An Early Look Into Free Agency For 2012

[Erick]

I'd take J.D. Drew for a year as a reclamation project.

If he can't regain his power, he's still an above average defender who draws a lot of walks. And it'd be for a year, so there'd be little to no risk anyway.

Move Stanton to CF.

[DropkickAlex]

For some reason I see us signing Livan to be our 4th/5th

[Bobbob1313]

Yeah, we're not moving Stanton to CF.

[Erick]

The CF'ers in the organization are awesome.

[Ramp]

I want no part of JD Drew

[Bobbob1313]

The CF'ers in the organization are awesome.

And Mike Stanton is not one of them, so that's pretty much irrelevant.
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From what I've seen, Mike Cameron has enough left offensively and defensively to bring back as a 4th OFer next year.

[MiamiHomer]

Jason Stark had mention that the Marlins contacted the Rays about a week or 2 ago when he was on 790 about BJ Upton. Not really sure if the Marlins have pieces to make a move for him in the winter but it was something they looked into apparently.

[Swifty]

Upton'd be fantastic.

[DropkickAlex]

Morrison-Upton-Stanton

Yes.

[Bobbob1313]

At the cost in prospects it'd likely take, I don't know if I'd be down.

[Mainge]

I'd take J.D. Drew for a year as a reclamation project.

If he can't regain his power, he's still an above average defender who draws a lot of walks. And it'd be for a year, so there'd be little to no risk anyway.

Move Stanton to CF.

This is such a hilariously bad idea.

[Erick]

And Mike Stanton is not one of them, so that's pretty much irrelevant.

Neither was Chris Coghlan, but that didn't matter.

If anything, hasn't Stanton played games in CF in the minors? He certainly seems to have all the tools to perhaps handle the position.

But seriously, I am dying to know what your plan is for next year, in terms of CF. Y'know, since it's ridiculous to trade one of LoMo/Gaby, ridiculous to try Stanton there, ridiculous to consider trading one of the top 3 in the rotation, and all the free agent CF'ers suck.

That basically leaves two options. 1. Coghlan, 2. Move Bonifacio back to CF.

Which one of those is it?

CF should always be a bigger priority than positions like LF, RF, 1B where a bat is much easier to find. It's much more difficult to find a quality CF'er. Even if Stanton isn't great out there, he'd still be incredibly valuable because of his bat. Much like Hanley at SS. Why is it such a terrible idea?

[MiamiHomer]

The Rays wanted catching and SS prospects, neither of which the Marlins have.

[Erick]

This is such a hilariously bad idea.

Fair enough.

1. Why?
2. Who's going to play CF?

[Mainge]

We've gone over why before.

And as much as I dislike it, it's probably CC.