Anyways, since then things have gotten a little better. Nomar is now in the green and gold, but Eric Chavez is injured, or experiencing a set back or something like that. Point is, nobody should be counting on Chavez to be in the lineup come Opening Day, and if you think Nomar can play six days a week, well, you are just fooling yourself.
After those two guys, the third base depth chart looks something like this:
Crosby
Hannahan
Petit
Pennington
Baisley
Dillon
Chen
I'm not sure if that's the exact order, but I think you get the point. Nothing too exciting. Most of those guys on the list will give you solid defense, but none of them are going to give you much in the way of offense. Which is where Guzman comes in, or rather doesn't.
The reason why Guzman chose the Giants over the A's was that San Fransisco was willing to extend him an invite to big league camp. The A's weren't. Until now, (thanks Mr. Baggarly) I hadn't heard the A's logic for making this decision. So here's what David Forst had to say:
"He hadn't played much in Triple-A and our player development people weren't sure what position he'd ultimately play," said Forst, who wished Guzman well. "There's no doubt he can hit, but we already had other guys with similar defensive profiles and we couldn't justify bringing Jesus in."Okay, so the organization has guys with similar defensive profiles, but do they have anybody with a similar offensive profile? Maybe. There's a chance that Crosby might outhit Guzman in '09, but there's also a chance that Guzman might be really freaking good. Crosby, not so much.
My question is this: how bad must Guzman's defense be for the team to give an invite to Dillon, and roster spots to all the others? I'm guessing pretty awful. What type of defense would you put up with for the offensive potential of someone like Guzman? Should the A's have resigned Guzman, or will nobody even remember his name two years from now?
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