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Message: [QUOTE="AirForceOrange, post: 2180522, member: 1668"] [B][URL="http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/19303200/a-center-field-fix-nats-make-trades"]A center-field fix for the Nats? It's time to make these trades[/URL] [URL='http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/oak/oakland-athletics'][U]Oakland A's[/U][/URL] trade 1B [URL='http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/30016/yonder-alonso'][U]Yonder Alonso[/U][/URL] to [URL='http://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/nyy/new-york-yankees'][U]New York Yankees[/U][/URL][/B] First base across the American League has been a disaster so far, with the Yankees, Mariners, Rangers, Twins, Angels, Indians and Royals all receiving poor production. No team has been worse than the Yankees with a .143/.257/.242 line, mostly thanks to Greg Bird's 6-for-60 start. Bird is currently on the DL with a bruised ankle and while Brian Cashman shot down the idea of [URL='http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/96076/hes-been-brutal-but-the-yankees-still-believe-in-greg-bird'][U]sending Bird down to Triple-A[/U][/URL], the Yankees look good and acquiring a short-term fix for first base makes sense. There's nothing wrong with having Bird, who missed 2016 after shoulder surgery, polish his game in Triple-A. Alonso, a career mediocrity, is a new hitter in 2017. He's one of those guys who changed his swing to improve his launch angle, and his fly ball rate has gone up from 30 percent to 47 percent, and he already has hit six home runs after hitting seven in all of 2016. He's a free agent after the season, so he wouldn't be a roadblock to Bird in 2018. The Yankees have a deep system, but Alonso wouldn't cost one of the top prospects. ------------------------------------------------------- Wouldn't do it...not worth any prospect. Potential injury to Bird is why NYY got Carter... [/QUOTE]

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