unless they get on base a lot or hit for a ton of power... like Dunn. They're streaky and I'm sick of relying on them to get hot for us to win games. Killed us in the last 2 playoff series.

I'd of course take Granderson, I just think it's going to take more than he's worth for this team to get him. I brought up the Victorino stuff to Destined, because it was being rumored that he was available as much as it was rumored Granderson was on the first day that news came out. I think he'd fit our team better.


Edit: I had thought Victorino's OBP was a little bit higher. I suppose they're about the same there, Granderson better if he goes back to what he was in 07-08.