less odd. eh, either way.

Back when he and BP were splitting SS duty at Buffalo it seemed pretty obvious (to me at least)that based on physical gifts alone, the preferred setup would be BP at short, JP at 2B. If they didn’t give him a try then, I doubt they ever will.

The only reason I could come up with is that Jhonny seems to have a lot of trouble laying flat out for a ball, and that’s something a 2B is supposed to do routinely.

Of course, its s’posed to be in the bag of tricks for every infield position, but for some reason it seems the 2B guy has dirt on his chest more often than other positions.

I had talked about it last year. I agree with APV’s comments, although I think he would be as good at 2B as he would at SS. The main thing is that it isn’t necessarily much of a net gain to swap him and Asdrubal on the diamond, especially with a ton of lefties in the rotation.

i don’t want him to move to 3b from SS because it will drive terry pluto crazy.

They tend to challenge guys to play at their most challenging position, but as we all know, if a guy isn’t a total magician at shortstop, then we all have to put up with a decade of mostly mindless babble about the “need” to shift him to the left or right.

Oh, he’ll get the gig in Columbus, but that’s the last time he doesn’t have to win a job the hard way.

Moved to another team, but probably not this year, unless you include him in a trade for a SP or Peralta moves to 3rd.

Of course there’s the chance we just move him over to first, but I get the feeling that LaPorta will wind up at there.

I really do think Hodges puts us in an interesting position. If he doesn’t fit into the organizations plan for the future I think you’d like to trade him now while his stock is high.

First base. But the Indians thought that about Kouzmanoff, too.

yes, really. This is no means a knock on Huff’s performance, but it’s easy to see that Adam Miller has more upside. Huff’s ceiling is a #2 starter at best, though #3 is more likely, while Miller has ace potential. Obviously injuries have knocked him down on this list, but I think BA has valued him just right. Cole Hamels had the same issues in the minors, but turned out to be a pretty good pitched I’d say and there’s reason to believe that Miller can still end up in the rotation. Not next year, but if he stays healthy in 09, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him as a starter in 2010.

Haha, I have totally brainwashed you.

all that this discussion does is stoke my (hopefully irrational) fear that KDLC is left off the 40 man and is pounced on in the Rule 5 draft this year.

Well I only read BP and the BJH on a regular basis but that’s more for fantasy purposes than anything. I understand the THT annual has some very worthwhile stuff in there if you enjoy analytical essays (I keep meaning to get a copy). The Bill James Handbook doesn’t mention anything about prospects, and I imagine his Fielding Bible doesn’t either. BP has a top 100 prospect list and has some blurbs on high minors guys but I wouldn’t really call it in depth. I don’t know if they have a prospect book.

The Handbook is all numbers mostly. If you enjoy occasional snark in your analysis than BP is for you.