Advocating Carlos Pena for 1B in 2012

[El Gordo]

The Yankees talent pool of players is much better than the Orioles...In their lineup Pena bats 7 th. .. Here he's middle of TE order

He sure beats our current MOO bat . I'm not advocating Pena because he would cost too much, but your reasons for not wanting him don't hold water, IMO. He would be a welcome addition for one year if he came cheap.

[gtown]

.That's true but Davis is actually very good defensively at first, so I would rather him be in the field.

Is he? I know he's better at first than at third. A quick look suggests he's adequate in the field at 1B and a liability at 3B.

I could be convinced--what suggests he's a good glove 1B? If true I'm fine with giving him a shot to prove it every day.

[El Gordo]

Is he? I know he's better at first than at third. A quick look suggests he's adequate in the field at 1B and a liability at 3B.

I could be convinced--what suggests he's a good glove 1B? If true I'm fine with giving him a shot to prove it every day.

His numbers suggest he is below average at 1B but better than at 3B. Either way it is a SSS. The only reason we really have to believe he is a good 1B, is that our baseball people seem to think so

[Sports Guy]

Is he? I know he's better at first than at third. A quick look suggests he's adequate in the field at 1B and a liability at 3B.

I could be convinced--what suggests he's a good glove 1B? If true I'm fine with giving him a shot to prove it every day.

Scouting reports of him have always said that he is good with the glove at first.

[Roll Tide]

He sure beats our current MOO bat . I'm not advocating Pena because he would cost too much, but your reasons for not wanting him don't hold water, IMO. He would be a welcome addition for one year if he came cheap.

Let's agree to disagree. I personally think one of these hitters is enough in our lineup. You can certainly argue how to determine a good bat. As a player the higher you B Avg was the better. .280 or better and you were pretty good ...Low .200 you weren't.

[El Gordo]

Let's agree to disagree. I personally think one of these hitters is enough in our lineup. You can certainly argue how to determine a good bat. As a player the higher you B Avg was the better. .280 or better and you were pretty good ...Low .200 you weren't.

I see. So Kotchman and Looney are both more valuable at 1B than Teixeira and Howard because their BA is 30+points higher?

[GoldGlove21]

Let's agree to disagree. I personally think one of these hitters is enough in our lineup. You can certainly argue how to determine a good bat. As a player the higher you B Avg was the better. .280 or better and you were pretty good ...Low .200 you weren't.

His OBP was .359 so I think batting average can be misleading.

[BaltimoreTerp]

Let's agree to disagree. I personally think one of these hitters is enough in our lineup. You can certainly argue how to determine a good bat. As a player the higher you B Avg was the better. .280 or better and you were pretty good ...Low .200 you weren't.

Because that is what you were taught, and now we know that it's wrong.