That’s been my condition for an Uggla acquisition since that was first mentioned- that he play LF and go nowhere near 2B.

Of the other options, though, DeJesus is indeed “not right-handed and not a slugger,” so mentioning him is just more journalistic egg-laying from KRos. I don’t trust Marlon Byrd to repeat, and Nady is a platoon guy with a long and nasty injury history. Mike Cameron, though, has intrigued me more and more as time has gone on. He’s certainly no silver bullet, but he would add more punch to the lineup (provided Bobby uses some good sense and hits him 6th or 7th, letting McCann, Roachie and Yunel bat in front of him- he does NOT need to be slotting in as the cleanup man the way GA did) while upgrading our CF defense and allowing us to move Nate to LF, where his defense would be more valuable. If we can’t get the big name we crave, he might be the best option.

i say delgado…he should come cheaper than laroche and there is no reason to believe he still can’t hit 35+ homers a year. and play good defense.

He might be underrated, but he doesn’t fit any of our criteria. We need a right-hander, he’s a lefty. We need power, he’s a light hitter. I’m not degrading the guy, but there’s really just no reason for us to even pause to think about him, it would be a pointless pickup.

without Hanson in that scenario, i doubt we would be able to let Lowe go.

Here Tell me what on this comparison page leads you to your conclusion? How about what in their respective fielding abilities? Is there anything other than name recognition on which Garret Anderson is clearly better than David DeJesus?

McLouth wasn’t all that good of a leadoff hitter (here is where everyone batters me with statistics), from what I could see. I’d rather see him lower in the order.

He would be a nice option.

really? because he is a gold glove calibur CF, oh wait, lets rephrase that so that it has value…
He is a great CF, hits 20 HR’s per year with league average OBP, and he can even run a bit. Tell me how that is “junk”.

Once the super-two stage passes, there will be no reason to keep him down. I am not particularly thrilled about that line-up, however. Uggla’s a solid power bat, but with the fielding disparity, I think Cameron would be a better fit even if he isn’t as good a hitter. Cameron is hardly junk, either—-he continually has an OPS+ over 100 and has always been a great fielder. I am not sure how that qualifies as junk. Plus, he is a free agent so we don’t have to trade for him, and he is Class B, so we don’t lose a pick for signing him. And, he’s a local boy, which is always nice.

Which is why I don’t want another aging vet OF in our OF, if Cameron is all we can get then just let Heyward start the season in the bigs and be done with it. Say the money and keep all of our pitching.

the hometown thing is more about possibly getting him at a nice price, I don’t care where he is from otherwise. Hell, I’m not even from Georgia, nor have I ever lived within 100 miles of the state!

Cameron doesn’t have to be traded for, he just costs money, which is nice. And McClouth would still be on the team, he would just move to LF where is defense plays better. He can still hit in the same spot, this wouldn’t really change McClouth’s situation. Cameron plays really good CF defense.

And he hits pretty well, average OBP, and has pop. Nothing wrong with that.

it is a completely different situation.

Or maybe the Jordan Schafer fan club as you have him penciled in your line-up in Atlanta before Heyward arrives, which is seriously questionable. I doubt a Cameron signing (which would likely mean Diaz is on the way out) would not particularly block Schafer as it would be a one-year deal in all likelihood and I think the Braves still want Schafer to log some AAA time, which he hasn’t the past two years because of suspension and injury.

You know, it’s hysterical that you ream Cameron and support Uggla, because the difference between them is a few homeruns more to Uggla and a Grand Canyon defensive divide in favor of Cameron. All else being equal, I’d trade a couple of homers for an entire season’s worth of better defensive from two positions (CF is upgraded by Cameron, LF is upgraded by McLouth shifting over).

Honestly man, look at the evidence and get all your facts straight, because you come across as an ignorant doof who has randomly pulled the one guy he’ll support out of a hat and decided that everyone he didn’t pick is therefore a pile of dog excrement, because it’s a zero-sum game.

I think that, from a business standpoint, this is a defensible position. Uggla is arb eligible, remember. He won’t be paid league minimum, and he costs whatever in a trade as well as money…

You assume that Cameron is just like Anderson because both are aging OF’s. (And calling Anderson an OF as opposed to a DH is a bit generous, lol.) You state that signing Cameron is no better than signing nobody, even though his defense would be an improvement despite your disbelief. You list McLouth or Schafer as the lead-off CF next year even though there is no chance McLouth gets displaced even if Schafer comes up. And you state that Cameron is silly from a money standpoint even though he is unlikely to cost any more than what Uggla gets at arbitration. The only thing you have right is that this is getting silly and more crazy.

Also, why the hell wouldn’t it make sense to load up on outfield defense to support our flyball prone pitching? Oh, that’s right, because you clearly have no understanding of the value of defense. You know what we should do, get a bunch of Ryan Howard type sluggers and put them in every spot on the field. If defense doesn’t matter, than why do we even bother? And Mike Cameron may have been the best CF in the NL last year, fielding wise. He’s not GA. Not even close.

We are closer than needing an impact bat, and let’s face it, there aren’t many available in our price range. The only one I can see is Carlos Lee in a trade for Lowe, but I doubt the Astros go for that without too good a prospect thrown in, and Lee is crap in the field as well. Remember, you can win with 8 guys hitting 15-25 HR’s and good pitching too.

hope you don’t plan on getting ethier with just vazquez…

try tommy hanson and vazquez and they might begin to talk about it