Lopez to 3rd base?

[kramnoj]

I think Counsell at $1M is likely to be more valuable next season than Lopez at whatever he will get in arbitration.

[joepepsi]

I agree. Lopez is an average-ish 2B who is coming off a career year. Good for him. He'll end up with a 2 or 3 year deal in the $5-7 million per year range. He won't provide that kind of value to the Brewers, who are deep in infield players already.

[endaround]

Except Hudson thought the same and ended up with the Dodgers for bupkis. The Mets might finally pull the rip cord on Castillo so who knows.

[TooLiveBrew]

Lopez would be a nice fit in Queens. For the Mets' sake, I hope they go after him.

 

 

EDIT: A reader comment on the FanGraphs article flosses like fossas linked suggests the Cubs as a nice fit. I have to agree, and hope that's not where Felipe winds up. Maybe they feel set with Fontenot.

[dadofandrew]

I'd love for the Cubs to spend $5-6M on Felipe when Fontenot can produce similarly for far less. Fontenot is underrated, though he is only a platoon guy...that said, RH 2B are a dime a dozen, so a platoon partner is an easy find.

[TooLiveBrew]

Fontenot was terrible this season, though. Not even close to being good. I doubt he's this bad in terms of talent, but I also don't think the Cubs would do poorly to upgrade to Lopez.

[nate82]

The Mets make the most sense for getting Lopez even if the Brewers offer arbitration to Lopez. The Mets 1st round pick is protected this year.

[Baldkin]

With 5 guys to play 3 spots (Counsell, McGeehee, Gamel, Escobar, Weeks) I don't see the good in bringing back a 6th guy coming off a career year, who has a .338 career obp.

 

He's been unbelievable as a Brewer, but the odds of him keeping up that pace next year are roughly one in CC Sabathia.

[Hate those Rodents]

If you are saying that Lopez will more than likely approach his career norm numbers next season, shouldn't the same be expected for Counsell?

[Never Outhustled]

Pretty sure the Mets aren't going to cut Luis Castillo coming off a 387 OBA season. Theres a bunch of teams that could use Lopez, but the Mets won't be one. Better fits include the White Sox, Twins, Dodgers, Cubs, Astros and Tigers.

[yoshii8]

If you are saying that Lopez will more than likely approach his career norm numbers next season, shouldn't the same be expected for Counsell?

Yes it should, but Craig Counsell is very good defensively at SS, 2B and 3B, won't complain w/ a backup role, and will cost a lot less money than Lopez.

[Hate those Rodents]

True Yoshi. I just think sometimes these things have a strange way of working themselves out. Really though I am just advocating offering him arby unconditionally. I don't think he'd accept it either. There is a good chance that we deal at least one other infielder besides Hardy. If Lopez accepted arby, I could see Weeks peddled as well. There is a decent chance that Lawrie is ready to take over in 2011 anyway, so it's possible that this is the last year we'd need Weeks/Lopez anyway.

[endaround]

Pretty sure the Mets aren't going to cut Luis Castillo coming off a 387 OBA season. Theres a bunch of teams that could use Lopez, but the Mets won't be one. Better fits include the White Sox, Twins, Dodgers, Cubs, Astros and Tigers.

 

And his defense regressed even more.