PHILLIES ACQUIRE IGUCHI (For Dubee)

by **FTN** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:06:38

Anthony (philly): Can Iguchi play 3rd once Utley returns? He has to be better then the Helms/Nunez/Dobbs combo.

SportsNation Jayson Stark: (1:05 PM ET ) I have no doubt they're going to try this. But he's played there one day in his life, so there's no way of knowing. I had one GM tell me, though, he thinks Iguchi is such a sound player, he has no doubt the guy can -- and should -- play third when Utley comes back. At that point, I think the Phillies would set a record for most third baseman on one team. FIVE of them? Amazing.

by **jemagee** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:07:41

Yeah, but 4 of them suck

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:16:05

FTN wrote:
Anthony (philly): Can Iguchi play 3rd once Utley returns? He has to be better then the Helms/Nunez/Dobbs combo.

SportsNation Jayson Stark: (1:05 PM ET ) I have no doubt they're going to try this. But he's played there one day in his life, so there's no way of knowing. I had one GM tell me, though, he thinks Iguchi is such a sound player, he has no doubt the guy can -- and should -- play third when Utley comes back. At that point, I think the Phillies would set a record for most third baseman on one team. FIVE of them? Amazing.

why cant he ever say "I think"

by **jemagee** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:16:40

Less credibiility

by **dsp** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:18:46

who is the 5th?

by **swishnicholson** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:19:32

I caught a couple minutes of 950 radio yesterday, and apparently Amaro had just been on saying there were no plans to give Iguchi practice at third before Utley came back, that the transition would be difficult and that they didn't know whether Iguchi would even want to make a switch (which I presume means they haven't even talked to him about it).

by **Alt** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:21:03

dsp wrote:who is the 5th?

Branyan

by **jemagee** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:25:23

I'm hoping the phils fire him after the season

by **smitty** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:27:54

ekravitz wrote:how's Dubee doing?

pretty good, pretty good.

by **smitty** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:32:26

Alt wrote:
dsp wrote:who is the 5th?

Branyan

Coste was a 3Bman at SWB and other places too. They should play all of their 3Bman one or two innings in a game after they clinch the division. One of those Cesar Tovar/Bert Campanaris type stunts.

by **dsp** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:39:04

my dream lineup:

cf roberson
2b iguchi
lf dobbs
3b branyan
1b helms
rf werth
c barajas
ss nunez
p eaton

WORLD SERIES MAFAFER

by **FTN** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:39:24

swishnicholson wrote:I caught a couple minutes of 950 radio yesterday, and apparently Amaro had just been on saying there were no plans to give Iguchi practice at third before Utley came back, that the transition would be difficult and that they didn't know whether Iguchi would even want to make a switch (which I presume means they haven't even talked to him about it).

Par for the course from an organization that specializes in incompetency.

Dubee has 4 appearances, 2 starts. 13 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 HR, 4 BB, 14 K. He's still in Low A, not even worth worrying about him at this point.

by **Grotewold** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:39:47

The growing sentiment in the local medias to move Gooch to 3B is inversely proportionate to his production

by **FTN** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 14:47:40

Bobby fans are people too

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 15:31:18

Grotewold wrote:The growing sentiment in the local medias to move Gooch to 3B is inversely proportionate to his production

well let's look at our options
Helms career OPS+ 98
Nunez career OPS+ 64
Dobbs career OPS+ 90
Iguchi career OPS+ 98

Nunez clearly should be used only as a defensive replacement. Dobbs only has 489 career PA. Neither Dobbs nor Helms are any good defensively. Iguchi and Helms are similiar in their overall career numbers aside from one major difference. Iguchi is an everyday player. Helms isn't.

However, since Dobbs has hit well enough this year, I wouldn't mind a Dobbs vs righties, Iguchi vs Lefties platoon at third.

I forgot Branyon but I don't think they had any intention of starting him.

by **FTN** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:45:49

The Mets have stretched their lead to five games in the NL East, so the Phillies have to hope that the return of Chase Utley will give them a boost. The boost might actually come from moving Tadahito Iguchi over to third base, an idea that the Phillies seem to be struggling with. One source told me that the Phillies front office had discussions about sending Iguchi down to the minors to test him at third, rather than doing it at the major-league level. That's not going to happen, but assuming Utley can return to a productive level, having both in the lineup should be a boost. I just don't think that, given Utley's injury, and the type of production reduction we normally see from hand and wrist injuries, that it will be enough to get them back in the race, especially given their pitching problems.

- Will Carroll

by 1 » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:53:14

Does that guy ever write anything positive about the Phillies?

by **milton bernard thompson** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:54:40

philliesphhan wrote:I wouldn't mind a Dobbs vs righties, Iguchi vs Lefties platoon at third.

one problem with that...

iguchi vs. RHP: .349/.423/.772 career, .347/.396/.743 2007
iguchi vs. LHP: .342/.413/.755 career, .340/.391/.731 2007

by **FTN** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 13:26:31

1 wrote:Does that guy ever write anything positive about the Phillies?

Maybe he doesn't like to tell lies.

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 14:13:28

milton bernard thompson wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:I wouldn't mind a Dobbs vs righties, Iguchi vs Lefties platoon at third.

one problem with that...

iguchi vs. RHP: .349/.423/.772 career, .347/.396/.743 2007
iguchi vs. LHP: .342/.413/.755 career, .340/.391/.731 2007

yeah but my thinking was that if not him, it's Helms or Nunez

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