Comments on: Veteran Carlos Guillen Could Fit with Padres http://chickenfriars.com/2011/11/08/veteran-carlos-guillen-could-fit-with-padres/ A San Diego Padres Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JohnJParent http://chickenfriars.com/2011/11/08/veteran-carlos-guillen-could-fit-with-padres/comment-page-1/#comment-989180 JohnJParent Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:57:04 +0000 http://chickenfriars.com/?p=4485#comment-989180 @padsfan I don't necessarily disagree with you at all. A team like this one probably would benefit from giving at bats to younger players rather than signing over-the-hill veterans. The problem is that Hudson is under contract and therefore will see the vast majority of the at bats at second base. I'd much rather have a veteran backup riding the pine than having a young player have his development hindered by sitting the bench in the majors when he could be getting regular time in the minors. If Hudson isn't on this team, I wouldn't advocate the signing of Guillen or anyone like him, but Hudson is there and signing a guy like Guillen to play behind him is a way to fill a spot on the ML roster while also continuing the growth of a young player in the minors. @padsfan I don’t necessarily disagree with you at all. A team like this one probably would benefit from giving at bats to younger players rather than signing over-the-hill veterans. The problem is that Hudson is under contract and therefore will see the vast majority of the at bats at second base. I’d much rather have a veteran backup riding the pine than having a young player have his development hindered by sitting the bench in the majors when he could be getting regular time in the minors.

If Hudson isn’t on this team, I wouldn’t advocate the signing of Guillen or anyone like him, but Hudson is there and signing a guy like Guillen to play behind him is a way to fill a spot on the ML roster while also continuing the growth of a young player in the minors.

]]> By: padsfan http://chickenfriars.com/2011/11/08/veteran-carlos-guillen-could-fit-with-padres/comment-page-1/#comment-989178 padsfan Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:41:20 +0000 http://chickenfriars.com/?p=4485#comment-989178 Typical Padre philosophy--wait until a guy is over the hill and then get him. It's this philosophy that led the Padres to trade David Freese for Jim Edmonds, who was too old to play center field at Petco. It's this philosophy that led the Padres to sign Brad Hawpe and Orland Hudson. So the Padres should get Guillen even though he is too old to play short ad is injury prone? I'm not impressed by the idea that although Guillen can't hit like he used to, he is a switch hitter. Even if he can't hit anymore, he can hit poorly from both sides of the plate. Every year the Padres add over the hill veterans who should be in softball leagues while their minor leaguers never get a chance and lose confidence because they know they'll never get a shot--like Matt Antonelli. The Padres had a promising young pitcher named Erik Davis but traded him for a veteran (Gonzalez) who hit 200 and will now be released. Let the young players play and stop signing or trading for washed up players. Typical Padre philosophy–wait until a guy is over the hill and then get him. It’s this philosophy that led the Padres to trade David Freese for Jim Edmonds, who was too old to play center field at Petco. It’s this philosophy that led the Padres to sign Brad Hawpe and Orland Hudson. So the Padres should get Guillen even though he is too old to play short ad is injury prone? I’m not impressed by the idea that although Guillen can’t hit like he used to, he is a switch hitter. Even if he can’t hit anymore, he can hit poorly from both sides of the plate. Every year the Padres add over the hill veterans who should be in softball leagues while their minor leaguers never get a chance and lose confidence because they know they’ll never get a shot–like Matt Antonelli. The Padres had a promising young pitcher named Erik Davis but traded him for a veteran (Gonzalez) who hit 200 and will now be released. Let the young players play and stop signing or trading for washed up players.

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