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POLL: Yay or nay on Beckham trade?


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POLL: Do you like the Tim Beckham trade?  

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  1. 1. Do you like the Tim Beckham trade?

    • Yes. Beckham is under control through 2020 and could be the SS of the future.
      92
    • No. We should be acquiring prospects, not trading them away.
      24
    • Meh. Nothing lost, nothing gained.
      17

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 7/20)

 

NUMBER 3

 

TIMOTHY LAMAR BECKHAM

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16 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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(vs. BLUE JAYS, 7/20)

 

NUMBER 3

 

TIMOTHY LAMAR BECKHAM

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TIMOTHY LAMAR BECKHAM

TIMOTHY LAMAR BECKHAM

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He made 2 errors on the other side of the ball, the second of which led directly to the Blue Jays winning the game in the bottom of the 10th inning.

 

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(vs. RED SOX, 7/24)

 

NUMBER 4

 

TIMOTHY LAMAR BECKHAM

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  • 2 weeks later...

So one year later, what do we think. 

106 Games, 469 PA, .752 OPS, 14 HR, 43 RBI, 23 Doubles. 118 SO, 30 BB, 24 Errors. 

I think Myers was a steep price to pay for him considering we’re not winning, and Myers is a top 20 prospect in a deep Rays farm system. 

I also think Beckham pouted a little about playing 3B. He’s hit much better since going back to SS. He has potential. I think we tender him a contract in the offseason. He needs to get more steady at SS. 

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8 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

So one year later, what do we think. 

106 Games, 469 PA, .752 OPS, 14 HR, 43 RBI, 23 Doubles. 118 SO, 30 BB, 24 Errors. 

I think Myers was a steep price to pay for him considering we’re not winning, and Myers is a top 20 prospect in a deep Rays farm system. 

I also think Beckham pouted a little about playing 3B. He’s hit much better since going back to SS. He has potential. I think we tender him a contract in the offseason. He needs to get more steady at SS. 

I don’t know if the poor hitting had anything to do with pouting, he had surgery on his abdominal muscles.  You saw how Schoop was hitting with the oblique issue.

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2 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

I don’t know if the poor hitting had anything to do with pouting, he had surgery on his abdominal muscles.  You saw how Schoop was hitting with the oblique issue.

Of course he was hurt, but when you have a rep of having a bad attitude then it’s fair to wonder if he was pouting from not playing SS. 

Honestly Beckham and Villar could be an above average double play duo offensively. The kicker is if they can improve on the defense. We have little Middle Infield depth in the minors so they are nice stop gap options until something changes. 

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Anyone think that Beckham might get non-tendered at the end of the season? I mean, his defense is not improving. If, big IF, DD is going to put emphasis on defense, I'm not sure the left side of the infield can be a mistake waiting to happen. Beckham is only going to get more expensive. I'd be surprised, but I could see Beckham getting let go. 

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4 minutes ago, jtschrei said:

Anyone think that Beckham might get non-tendered at the end of the season? I mean, his defense is not improving. If, big IF, DD is going to put emphasis on defense, I'm not sure the left side of the infield can be a mistake waiting to happen. Beckham is only going to get more expensive. I'd be surprised, but I could see Beckham getting let go. 

I don't see him getting non tendered. He might get traded for peas, but not non tendered. Who would play SS? He can become extremely hot at the plate but he might be the most frustrating Oriole right now. He is clearly very talented, but the fact that he struggles with routine plays(while occasionally making outstanding difficult plays) is infuriating. It doesn't make much of a difference to have a glove first guy, compared to Beckham. They would probably have similar salaries and saber metric value. Good, steady defense would be nice for a change.

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6 hours ago, Cy Bundy said:

We’d be better off if we hadn’t made the deal. 

I think this is accurate.  But I think a team that is "going for it" makes that deal.  Of course now that we failed...It would be better to have kept the future 3 time CY Young winner.

And we all know, now, that it is his destiny. ?

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8 hours ago, jtschrei said:

Anyone think that Beckham might get non-tendered at the end of the season? I mean, his defense is not improving. If, big IF, DD is going to put emphasis on defense, I'm not sure the left side of the infield can be a mistake waiting to happen. Beckham is only going to get more expensive. I'd be surprised, but I could see Beckham getting let go. 

To be clear, his defense has been worse in 2018 than 2017.    Too much baseball left to play to guess whether he might be non-tendered.   

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Beckham has had a nightmarish season defensively, but I'm still happy when he hits a home run (especially in a close game.)

 

 

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