Which player from last year would you have liked to keep?

Jackson

Matt Clark

I'd have to go with Bradford

Verdugo, no doubt. With him being the third pitcher we would have been unstoppable all year.

i was mostly shooting at juniors leaving early, since even though this is all hypothetical, juniors could have been on the team this year.

i was thinking verdugo too. we really could have used him as our 3rd pitcher. ross would have been a ridiculous midweek starter.

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ross would have been a ridiculous midweek starter

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Or he could have been the link btw Coleman/Ranaudo to Ott

I can actually can understand the Bradford argument, but unlike many, I am very content with our staff. We have two aces and 4-6 other reliables.

Verdugo...nah. It's easy to say that a pitcher like him could come back and be the "third starter". It's not for sure that we do better with him than without him. I also do not think he's as versatile as Bradford, who had a rubber arm.

I miss a big bat in the lineup and Clark would have given us that. I'm talking 25-30 HR power and Dean and Gibbs would have seen better pitching. The lineup would be complete.

I'll agree, though...it'd be great to have Bradford back, too.

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Also, if you get Clark back, you have to sit someone.... prob Ochinko & his .330 avg. Obviously Clark has more pop, but the odds that he would have had an all-world season like last year are not great.
If you could guarantee Clark's #s from '08, I'd maybe take him.

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agreed.

bradford was the shite last year, but again, i was mostly looking at early departed juniors

LSU might have lost 5 games all year with clark back in the lineup.

i would go with Clark, but u couldn't go wrong with Bradford either.

With Clark, we would never lose a game AR or Coleman pitched

A lineup of DJ, Schimpf, Dean, Clark, Mathook, Mitchell, Gibbs, Nola, and Hannover would be pretty damn impressive