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Originally Posted by alnorth
I really don't get royals fans on the other board flipping out over Gio. He's a good guy with a great family, but he was utterly horrid in 2012. Yeah it wasn't many at-bats, but he's also just not good enough to be patient and hope he figures it out, his defense is worse than Getz his bat was always supposed to carry him, and he hit quite a bit worse than Getz which is incredible considering that he was previously known as Chrisiesky Getzancourt. Maybe Gio will beat him out in spring training.
We have no good option at 2B. Gio doesn't have much of an upside, and Getz is probably capable of repeating his unimpressive sub-par 2012 where he's at least better than replacement value.
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Yeah, Gio has been a pretty big disappointment. Not sure he's anything more than a AAAA player at this point, which stinks. I was a big fan.
What they really need is a rangy second baseman to help make the great up-the-middle-D pay off (and help the lacking-range Hosmer). Or, if you're going to play a guy who has merely average range (like Getz), get someone with a big stick.
Pretty far down the totem pole of priorities, though.
I just read a Mets forum thread about Wil Myers. Their fans think Myers straight up for RA Dickey OR Jon Niese (that's OR, not AND) is completely fair. ANd some think its an overpay. Good for a chuckle.