Bay for Dallas McPherson

You can go to the thread called The Verdict on Russel/Huntington from April 22 and see what I thought about Dallas McPherson way back then.  How could a team like the Pirates let such low cost/high reward guys like Jorge Cantu and Dallas slip through their fingers, when they basically had one option at the time at third base.  McPherson hit 40 homeruns in AAA and had a good OBP three years ago, yet the Angels chose not to sign him.  Huntington and the boys had to view him as another option at third base.  I just never understood why they didn't get some competition for Bautista.

Also, looking back know, SIGNING DALLAS MCPHERSON BACK THEN WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE COMPLEXITY OF THE DRAFT.  The Bucs could've passed on the high priced Alvarez because they would've had a solid 27 year old at the position.

The Buccos production from the two corner infield positions has been consistently below average.  A lefty hitting .309 with 28 homeruns in AAA is an immediate upgrade over Laroche and/or Bautista despite the 93 K's.  I think I could deal with all of the K's if the player is going to hit over .300.  But you are right, there has to be something up with this guy or else more teams would've been bidding for his service other than just the Fish when he was released by the Angels.

Brad Eldred  (age 27) .265 26 HR's 84 K's and 22 Walks

Dallas McPherson (age 27) .309 28 HR's 93 K's and 46 Walks

Jose Bautista (age 27) .263 9 HR 56 K's 24 Walks

Adam Laroche (age 28) .220 7 HR 67 K's and 29 Walks

Baseball coaches always say = Stats don't lie