Thinking Comes in Bunches

Some days I have tons of stuff to write about, other days none at all. Anyways, View from the Bleachers weighs in on Carlos Beltran.

Joe makes a good case for signing Maggs instead of Beltran and sums it up in the comments section...

The whole point to signing Mags is because we're not going to be able to trade Sosa. That is why I say keep him and take a chance on Ordonez. He's never been an injury risk before last year, so why not take a shot?

Maggs is a fine player but would it not be nice to get some players on this team without huge question marks hanging over them? I think we have enough question marks on this team to fill 3 or 4 seasons. Garciaparra, Borowski, Hawkins, Sosa, C-pat, Rusch, Prior, and Wood all have HUGE question marks hovering around them. Will any of them live up to the hype? Will any of them return to their old selves? This team needs sure bets, not 50/50 chances of success or failure depending on the roll of the dice.

I would not be upset with Maggs signing, but I would be worried if he was fully healthy and his ability to contribute for 162 games. I have no such worries about Beltran and even expect him to become even better. Baseball is a thinking mans game. Assembling a team with a ton of question marks and hardly any sure bets is like bad karma. This team needs players where we know what they are going to put up, production wise, before the season starts. It makes everyone else including the fans rest easier and takes the pressure off.