Hey, just drove in from a quick trip to Vancouver Island and haven't had a chance to chime in on the Monty-Vogelbach trade. Here goes....
1. I have no reason to not like this trade. It's a ballsy move and the pay-off may be pretty high. I like Monty alot. Vogelbach's ceiling is worth finding out about.
2. I think the guy that immediately came to mind for me, when looking at Vogelbach, was John Kruk. Same kind of look and swing...although all the highlights I see of our new guy are pulls...and Kruk used the whole field. I suspect out guy does, too. I just haven't seen the video of it. Kruk? .300-397-.446 in the bigs, in case you had forgotten. Krukie hit .326-403-532 in his first AAA go-around. That was at age 23, btw. Vogelbach compares nicely.
After Paxton's performance tonight, the M's are 3-1 since the break. Remember that I said that 6-2 was the go/no go streak we needed to have. Sweep Toronto who we are chasing...even 2 for 3 would be great...and get to 6-2, then we're going to be looking for that reliever to fill Monty's spot.