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by **goredsox33** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:34 pm

please give me your opinions if i should trade vlad for ichiro..
here are my lineups now...........playing in minutemaid.
vs LH...
1. Freel, Ryan (R) DH
2. Bocachica, Hiram (R) LF
3. Pujols, Albert (R) 1B
4. Guerrero, Vladimir (R) RF
5. Rolen, Scott (R) 3B
6. Jones, Andruw (R) CF
7. Bennett, Gary (R) C
8. Roberts, Brian (S) 2B
9. Vizquel, Omar (S) SS

vs RH
1. Freel, Ryan (R) LF
2. Durazo, Erubiel (L) DH
3. Pujols, Albert (R) 1B
4. Guerrero, Vladimir (R) RF
5. Rolen, Scott (R) 3B
6. Vizquel, Omar (S) SS
7. Jones, Andruw (R) CF
8. Bennett, Gary (R) C
9. Roberts, Brian (S) 2B

by **jagint** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:58 pm

I'm no expert but my gut felling is to trade for Ichiro. You already have Pujols and Rolen hitting behind him.

By the way, I would put Jones 6 vs RH and let Vizquel mix it up with Roberts at the bottom of the line up.

Good luck :)

by **JdEarly** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:03 pm

I see your predicament - Vlad is one of the best sluggers in the game, and you would be moving him to grab a singles hitter. One thing you might be overlooking, though, is the fact that Ichiro is a left handed bat that hits better against left handed pitching - and HAL will put lefties in to face him. With Pujols and Rolen, who both also hit lefties better, hitting behind Ichiro, HAL will have to choose whether to exhaust the bullpen and bring in a righty, or leave the poor, poor lefty in there to face your sluggers. I would move Vlad for Ichiro, but that's just me.

by **goredsox33** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:15 pm

my concern with my team if i keep vlad is who will get on base for pujols/rolen/vlad...
but my concern if i trade him is will i have enough power?

by **goredsox33** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:35 pm

i know ,,, vlad will put up HUGE #'s in minute maid........

this is a TOUGH decision....

by **the splinter** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:58 pm

I wouldn't do it. I love Vlad. Almost everything he hits advances runners 2 or more bases. Power,average speed...it's all there. I'd bat him 3rd both ways if I were you. His speed sets up Albert for about 10 more hits a year.

by **JAYDINGESS1** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:40 pm

Never....no way, for no reason. OBP is a lot cheaper than OBP w/ natural power.

My 2 cents

by **kaviksdad** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:47 am

Keep Vlad

by **goredsox33** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:13 pm

i didnt make the trade....................i thank everyone for theit input..

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