*2010 MLB Thread*

[VirtualSmitty]

Gotta say, surprising year so far. Yanks still behind Tampa, the Reds still in front of St Louis, San Diego still on top in their division, Atlanta ahead of Philly, Texas and Oakland in front of Anaheim, two perfect games and a no hitter already. Hot damn, wonder what the trading deadline is gonna look like.

Draft coming up soon as well. I wonder where the wonder kid Bryce Harper will go, will be interesting to see if the Nats use their pick on him.

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Draft coming up soon as well. I wonder where the wonder kid Bryce Harper will go, will be interesting to see if the Nats use their pick on him.

Very curious to see who ends up with Harper. I would say the Nats, but the fact that the kid has Boras as an agent...

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Very curious to see who ends up with Harper. I would say the Nats, but the fact that the kid has Boras as an agent...

Indeed. They had to pay Strasbourg fifteen million I think, and they are going to need some cash to resign Dunn and Willingham after the year if they want to have any offense go forward. Don't know if they have the money, but he could be hard to pass up. Best hitting catcher prospect since Mauer. I doubt the Pirates would sign him either, Baltimore at number three already has a pretty good young catcher, maybe KC or the Indians if they are willing to pony up some cash.

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Indeed. They had to pay Strasbourg fifteen million I think, and they are going to need some cash to resign Dunn and Willingham after the year if they want to have any offense go forward. Don't know if they have the money, but he could be hard to pass up. Best hitting catcher prospect since Mauer. I doubt the Pirates would sign him either, Baltimore at number three already has a pretty good young catcher, maybe KC or the Indians if they are willing to pony up some cash.

Cleveland has a cathing prospect in Triple A and will be called up very soon...Carlos Santana. I agree, Pirates will not drop the kind of money he will be asking. And with Weiters, Baltimore won't take him. KC might be his destination. I would love to see him go to the Nats and catch Strasbourg. I don't believe they will re-sign Dunn...he glove is garbage...but damn his bat is sexy!! Would LOVE for my Mets to grab him...but he wil not be around that late.

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Cleveland has a cathing prospect in Triple A and will be called up very soon...Carlos Santana. I agree, Pirates will not drop the kind of money he will be asking. And with Weiters, Baltimore won't take him. KC might be his destination. I would love to see him go to the Nats and catch Strasbourg. I don't believe they will re-sign Dunn...he glove is garbage...but damn his bat is sexy!! Would LOVE for my Mets to grab him...but he wil not be around that late.

I'd like to see the Nats grab him too, they have been the worst team in baseball too long, they should get the top picks. Dunn is better at first then he was in left, he won't win a gold glove, but like you said, his bat is scary. He fits in nice there hitting behind Zimmerman.