Sammy Sosa for Shawn Green?

[IatricSB]

Originally Posted by benchwarmer

I understand that the Dodgers need a Catcher, but his skills are far more deminished then Sosa's at this point i think. in fact, the Mets had to resort to him playing 1B...

Not so sure there ever were any catching skills to be deminished (sic).

The Dodgers and now the Mets have always wanted Piazza at first base mostly to save his knees and lengthen his career. Piazza has always stubbornly held to his desire to catch, regardless of the defensive shortcomings or damage to his knees.

[Karros270]

Originally Posted by IatricSB

During the talk on the radio, they said 1B was a failed experiment and that Piazza did not want to play there.... one of the reasons the Mets supposedly want to dump him.

If he still wants to catch then I would think it would curtail his value to other teams. He's missed a lot of games these last few seasons, presumably due to wear and tear on his body. Maybe the Dodgers are looking at this as a one year stop gap which then wouldn't be quite as bad but I'd still rather keep Green.

[doubles]

Originally Posted by Karros270

At least with Green you know he's going to be in the line-up everyday.

Well, everyday unless they play on Yom Kippur.