Gattikins?
Gatkins?
Garratkins?

for announcers and talk show hosts to bitch about?

Finishing up getting rid of that group of players (Dunn, Griff.) and seemingly move in a different direction?

We’re racists and we need more scrappy white guys?

And how about Gattaca?

lovely.

EE stays at 3rd and Votto moves to LF…that’s the only way it makes any sense to me. Atkins could be a placeholder until Yonder is ready.

The Reds would have to give up nothing for me to be comfortable with trading for Atkins.

Surely our braintrust is reading these identical statlines. I swear, it’s like one guy always takes the heat for the team’s overall mediocrity and gets run out of town. It’s not that the fanbase is racist, it’s that the fanbase is unconscionably moronic. Encarnacion was our second best offensive player last year (behind Votto). WTF?

to help cover some of the deficiencies that EdE has at 3B. is it stupid of me to posit Adam Everett? the dude hits like Bako but his glove is worth 2 wins by itself. he could be had cheaply (he’s a free agent and probably wont cost but a few mil) and although he’s certainly not a long-term answer, with the likes of Kepp and Gonzo as our only alternatives i wouldnt mind signing him. or does anyone think Janish could do what he does at a fraction of the cost? thoughts?

Let me preface this by saying that since I live in Cincinnati, the one team I’m able to follow nearly as much as the Rockies is the Reds. I go to several games a season and know the team pretty well, and while I’m probably naturally inclined to be biased toward Rockies players, I’m not nearly as biased as you may think. I’d gladly have Jay Bruce over any of our current outfielders (well, since Monday) and I’d be thrilled to have at least three of your starters in our rotation, so I typically know where you have players that are better than what we have, but let me tell you, Encarnacion is not one of them.

Right now you’re comparing a bad year for Garrett with a relatively good one with EdE, so of course it’s going to look like a wash on offense, that’s not the case.

1. Encarnacion is a dead pull hitter incapable of using the complete field, Garrett is not. Atkins got a little away from this last season, particularly late in the year when he was adjusting with a move to first base, but at least he’s shown in the past that he’s capable of spraying the ball to all fields. I have never seen Encarnacion really attempt it.
2. Atkins is a line drive hitter (24.2% for his career) Encarnacion is not (21.3% for his career) at least not nearly as much, over the course of the season, that really adds up the extra hits. At GABP, this is going to make Atkins look like a bigger monster than he does in his Coors. You will actually see a bump in Garrett’s HR numbers here because all those line drives are sort of ill-suited for Denver. Encarnacion is already taking as much advantage of his homepark as he can.
3. Atkins’ road stats will improve by moving out of Denver and the NL West. It’s not just Coors Field, it’s having to go so often from a mile high to places like PETCO. Add in the physiological effects, the thin oxygen at altitude effects recovery times and causes players to hold onto signs of fatigue longer. How are Enc’s going to improve by him staying here?
4. Encarnacion is moving the wrong direction on the defensive spectrum and will be a poor bat first baseman soon. Atkins has maintained his poor glovework at third, and even improved upon it a bit. The upshot is that despite the differences in their ages, he’s likely to be able to stay at the position longer.
I’m not saying Atkins is necessarily the best option out there, but he’s leaps and bounds ahead of Edwin.

i was a solid defensive third baseman. I had limited range, but i was able to make a play on everything I could get to. Plus I could throw the ball acuratly accrossed the infield (which was half the battle when trying to find a 9 year old third baseman). I had a light bat. The last year I played I only had one hit. With that being said, I think the Reds would be wise to pencil me in to play thirdbase next spring. Atleast give me a spring training invite. I would be late to spring training see as that I don’t graduate until the end of February, but I think I could get into playing shape pretty quickly.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’ve flipped the page,” Weathers told MLB.com on Wednesday.

“I don’t anticipate anything with Cincinnati,” Weathers said. “They haven’t called but once or twice. The way we are looking at it, we’re moving on. A lot teams have called looking to talk, but we haven’t been allowed to talk about numbers. I look forward to Friday.”

Looks like David Weathers won’t be a Red in 2009.

who you play….(an ode to Dusty)

im waiting for that mockup anytime, bro.

This is what I feared when Jocketty was brought in as an “advisor.” I’m telling you this team will be filled with stupid Cardinals replacement-level type characters like John Mabry, Scott Speizio, Adam Kennedy, and David Eckstein. And it will be at the expense of better, younger, and cheaper guys like Encarnacion.

Go ahead, remind me that Jocketty won a WS. I will punch you in the throat.

From the Chicago Tribune:

"In his attempt to field a younger and quicker team for the future, White Sox general manager Ken Williams and high-level staff members currently are evaluating talent at the Arizona Fall League.

Williams’ standard method is acquiring at least two prospects for any front-line major-league player, such as John Danks and Nick Masset in the Brandon McCarthy trade, and Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez for Freddy Garcia two years ago.

That procedure apparently remains in effect, as Williams is scrutinizing prospects for deals that include right fielder Jermaine Dye, according to two National League scouts.

Williams elected to keep Dye in the midst of a 90-loss season in 2007 and re-signed him to a two-year, $22 million contract that includes a mutual option for 2010."

   Reds players in the AFL are Carlos Fisher, Robert Manuel, Pedro Viola, Sean Watson, Justin Turner, Chris Valaika and Drew Stubbs.

Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd called the Atkins-to-Reds rumors “comical” (via traderumors, as always). i guess it makes some sense for them to keep Atkins now that Holliday is gone. i dont care really, whatever keeps the Reds from making stupid move.