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Players that got away

Started by mrchainsaw, Oct 11, 2012 07:09 PM

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:09 PM

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I was thinking about this while watching the ALDS tonight. Why in the world did we part ways with some of these lesser known players who ended up being pretty damn good in their new homes? I'm not talking about the obvious overly espensive guys (Cabrera, Willis, Beckett, uggla) i mean guys who we barely gave a chance in the big leagues. The first two names that came to mind were:

Robert Andino
Alejandro de Aza

Any others you can think of? I'm sure I'm missing a crapload of these types of players but I am a little tipsy so my memory isn't the best right now.


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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:16 PM

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I was thinking about this while watching the ALDS tonight. Why in the world did we part ways with some of these lesser known players who ended up being pretty damn good in their new homes? I'm not talking about the obvious overly espensive guys (Cabrera, Willis, Beckett, uggla) i mean guys who we barely gave a chance in the big leagues. The first two names that came to mind were:

Robert Andino
Alejandro de Aza

Any others you can think of? I'm sure I'm missing a crapload of these types of players but I am a little tipsy so my memory isn't the best right now.


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Andino- Hanley, Uggla, Amezega, Bonifacio, Coghlan.

De Aza- didn't know how to stay healthy, Maybin, Stanton, Morrion, Willingham?

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:16 PM

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De aza had 2 good preseasons I think. Maybe 3. The problem was health. He kept getting injured before getting a real shot.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:53 PM

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Yeah. I was at the Spring Training game in 08 when he collided with whoever was in left [it wasn't Willingham] and had some ankle injury after that.

Ish happens.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:58 PM

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 07:59 PM

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Matt Dominguez. :|

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:14 PM

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:16 PM

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You mean career .620 OPS Robert Andino? We really missed out on him...

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:22 PM

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How is Andino "one that got away?" :lol

I wouldn't even want him if he were available.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:23 PM

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The guy we really missed out on was Jeremy Hermida.

The real one, not the guy we had play RF for us for 4.5 years.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:28 PM

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Trevor Hoffman.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:36 PM

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:40 PM

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The only one that I really agree about is De Aza and we've discussed him before, I thought he looked pretty good in his brief stint his last year here but that was after two injury plagued seasons where he had really been lucky to even earn a shot in the first place. Clearly the organziation wrote him out of their plans a year before they cut him loose for nothing. Teams tire on giving players chance after chance with no payoff and that's what happened with De Aza. These guys are good change of scenery/buy low prospects and it worked out for the other team.
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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:41 PM

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Renyel Pinto.


Pinto was a legal liability. He had such poor control that he was bound to hit some poor fellow in the head. And the sad thing is, that person wouldn't even have to be near home plate, because Pinto never was.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:44 PM

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Andino hit .211/.283/.305 this season. It'll be okay.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:52 PM

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Mike Trout. We totally could have Drafted him.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 08:57 PM

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Mike Trout. We totally could have Drafted him.

We could have ... :(

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 09:01 PM

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Babe Ruth.

If only the Marlins were in existence 80 years prior...

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 09:03 PM

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Joe Jackson

If only the Marlins were in existence 90 years prior ...

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 10:37 PM

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Robert Andino? Really?

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 10:41 PM

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Reggie Ambercrombie.

That monster could mash.

You should see him attack the concrete slabs he has to break every day.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 11:06 PM

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ANDINOOOOOOOOOOO

*looks at stats over last few seasons*

meh, I'd still take him over Hayden Penn.

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 11:13 PM

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meh, I'd still take him over Hayden Penn.

But would you take him over Hayden Panettiere?

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Posted October 11, 2012 - 11:17 PM

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I don't know.

Does Mike Lowell count? Probably not.

Ummm......Braden Looper? No....no....

f***, I don't know. Andino sucks.

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Adrian Gonzalez.
But getting rid of him helped us get a title so it's all good.
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