[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by tsteele316

it's really about position value. martinez's offense for a catcher is great, for a 1st baseman, not so much. shoppach's value will never be higher, and realistically, he'll probably never have another season like last year. while it may sting a bit, cleveland would be well served to trade him now if they can get something of good value in return.

Garko> Mart?nez. I don't think so. I know that Shoppach's value is very high right now but you just get mad judge him on one season. How do you know he will not hit just as well next year and he is better defensively than Victor and Mart?nez is better defensively than Garko. I know that we have young catchers in the minors but they would not be ready next year. We would have to go out and sign a free-agent catcher and what happens if Mart?nez would go down for awhile. Youth is not on his side.