tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post8655080833835404461..comments2024-03-16T08:21:16.037-04:00Comments on The DiaTribe: Avoiding Arbitration...AgainPaul Cousineauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-47485529424464628362007-01-19T14:19:00.000-05:002007-01-19T14:19:00.000-05:00The Indians' official stance is that Choo will sta...The Indians' official stance is that Choo will start the season in Buffalo and that the LH Nixon will take over the Choo role in the convoluted 1B/RF platoon.<br /><br />Their reasoning being that (with Choo), they're counting on largely unproven players to make big contributions (Peralta, Marte, Barfield, Choo, and, to a lesser degree, Garko) and Nixon,assuming he's healthy, gives them a little more certainty.<br /><br />While there's certainly merit to not depending on youngsters, I'm not sure I like this that much as Choo could have been just as productive as Nixon, with more upside and for less money.<br /><br />I'm still hoping that there's a trade in the offing. The fact that an already crowded outfield just became more crowded leads me to believe that there is.Paul Cousineauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490622970961409253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-47138437525208209922007-01-19T12:16:00.000-05:002007-01-19T12:16:00.000-05:00or we could "platoon" at 3 different positions...i...or we could "platoon" at 3 different positions...i hope there is a trade in the worksBaltimoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224994781147499885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-44834326487924613582007-01-19T11:25:00.000-05:002007-01-19T11:25:00.000-05:00i'll tell you one thing, my head is spinning with ...i'll tell you one thing, my head is spinning with this one since a trade's got to be in the works. delucci, michaels and nixon are all lefties. who's on the move? frank? garko? choo? any of them packaged with westbrook?t-bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557582144953901789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11805401.post-73027293919898099432007-01-19T10:28:00.000-05:002007-01-19T10:28:00.000-05:00trot nixon???trot nixon???t-bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557582144953901789noreply@blogger.com