Comments on: Double Your Fun http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2005/07/03/double-your-fun/ It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:59:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bellyscratcher http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2005/07/03/double-your-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-478 bellyscratcher Wed, 06 Jul 2005 03:24:05 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=1438#comment-478 That's a first-rate break down. But I realized that there's virtually no way our GM would put the name of who he's looking at out there. So Kearns seems safe from us. There's also some mumbling about Dunn, but I say you can keep him. His head's too large ;). That’s a first-rate break down. But I realized that there’s virtually no way our GM would put the name of who he’s looking at out there. So Kearns seems safe from us. There’s also some mumbling about Dunn, but I say you can keep him. His head’s too large ;) .

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2005/07/03/double-your-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Red Hot Mama Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=1438#comment-477 The difficulty with trading Kearns is that the management has said that they will not at this time. What I've seen out of the management is that they do not say much of anything, but what they do say they stand behind. For the right price, though, the "at this time" can become yesterday. The way I see it, there are three factors that would drive up the price on Kearns for you over his apparent face value of "fourth outfielder in AAA": 1. The Reds have Kearns on a plan in Louisville to get back to acheiving his potential. They believe this plan can work, so if they were going to consider trading him at this time, the price would have to reflect his potential, not how good he is now. 2. One injury to or trade of an outfielder or first-baseman and the Reds no longer have great outfield depth. Even though Kearns is coming in fourth right now, the Reds have to maintain four starting outfielders, so the price would have to treat him more like a starter than a backup. 3. Cards are in-division, so they'd have to send back someone at least as immediately dangerous. Obviously, pitching is the pulsating, festering wound of this team, so that's seems like your best shot for getting Kearnsy. We already have some "proven" pitchers who haven't panned out, as well as plenty of promising kids who haven't panned out, so I'm thinking that at this point in the season the Reds would only consider trading for pitching that can't miss. Your can't-miss pitching might be more than Kearns can draw by himself, but I'm sure the Reds have some other characters they could throw in. As for whether he's worth going after. All smack-talking aside, the Cards do have to figure out what they're going to do with an aging outfield, and what I know of Kearns' personality fits well with the organizational personality of the Cards. I blame a lot of Kearns' recent doldrums on the difficulties of not knowing his role on a losing team; I suspect that if he was on a team where he could get excited about every game, you'd suddenly start seeing the Kearns of 2002 again. So, yeah, I think the value is there. But the question is whether the Cardinals would be willing to pay the price the Reds would want "at this time." The difficulty with trading Kearns is that the management has said that they will not at this time. What I’ve seen out of the management is that they do not say much of anything, but what they do say they stand behind. For the right price, though, the "at this time" can become yesterday.

The way I see it, there are three factors that would drive up the price on Kearns for you over his apparent face value of "fourth outfielder in AAA":

1. The Reds have Kearns on a plan in Louisville to get back to acheiving his potential. They believe this plan can work, so if they were going to consider trading him at this time, the price would have to reflect his potential, not how good he is now.

2. One injury to or trade of an outfielder or first-baseman and the Reds no longer have great outfield depth. Even though Kearns is coming in fourth right now, the Reds have to maintain four starting outfielders, so the price would have to treat him more like a starter than a backup.

3. Cards are in-division, so they’d have to send back someone at least as immediately dangerous.

Obviously, pitching is the pulsating, festering wound of this team, so that’s seems like your best shot for getting Kearnsy. We already have some "proven" pitchers who haven’t panned out, as well as plenty of promising kids who haven’t panned out, so I’m thinking that at this point in the season the Reds would only consider trading for pitching that can’t miss.

Your can’t-miss pitching might be more than Kearns can draw by himself, but I’m sure the Reds have some other characters they could throw in.

As for whether he’s worth going after. All smack-talking aside, the Cards do have to figure out what they’re going to do with an aging outfield, and what I know of Kearns’ personality fits well with the organizational personality of the Cards. I blame a lot of Kearns’ recent doldrums on the difficulties of not knowing his role on a losing team; I suspect that if he was on a team where he could get excited about every game, you’d suddenly start seeing the Kearns of 2002 again.

So, yeah, I think the value is there. But the question is whether the Cardinals would be willing to pay the price the Reds would want "at this time."

]]> By: bellyscratcher http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2005/07/03/double-your-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-476 bellyscratcher Sun, 03 Jul 2005 19:39:58 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=1438#comment-476 It appears the Cards are interested in Kearns. What would it take to get him and is he worth going after? It appears the Cards are interested in Kearns. What would it take to get him and is he worth going after?

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