Comments on: The Complicated Situation of Jedd Gyorko

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:40:47 +0000

I miss this website. I enjoyed reading posts and still check daily. Is Padres Prospects dead?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:43:13 +0000

And when specifically discussing Forsythe, he may be league average offensively but he is above average relative to his position. It’s an important distinction because it means Forsythe is above average offensively.

Gyorko may have more potential but it makes little sense for the Padres to cast aside an already valuable player who wasn’t exactly badly regarded himself coming out of the minors.

By: Beevills

Beevills — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:42:27 +0000

Why not move forsythe to short a position he can play gyorko to 2nd and keep headley at third?

I can see that situation working til spags comes up. And best case scenario gyorko proves he can hit MLB pitching and we have a better feelIg that we can trade headley. Of worst case we go back to how things are with ecab/armi/forsythe

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:15:25 +0000

If you don’t bring Gyorko up in September then the Padres are saying to me that they are ok with an average team. Gyorko is going to be a MVP cailber player and he deserves to be on a better team if they want to settle for AVERAGE! He is ready for the major leagues but I heard they don’t want to start his service time yet. Headley is the better player out of Forsythe, Amarista and Cabrera. They all are good players but just average. It has already been said and proven that Gyorko’s bat is the best in the entire organization. He has power and can hit to all parts of the field. It is very obvious what the Padres should do to make the team better but it is a question if they want to be AVERAGE or a contending team?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:51:56 +0000

“A league average offense doesn’t get you into the post season. All I’m saying.

I recognize all your points Jeff, but at what point do we make a change? Do we settle for league average at the position?”

League average can be extremely valuable, and is when it’s from a player of Forsythe’s salary. A team can’t be above average at every position. The best teams are ~average in some areas. Again, the main points are: league average isn’t inherently bad and even the best teams need/have league average players.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:55:09 +0000

You are all overlooking one critical reason why the Padres should not only call up Gyorko, but should absolutely do so before Sept. 1: we could use his bat on the postseason roster.

Only 12.5 back with 33 to play.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:55:40 +0000

Blanks and Moseley are almost certainly done with the Padres so they don’t need to worry about opening up room for them. There is still plenty of dead weight on the 40 man roster – Josh Spence, Thad Weber, Rodriguez, Parrino, and Blake Tekotte.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:30:19 +0000

Then whose spots do Blanks, Darnell, Luebke, Moseley and Stauffer take?

By: PadresFuture

PadresFuture — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:45:49 +0000

In the short term, there is no reason why the Padres can’t find room on the 40 man for Gyorko to be a Sept call up. Once placed on the 40, he won’t be able to be removed without trading him. I would remove Parrino, Weber, or ohlendorf in a second to bring his bat up and so should the Padres. I expect a ton of roster moves in the offseason as the Padres will look to move major league talent in order to protect guys with higher upside and aquire impact players. The big question this article begs is what to do with Gyorko. If the Padres do not call up Gyorko in sept, this could be a sign they may trade him in the offseason…. right now his value is fairly high. A 30 day stint in the majors that somehow doesnt go well could hurt his perceived value. Personally, I would call him up and audition him at 2b. Keep headley and gyorko.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:46:26 +0000

I’m not sure that the Gyorko not being on the 40 man roster is really much of an obstacle – assuming that Ohlendorff will be designated for assignment tomorrow for Casey Kelly that still leaves both Eddy Rodriguez and Andy Parrino as players that would probably clear waivers.