Comments on: Win Now or Build for the Future: What the Carlos Quentin Trade Means http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/ 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: ChickenFriars http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/comment-page-1/#comment-2449 ChickenFriars Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:47:10 +0000 http://chickenfriars.com/?p=5019#comment-2449 @pareams very well said and I couldn't agree more. @pareams very well said and I couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: ChickenFriars http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 ChickenFriars Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:46:46 +0000 http://chickenfriars.com/?p=5019#comment-2448 @Websoulsurfer I understand your concern, but you can't simply look at the negatives in every transaction. When I wrote my piece with no players' names listed, just their numbers, Quentin ended up being the overwhelming favorite with CF readers. I think it's easy to criticize the move because of past failures, but there is no doubt in my mind this was a good move even if Quentin performs as "poorly" as you suggest he will. Happy New Year! Always a good debate. @Websoulsurfer I understand your concern, but you can’t simply look at the negatives in every transaction. When I wrote my piece with no players’ names listed, just their numbers, Quentin ended up being the overwhelming favorite with CF readers. I think it’s easy to criticize the move because of past failures, but there is no doubt in my mind this was a good move even if Quentin performs as “poorly” as you suggest he will. Happy New Year! Always a good debate.

]]> By: pareams http://chickenfriars.com/2011/12/31/win-now-or-build-for-the-future-what-the-carlos-quentin-trade-means/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 pareams Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:30:40 +0000 http://chickenfriars.com/?p=5019#comment-2447 @Websoulsurfer@ChickenFriars Won't get his 23 times in the NL?Why not? It's a pretty repeatable skill for Quentin. He played half a season in the NL West in 2007 and got hit 11 times. The year before that he played 1/3 of a season and got hit 8 times. He's always among the league leaders in that category. Why would a league change alter that? That being said, even if Quentin has the production that you are pessimisticaly/realisticly forecasting, he's still an improvement on what we had in the OF last year. A .230/340/440 guy with 18 HR would be our most productive corner player. And it wouldn't be that close. This is a pretty low-risk, low-upside move. I'm not sure what all the hoopla is about. He'll start here until July. If he's having a great season and we're not contending, he'll get moved; if he's not hitting or is injured (both possibilities, I grant you), then there's not a lot of harm done. At this point, both Castro and Hernandez had been passed by a bevy of other starting pitching prospects in our system. @Websoulsurfer@ChickenFriars Won’t get his 23 times in the NL?Why not? It’s a pretty repeatable skill for Quentin. He played half a season in the NL West in 2007 and got hit 11 times. The year before that he played 1/3 of a season and got hit 8 times. He’s always among the league leaders in that category. Why would a league change alter that?

That being said, even if Quentin has the production that you are pessimisticaly/realisticly forecasting, he’s still an improvement on what we had in the OF last year. A .230/340/440 guy with 18 HR would be our most productive corner player. And it wouldn’t be that close.

This is a pretty low-risk, low-upside move. I’m not sure what all the hoopla is about. He’ll start here until July. If he’s having a great season and we’re not contending, he’ll get moved; if he’s not hitting or is injured (both possibilities, I grant you), then there’s not a lot of harm done. At this point, both Castro and Hernandez had been passed by a bevy of other starting pitching prospects in our system.

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