Wednesday Rockpile: Management discussing Carlos Gonzalez

the lack of news is getting old already

Maybe some OF interest there. Also, looks like they could use another SP.

I know that all of the sabertards don’t value wins for pitchers, but does anyone honestly think that a pitcher with a 3-6 record is deserviing of an all-star spot?

Oh, and Brad Hawpe sends his regards.

I had not seen that Schlereth had been called up… but Detroit’s Luke French beat him to the majors this year in the race to see who would be the first guy that I played against in high school to make the Show. (Or the first guy from the Colorado high school class of 2004, whichever way you want to look at it.)

If my numbers are correct (I’d say there’s a 50/50 shot), he is leading all players at any level, minors and the bigs, in RBI. And if someone else has already posted that, I apologize, but I’m lazy and don’t feel like going to previous threads to check. Sounds like a guy that could provide a little spark for a team that is sorely lacking one. If he gets the nod and Iannetta comes back from the DL and hits the way we know he is capable of, we could start to see some cheap tacos (with the purchase of a beverage) a little more often. It doesn’t solve all of the teams problems, but you’ve got to start somewhere.

than checking the RBI leader of each MiLB league individually. The sad thing is, I should have known to check fangraphs first. Maybe my subconscious was just trying to make me spend less time on work and more on baseball. What’s important is that we came to the same conclusion. Carlos Gonzalez is a great minor league slugger that is hopefully ready to take on a new role as Major League Beast. We sure could use it.

CarGo gets called up, gets significant playing time, and within two weeks has more HR than Holliday, and this goes unnoticed by DP commenters.

I hope those conversations are where to trade Brad Hawpe for pitching or middle infield prospects, and whether Carlos Gonzales will get the bulk of playing time in RF or all of the playing time. The outfield should be Spilborgh/Smith/Murton, LF; Fowler, CF; CarGo, RF.

It pains me to say that the time to move Hawpe has come, but he is the player of greatest trade value on the roster. He will be 30 this year, already has limited range in the OF (think about the bloop single that tied the game in the 9th last night), and will only be more expensive over the next few years. There was likely an opportunity to move Hawpe last winter, and now it will take a major surge in June for him to regain any trade value. Hopefully they don’t make the same mistake with Hawpe.

He’s got a blog on MLBlogs.com, and he talks to the people that leave him comments, and all that other stuff that a lot of players on there don’t do. Plus, he’s from Colorado, which is very cool, also.

to Scottsdale?

Bryce Harper aiming to enter 2010 draft?

I’ve seen a mock draft w/ us taking Kyle Gibson w/ our 1st pick and then Jenkins or Skaggs w/ our 2nd pick. I actually really like the Jenkins pick from what I saw on the video and read about him. He has a big body, I’m hoping for a Broxton type if he doesn’t stay as a starter, but he seems to have the stuff to stay a starter too. I also think Gibson seems like a low ceiling starter, but maybe I’m reading too much into it. Does he have top of the rotation stuff?