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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
The Marlins bench did not stay devoid of a left-handed bat for long.
Wednesday, the Marlins acquired left-handed hitting first baseman/corner outfielder Ross Gload from the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named. A career .287 hitter in parts of seven seasons, Gload in 2008 batted .273 with a .317 on-base percentage and .348 slugging in 122 games (388 at-bats) for the Royals.
In a separate move, the Marlins traded infielder Robert Andino for right-hander Hayden Penn. Like Andino, Penn is out of options. He might have a better chance of clearing waivers than Andino considering he was unspectacular at Triple-A Norfolk in 2008 (6-7, 4.79 ERA in 21 starts) and had a brutal spring (0-3, 10.06 ERA in 17 innings).
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: April 01, 2009 at 09:05 PM (#3121535)mcpherson's approach is great for the highly inflated offensive environment of albequerque, but he won't make enough contact to be a valuable presence on the bench, regardless of his power or his plate discipline. his power might steal a game or two, but gload's ability to put the ball in play and spray linedrives all over the OF makes for a much more successful pinch hitter.
I'm not much convinced Ross Gload is a better hitter than me.
ROSS GLOAD IS GONE
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
he's not a starter, and he was miscast as such in KC. what made it worse is that he was 31 and mediocre; that team was going nowhere, and they had 4 prospects who could very easily have been better than gload last year, while having significantly more upside in years to come.
but, as a backup COFer/1Bman, where his main duty will be to pinch hit against RH pitching, there will not be anyone better. he's a pretty damn good hitter is all i'm trying to say.
And Kila Ka'aihue!
Yes. McGehee's totally worthless. At least McPherson has some pop.
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