Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 07, 2006
Jays Dump Koskie

The Toronto Blue Jays relieved their infield corner log jam last night by trading Corey Koskie to the Brewers for minor league pitcher Brian Wolfe (also a former member of the Twins organization).

The Blue Jays are saving a few million dollars and picking up a mature minor league pitcher with good walk and home run numbers. The Brewers are getting a third baseman to compete with Bill Hall. It's not clear who is the better choice right now. Hall took a leap forward in offense last year and is much younger. Koskie took a leap backward in offense last year. Both could be flukes, but Hall is entering his peak years while Koskie is well past his. All the Brewers need, however, is for one of them to work out.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:47 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The bonus with Hall is he can play any position in the infield. Melvin and Yost better not platoon him. He needs as many at bats as possible to see if last year wasn't a fluke. Toronto is picking up part of Koskie's salary and I think he'll have a better season than the departed Wes Helms.

The odd man out could be Jeff Cirillo. There's too many people at third base since they also have Russell Branyon.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at January 7, 2006 10:52 PM

Branyan's contract isn't guaranteed. He'd be the odd man out, not Cirillo.

Posted by: Joe at January 8, 2006 08:47 PM
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