Grant Green Free'd!

[Hollyw00d]

It'll be cool watching him warm the bench while shuck/freese get playing time instead

[Broad Street]

and diving plays in the outfield this season. The one yesterday will keep him on the club for the rest of the season.

I can see Shuck being the next Jeff Mathis.

Except that Mathis has never batted over .290 in a season.

[Broad Street]

Keep Shuck in the OF and DH Green. Shuck is better than Ibanez and Boesch. He is also a better defender than Green.

[eaterfan]

Is Green a better hitter than Ianetta?

[SoWhat]

Keep Shuck in the OF and DH Green. Shuck is better than Ibanez and Boesch. He is also a better defender than Green.

Green is coming up is to take away AB's from Shuck. The guy has no business getting AB's at the major league level. Start Green in the OF and DH Ibanez

Edited May 1, 2014 by SoWhat

[Broad Street]

Green is coming up is to take away AB's from Shuck. The guy has no business getting AB's at the major league level. Start Green in the OF and DH Ibanez

he showed he can hit last year. Ibanez is done, Shuck has more upside.

[markb]

Shuck has more upside.

 

What upside?  Shuck has no power and poor plate discipline.  And I swear if you cite his batting avg last year again I will add a pin to my Mickey Hatcher voodoo doll here.

[Docwaukee]

last year, we saw the best that Shuck would ever give this team and it resulted in a bees dick more than replacement level production.  

[jshep]

last year, we saw the best that Shuck would ever give this team and it resulted in a bees dick more than replacement level production.  

 

In all fairness, I could see a chance for him of being a tick above 2013 with at least a slightly improved glove and walk rate.

 

But that still leaves him as a pretty meh 4th outfielder.

[NrM]

Personally I'd like to have Cron and Green up here. A platoon of Cron and Ibanez at DH and Green starting in LF the majority of the time. If Ibanez continues to suck, you start Cron and save Ibanez for a late inning pinch hit appearance or against righties he's fared against. 

 

If you send Shuck down you could do that, but I don't see Scioscia doing that. 

 

Who do you think makes these decisions though. Does Dipoto have the authority to promote and demote whoever he wants?

Edited May 1, 2014 by Poozy

[Stradling]

Who do you think makes these decisions though. Does Dipoto have the authority to promote and demote whoever he wants?

Technically yes, but it's a joint decision as it should be.

[Broad Street]

What upside? Shuck has no power and poor plate discipline. And I swear if you cite his batting avg last year again I will add a pin to my Mickey Hatcher voodoo doll here.

So you think having Green in left and IBANEZ at DH is better than Shuck in left and Green at DH?

[Docwaukee]

In all fairness, I could see a chance for him of being a tick above 2013 with at least a slightly improved glove and walk rate.

 

But that still leaves him as a pretty meh 4th outfielder.

not sporting a 2.5% bb rate.  He would have to hit .300+ to have any value whatsoever as a corner OFer with an obp like that coupled with his amazing lack of power.  

[m0nkey]

Just how big is a bees dick?

[markb]

So you think having Green in left and IBANEZ at DH is better than Shuck in left and Green at DH?

 

Yes, I will take the guy with 19 years of major league experience coming off a year where he also struggled mightily in April but then tore it up in May plus Green who can play more positions than Shuck, over just about anything that has to do with continuing to put a guy whose OPS looks like Erick Aybar's SLG % in the lineup.  

[ELEVEN]

last year, we saw the best that Shuck would ever give this team and it resulted in a bees dick more than replacement level production.  

I commend your finding a use for a bee's dick.

[Docwaukee]

Just how big is a bees dick?

it depends on whether the bees are african. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

it depends on whether the bees are african.

you sonovabitch, was just gonna say that!

Yellow jackets have smaller ones supposesly