December 29, 20169 yr Heard an interesting rumor the other day about Boston considering signing Trevor Plouffe to a 1 year deal for $2-3M and use him as a utility role. Sounds pretty cheap for a decent veteran who can fill in at 1st or 3rd and you could throw him in the outfield if you had no bench players left. There could be a few more teams that could use him at that price.
December 29, 20169 yr Plouffe will find a job and could really be a nice find for a team if he's healthy and able to produce like a healthy Trevor Plouffe can.
January 11, 20179 yr Per Rosenthal So good luck to you, Plouffe! Hope you have a great comeback season! Edited January 11, 20179 yr by jimmer
January 11, 20179 yr Most likely the A's will bank that Plouffe can bring them something back in return. Waiting to see the salary. Probably better than the $2-4 million was rumored elsewhere. Watch, the A's will get more for Trevor in half-a-season than the Twins got in two trying to move him.
January 11, 20179 yr Good for Trevor and good luck. It looks like he should get a lot of playing time.
January 11, 20179 yr Most likely the A's will bank that Plouffe can bring them something back in return. Waiting to see the salary. Probably better than the $2-4 million was rumored elsewhere. Watch, the A's will get more for Trevor in half-a-season than the Twins got in two trying to move him.Saw 5M with incentives this morning.
January 11, 20179 yr Always felt that Valencia and Plouffe were pretty much interchangeable. Apparently so do the A's
January 11, 20179 yr I'm glad he was able to sign a contract... Thought it may be a lonely winter for him until early March. Good luck to him.
January 11, 20179 yr Always felt that Valencia and Plouffe were pretty much interchangeable. Apparently so do the A's Wrong, Trevor is a much better fielder. Valencia to me is a stone statue.
January 11, 20179 yr Always felt that Valencia and Plouffe were pretty much interchangeable. Apparently so do the A's From what I read, Valencia has reputation for having a poor clubhouse presence / not being a good team player.
January 11, 20179 yr From what I read, Valencia has reputation for having a poor clubhouse presence / not being a good team player. And he's not as good a defensive player as Plouffe became after learning his brand new position (that he should have been moved to way earlier).
January 11, 20179 yr Excellent news. Hopefully he can have a great year, despite playing home games in that monster of a park.
January 11, 20179 yr Wrong, Trevor is a much better fielder. Valencia to me is a stone statue. http://media.giphy.com/media/4ASMPrVDNATm0/giphy.gif
January 11, 20179 yr Maybe the A's will take another of our castaway corner infielders? Oakland, may I present to you Mr. Joe Mauer.
January 11, 20179 yr I'm just happy he's no longer on the team. Nothing against the guy personally or even professionally, but his mere presence on the roster last year was a domino effect that set the team back considerably. I hope he has a great year, I'm just thrilled this move is finally done.
January 11, 20179 yr Most likely the A's will bank that Plouffe can bring them something back in return. Waiting to see the salary. Probably better than the $2-4 million was rumored elsewhere. Watch, the A's will get more for Trevor in half-a-season than the Twins got in two trying to move him. It happens. The Twins got more for Eduardo Nunez than the Yankees did. Heck, if they catch a break and play their cards right, they might even get something for Brandon Kintzler; the Brewers probably never even considered that would ever be a possibility.
January 11, 20179 yr no worries, he can catch pop ups :-)If he can rust fast enough to them. I presume there will be some funny moments. FYI, I like Plouffe, seems like a fine man. But he runs SLOWLY.
January 11, 20179 yr Yeah no kidding. That place is HUGE...and ugly besides. (I used to live there. No place to see a game. But they do have some good drumming and shouting going on the rightfield section)
January 11, 20179 yr and ugly besides. (I used to live there. No place to see a game. But they do have some good drumming and shouting going on the rightfield section) Yeah the Coliseum has seen much better days, that place is a toilet bowl of a stadium. Edited January 11, 20179 yr by laloesch
January 11, 20179 yr Which place is worse to watch a baseball game? Oakland Stadium? or MetroDome?Metro Dome was the worst by far. Baseball colored roof, damn turf, etc., etc.At the least the A's play outside, often in the sunshine.
January 11, 20179 yr Which place is worse to watch a baseball game? Oakland Stadium? or MetroDome?Oakland, easily. I've watched a ton of games sitting in each stadium (I've PLAYED on the Oakland field a few times) and Oakland was always the worst experience. Edited January 11, 20179 yr by jimmer
January 11, 20179 yr Never been to Oakland but the stadium looks like a concrete dump on TV... It's a hole, the city itself is mostly nasty too (or was when I used to go there, who knows now), and when I used to go to the park, the BART system was the only safe option to get there. My Dad refused to drive to the park. Edited January 11, 20179 yr by jimmer
January 11, 20179 yr Hey, show some respect! The Metrodome got us a World Series Championship!!!http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/4933/7355856_1.jpg?v=8C9DD5B8101B300
January 12, 20179 yr Which place is worse to watch a baseball game? Oakland Stadium? or MetroDome?I've only been to Oakland once, in 1986. The best Metrodome seats were far better than the best Oakland seats, which is damning by faint praise. I'll concede sunshine vs the roof and all that, but in terms of viewing the game itself I'd say Oakland was worse. Edited January 12, 20179 yr by spinowner
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