Make him a 3rd base coach just to keep him on the team as an enforcer. MLB has set a precedent, if a base coach joins a bench clearing brawl and throws a starting pitcher to the ground they won’t be suspended. They were just “trying to break it up”. Yeah I am being sarcastic. Still bitter that Demarlo Hale was not suspended.

If Johnny needs to be traded so be it.

I wonder if the Mariners would be willing to deal Sexson for Gomes. Both are righty power hitters. A change of scenery could work for both of them. I think Sexson has a few good swings left in him. If I am being an idiot I am sure you all will let me know lol.

I have been saying this for a year now!

This guy isn’t fun to watch when your watching a losing team either.

First our current. I railed on Crawford yesterday for whining about being asked to play center. I’ll praise him today for admitting that he flubbed in the field on a hit that cost the Rays a run without trying to blame the fact that he played in center. I still don’t like the whining, but it’s hard to lash out on someone who is falling on their own sword.

As for Gomes, the last half of what RJ is saying shadows my perspective on him. If he hits better when he plays in the field, than he needs to play in the field. Unfortunately, he can’t play in the field here. On a team that relies heavily on defense, the potential in his bat does not make up for his lack of talent in the field, and this team is too close to contention to do any more mad scientist experiments to try to have players grow into roles that they start out completely incapable of handling.

Gomes kinda got a raw deal when he hurt his sholder in 2005 and tried to play through it instead of going to the DL and let himself heal up. I think that his production suffered directly as a result of his injury, but his reluctance to go on the DL and instead try to fight through the injury for 2+ months pretty much allowed him play himself out of any second chance that might of been given to him if he allowed himself to heal up.

I insist that Gomes is a good enough guy that I want to see him succeed. But he needs to go to a team that is willing to give him a shot; a team that is starting a rebuild like the Mariners, Indians, or Pirates. He just doesn’t seem to belong anywhere else because he’s just not good enough to play for a contender right now.

We’ve held onto him longer than we should have. His popularity outweighs his usefulness to the club. His limited skills are not a compliment to what this team is trying to accomplish. He can’t steal bases well or situational hit. His John Daly grip it and rip it strategy at the plate is exposed by most pitchers more often than not. His poor defense prohibits him from being an everyday player here yet his swing is one that needs a lot of repetition in order to be productive. He should be given that chance to do that elsewhere because there are too many other more talented players in front of him. If we do have post-season games this year, it would suck he couldn’t enjoy them after losing for so long but I’m sure the players would vote him a full share of anything that comes our way.

but he hurts the team more than he helps it. with his glove and his impatient bat. Gomes would do very well in Coors when he makes contact so maybe there will be something there.

If he helps us beat the Yanks tonight. I have a short term memory.

Given our needs at the present moment, but I absolutely do not believe that he has no value as a major league player. I believe that for some struggling team with a hole at DH or in RF, Gomes could be a very appealing answer. Obviously he is not performing well right now, but his track record would indicate that he will eventually start producing offensively.

It just seems to me that Gomes is one of those players who will probably succeed with a different team, having been removed from this organization. And that has nothing to do with the atmosphere or any clubhouse politics at all. It has everything to do with the fact that this team simply is not in a position to give him the playing time that he needs to prove himself, and I can’t envision a scenario in the foreseeable future in which he will receive adequate playing time here.

if he learned to play first base. We still wouldn’t have room for him, but he’d make himself a whole lot more useful to an NL team. He seems like he has enough athletic ability to be at least decent at first base. It’s worth a shot to increase his opportunities.