Cespedes or Davis

[scOtt]

Good guy? His drug suspension cost the team a trip to the World Series?

OTOH he really was a ream player when Buck jerked him around and out him in RF

Good guy.

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[Can_of_corn]

Jerked him around? Just my opinion but I thought Davis welcomed the idea of helping the team any way he could, including the challenge of playing the outfield. Doesn't hurt his resume' one little bit also.

He could play the Monster better then HamRam.

[PaulFolk]

Not sure where all this negativity about Cespedes' mental game/attitude is coming from. I remember some whispers that he had conflicts with coaches in Boston, but has he had the same issues at his other stops?

[SteveO]

I like Cespedes just fine but all things being equal, I will take Davis over him.

Frankly I would be shocked if either had on an Orioles uniform come opening day but you never know.

[scOtt]

He could play the Monster better then HamRam.

I could play the Monster better than HanRam.

[TheDirtyBird]

I could play the Monster better than HanRam.

My beagle could play the Monster better than HanRam

[SteveO]

He could play the Monster better then HamRam.

They could wheel out Ted Williams cryogenically preserved corpse out there an it would play the Monster better than HamRam

[scOtt]

They could wheel out Ted Williams cryogenically preserved corpse out there an it would play the Monster better than HamRam

And pop one over it the next half inning.

[UpstateNYfan]

You really can't let the draft pick come into your decision here. If the O's had signed Davis for let's say 5/100 at some point in the last year, would you be upset over losing a pick? I doubt it. Drafts picks are fun, but not too reliable. My pick is Davis. Cespedes has bounced around too much, there has to be issues.

[Can_of_corn]

You really can't let the draft pick come into your decision here. If the O's had signed Davis for let's say 5/100 at some point in the last year, would you be upset over losing a pick? I doubt it. Drafts picks are fun, but not too reliable. My pick is Davis. Cespedes has bounced around too much, there has to be issues.

Of course you can, it is part of the equation.

I factored in the loss of a pick when I evaluated the Hardy extension last season.

[scOtt]

You really can't let the draft pick come into your decision here. If the O's had signed Davis for let's say 5/100 at some point in the last year, would you be upset over losing a pick? I doubt it. Drafts picks are fun, but not too reliable. My pick is Davis. Cespedes has bounced around too much, there has to be issues.

Of course not. But Boras never let that even enter the discussion. DD did talk to him about an extension. A couple times over the last couple years. Talks never went anywhere.

[Snutchy]

You really can't let the draft pick come into your decision here. If the O's had signed Davis for let's say 5/100 at some point in the last year, would you be upset over losing a pick? I doubt it. Drafts picks are fun, but not too reliable. My pick is Davis. Cespedes has bounced around too much, there has to be issues.

The issues were with the teams that traded for him. They stunk, so they sold. I'm with Paul, I've only heard of the issues that he had with the coaches in Boston. I haven't heard anything out of Oakland, Detroit, or Queens. That doesn't mean that there were not issues, but I have not heard or seen anything.

[Can_of_corn]

The issues were with the teams that traded for him. They stunk, so they sold. I'm with Paul, I've only heard of the issues that he had with the coaches in Boston. I haven't heard anything out of Oakland, Detroit, or Queens. That doesn't mean that there were not issues, but I have not heard or seen anything.

The A's stunk when they traded Cespedes?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?year=2014&month=7&day=31&submit=Submit+Date

Looks to me like they had the best record in baseball.

[weams]

The A's stunk when they traded Cespedes?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?year=2014&month=7&day=31&submit=Submit+Date

Looks to me like they had the best record in baseball.

Well, they thought they were improving... Snutchy meant the Sox and Tigers I think.

[Snutchy]

The A's stunk when they traded Cespedes?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?year=2014&month=7&day=31&submit=Submit+Date

Looks to me like they had the best record in baseball.

You get on my nerves, being right and whatnot.

You got me with the A's, but who replaced in him LF when Billy traded him?