WhiskeyBreath

Putting a player like Ramirez at first would be stupidity.

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IcyPatriot

Well he's not really a shortstop either ... that leaves 3rd, 1st and outfield. We have Drew and Jocoby and we're making a run at Holliday apparently. So that leaves 3rd and 1st ... take your pick. I doubt we go after him so I post this hypothetically ... if we're giving up talent it will be for pitching IMO.

patsfan13

Wouldn't Gonzales from SD be a good choice for 1st? Cheaper than Hanley R

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WhiskeyBreath

How is he really not a SS?

The kid has pretty much been an average defensive ss since his awful 07. That combined with his great offensive skills makes him elite.

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IcyPatriot

He's a SS who will have to move at some point ... this has been projected for a few years now. He doesn't have to move ... the Sox pretty much are banking on Iglesias as the SS of the future. I doubt hanley would come here ... if he did he would eventually not be the SS here.

WhiskeyBreath

Yeah he might have to play CF some day but the way he's turned it around it will be a good amount of time.

Those projections were made before he worked on becoming a better defender.

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Real World

Hanley Ramirez is not going ot be traded anytime soon. He signed a 6 year, $70 million deal last year, that keeps him in Florida thru 2014. The contract is back loaded, and the Marlins finally got a new park approved, that they will be moving into in 2012. So if Hanley gets dealt, it wouldn't likely be until the 2013 season, be it before, or after. The team isn't going to move its franchise, and most marketable player, who's signed to a long term financially friendly contract, just cuz other teams want them to.

As for Ramirez as a SS, his defense has improved significantly over the last few years. Before teams felt he would become a CF at some point, but now they feel he'll remain at short. He made just 10 errors last year and had a .983 fielding percentage.

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