Pedro back. (Will he opt out?)

[oriolesacox]

 

 

 

Pretty stoked if true

[oriolesacox]

 

[backwardsk]

Wish he made a ML team.  I really like him, but there's no fit unless there are injuries.

[ChuckS]

It is crazy to me that a guy who can give you 400 at bats at DH and likely an .800-.850 OPS can't get a major league deal.  Glad to have him back.  

[Diehard_O's_Fan]

Dan said that he wanted to improve the outfield defense. Therefore, I am going to be upset if Pedro is the primary dh and Trumbo is the starting right fielder. I hope Dan told Pedro that he would be a bench player if he makes the team.

[oriolesacox]

I very selfishly want him for super depth although I think he deserves much better 

[Spy Fox]

I like Alvarez. But, if true, whether this is a good move depends entirely on how often it pushes Trumbo to the outfield.

I wonder how many HRs Alvarez could hit in AAA. 

[oriolesacox]

 

[isestrex]

10 minutes ago, Diehard_O's_Fan said:

Dan said that he wanted to improve the outfield defense. Therefore, I am going to be upset if Pedro is the primary dh and Trumbo is the starting right fielder. I hope Dan told Pedro that he would be a bench player if he makes the team.

I think this is more injury insurance. If Davis or Trumbo go down with injury, we have a really good replacement ready to step in.

 

Fantastic signing. Almost too good to be true.

[Larry18]

Outfield? 

[jabba72]

This makes absolutely no sense. It also makes the Trumbo deal look pretty bad in comparison, getting a 827 OPS DH for peanuts, while giving Trumbo $13M per year to do the same.  Are they platooning? 

[mdbdotcom]

Hope they're just giving Pedro a place to get into playing shape so he can sign a major league deal elsewhere as spring training winds down.

[ArtVanDelay]

Giving Trumbo $37MM was just brilliant. 

[isestrex]

5 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

This makes absolutely no sense. It also makes the Trumbo deal look pretty bad in comparison, getting a 827 OPS DH for peanuts, while giving Trumbo $13M per year to do the same.  Are they platooning? 

I suppose he can platoon with Mancini in Norfolk. But there's no need for him to not get at bats down there while he waits for someone to get injured.

[Rene88]

51 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

It is crazy to me that a guy who can give you 400 at bats at DH and likely an .800-.850 OPS can't get a major league deal.  Glad to have him back.  

Yeah, I couldn't believe this when I got the text. Wow, good move DD but this means certain death to the rule 5 guys (slim hope if Santander "goes along" with the DL thing).