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Baseball Musings
November 19, 2007
What the Heck is up with Eck

Cardinals Diaspora wonders where David Eckstein will land. Ryan thinks he'd be good for one more year in St. Louis:

The best approach for the Cards here might be to offer Eckstein arbitration, hope the market doesn't give him the kind of deal he's looking for, and then get a one year deal with him through arbitration. That would give the Cards a good fix for the 2008 season, without committing them to a long term deal for a player they shouldn't be making a long term deal with AND give the club time to evaluate Brendan Ryan's starting credentials through the 2008 season, leaving them free to install him or find other options in the market after the season. Bernie Miklasz of the PD says that the Cards won't offer more than 2 years.

Posted by David Pinto at 05:01 PM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
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Ugh, I really hope not. His fielding last year was terrible. Not just fielding, but his throwing - I'm convinced that all his errant throws to 1st are why Pujols had legs troubles. (You try stretching out to get something while keeping your legs touching something - it hurts).

Posted by: JeremyR at November 19, 2007 05:18 PM

Yeah, but his grittiness is always among the league leaders in grit. And let's not get into "heart".

Posted by: rbj at November 19, 2007 06:24 PM

Don't forget scrappy!

Posted by: dan at November 19, 2007 09:12 PM

Slappy? Oh wait that's A-rod.

Posted by: emains at November 19, 2007 10:02 PM

He plays out of position to compensate for his arm - the hole between ss-3B is like the Grand Canyon

Posted by: Bandit at November 20, 2007 08:38 AM
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