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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
I like it...great for the Brewers [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
he sucks - have fun with him [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
We added him for a guy who won't make it to the big leagues ever. Koskie is still a top 30 3B and we got him for (virtually) nothing. It's a great trade because:
A) it provides real depth at 3B B) it allows Bill Hall to fill in at 2b and SS when needed |
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
It's a great trade for the Brewers. They get Koskie at a very good price for basically nothing since the pitcher is a non-prospect.
Koskie's main value lies in the fact that he is very good versus right handed pitching and he's a solid defensive player. His downside are his injury issues and his inabiltiy to hit lefties. Basically, he will get 300-400 ABs almost exclusively versus righthanded pitching. Here are his three year splits versus righties: Avg OBP SLG OPS .287 .388 .504 .892 In '05 - 245 at bats - .802 OPS vs. righties In '04 - 289 at bats - .894 OPS vs. righties In '03 - 299 at bats - .962 OPS vs. righties As you can see, his numbers have declined over the last 3 years, but he will have regular rest and is in a great position to succeed in Milwaukee since he'll basically never have to play versus lefties with Bill Hall on the club. Hall had a .967 OPS versus lefties last year. An .850 OPS is certainly not out of the realm of possibility for Koskie. Also, the Overbay trade now basically became Lyle, Taubenheim, and Wolfe, for Koskie, Bush, Jackson, Gross, and several million in cash. Another fleecing by Melvin. |
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
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Also, the Overbay trade now basically became Lyle, Taubenheim, and Wolfe, for Koskie, Bush, Jackson, Gross, and several million in cash. Another fleecing by Melvin. [/ QUOTE ] It is possible that none of these guys will ever be productive big leaguers. Koskie is over the hill and injury prone. David Bush has been very incosistent in two plus years in the bigs. Gabe Gross has had one great spring training, and I am not sure about Zach Jackson. It's not a fleecing untill you see how Bush, Gross, and Jackson pan out. |
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
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We added him for a guy who won't make it to the big leagues ever. Koskie is still a top 30 3B and we got him for (virtually) nothing. It's a great trade because..... [/ QUOTE ] yeah, it's not every day you can make a trade for a top 30 position player |
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
The Jays picked up Troy Glaus earlier, and Koskie is just injury prone and expensive dead weight. Enjoy him Milwaukee.
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
It's a salary dump, obviously there wasn't a huge market for Hinske or Koskie because otherwise we would get more. I would be a lot angrier if we had 5 corner infeilders each getting paid 4 million + on opening day.
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Re: Jays trade Koskie for minor league pitcher...
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It's a salary dump, obviously there wasn't a huge market for Hinske or Koskie because otherwise we would get more. I would be a lot angrier if we had 5 corner infeilders each getting paid 4 million + on opening day. [/ QUOTE ] It's not much of a salary dump considering the Blue Jays sent 7.35 million to the Brewers. Koskie will only cost the Brewers roughly 2 million per year over the next two years. |
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