Charlie Blackmon on the market

[wildbillhiccup]

I would think fans should be happy with an above average payroll from a team in Baltimore. 12th in MLB in payroll is plenty high enough.

Get creative. Make some trades. Sell high. Buy low. Blaming their inactivity on payroll is just an excuse. The bottom line is they have holes that haven't been filled.

[wildbillhiccup]

Sarcasm, Bill.

Bill, Sarcasm.

Fair enough. All this said, the point is the Rockies have a surplus of OFs. It's not about who they want to trade (of course it's Blackmon). It's about who we "want" them to trade. Like I said before, target Dickerson and Stubbs. If they don't bite let someone else get saddled with an overachieving older player. We already have our own in Pearce.

[Babypowder]

Get creative. Make some trades. Sell high. Buy low. Blaming their inactivity on payroll is just an excuse. The bottom line is they have holes that haven't been filled.

I agree mostly. I was just making a point that they do spend enough for people to stop constantly complaining about the team being cheap and not spending enough. I don't think they have any real holes as currently constructed. I am also one of the few that believes David Lough could be a productive starter. Colby Rasmsus doesn't excite me and neither do any of the Rockies Coors products. I don't really see them as upgrades.

[weams]

Get creative. Make some trades. Sell high. Buy low. Blaming their inactivity on payroll is just an excuse. The bottom line is they have holes that haven't been filled.

No one to sell. We are AL East Champions. I have not seen many buy low targets this year.

[isestrex]

Dickerson: 1.098 OPS at Coors, .735 away.

Stubbs: .999 OPS at Coors, .616 away.

There's a reason the Rockies always appear to be a good offensive team, even though they rarely actually are.

Obviously there is a big split with Dickerson as with all Rockies players. But Dickerson is one of those guys that wasn't scouted highly but has produced at every single level and proven naysayers wrong. I'm huge fan of him in general and I think he'll be great even away from Coors.

Stubbs' splits are irrelevant. He's a 4th outfielder whose upside is defense and speed.

[Babypowder]

Obviously there is a big split with Dickerson as with all Rockies players. But Dickerson is one of those guys that wasn't scouted highly but has produced at every single level and proven naysayers wrong. I'm huge fan of him in general and I think he'll be great even away from Coors.

Stubbs' splits are irrelevant. He's a 4th outfielder whose upside is defense and speed.

You'd trade Norris for an expensive 4th outfielder when we already have Lough for 500k?

[BohKnowsBmore]

Dickerson: 1.098 OPS at Coors, .735 away.

Stubbs: .999 OPS at Coors, .616 away.

There's a reason the Rockies always appear to be a good offensive team, even though they rarely actually are.

Dickerson still had an OPS+ of 142 in 2014, which factors in parks. Obviously that is fairly dramatic, but what is the normal drop between home/away (I would assume most players are slightly better at home all things being equal)? Per BBref, 2014 NL leaguewide splits were .714 home and .675 away. Not nearly as dramatic as what we're seeing with those guys, but if he is even a .750 - .800 OPS guy with 5 more years of control, that's pretty dang valuable.

Anyone know what his defense is like? BBref has him as a negative. Does he have the arm to play right?

I wouldn't want to give Tilly up for him as he's a centerpiece for our rotation for the next few years, especially since we'll likely lose Chen and Norris next season.

[awannabegeek]

I don't buy this argument. Arbitration bumps are no different than cost of living raises for us regular Joes.

Umm...no it is not...

If the Orioles were actually simply "cheap" they could starting trading away the players receiving arbitration bumps. They could easily reduce payroll significantly.

It's a case to be made they should actually...