M's sign Alex Cintron

by PositivePaul on Jul 8, 2009 6:13 PM PDT

Heard via Churchill today that pending a physical, former Diamondback and most recently Washington National, Alex Cintron's going to be joining the organization. And now for those of you who want real links rather than "rumors" from Jason, it was posted on Bleeding Blue and Teal, who point to the Rainiers' Twitter account as the official source.

Will Cintron help the big league club? Who knows, it's pretty doubtful really, but for all intents and purposes this seems like another grab of cold spaghetti from the freely available talent pool.

Good gravy after today's defensive debacle, it's very clear the M's need some major help. I wonder if BJ Ryan, too, might be useful in a LOOGY role or something. What a Charile Foxtrot this team is at times...

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We shall form a team made entirely of Nat's castaways

and storm into the playoffs!!

I never really liked the old tagline.

CougCenter

by Craig Powers on Jul 8, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions

Cordero FTW!

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 8, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Will Cintron help the big league club?

Yes. Children by the millions sing that they’re in love with Alex Cintron. Just think of what that could do for attendance at Safeco.

by abelard on Jul 8, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

We can always trade Cintron for a Citroen

by cogs on Jul 8, 2009 6:46 PM PDT reply actions

Alex Cintron is awful

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 8, 2009 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, yes he is...

Shows to go ya how thin the “F.A.T.” pool is right now for middle infielders…

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Jul 8, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Sure if you choose to look at everything besides 2003 then pretty much anybody would be awful

by Poochie on Jul 8, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Watch him come up and win the MVP.

by Coach Owens on Jul 8, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

He'd have to come up and post a .999/1.000/2.368 line for that to happen

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by Corco on Jul 8, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly.

by Coach Owens on Jul 9, 2009 4:11 AM PDT up reply actions

His UZR numbers at SS are brutal.

Like, almost Yuni bad. So no, I don’t think he’ll be much better than what we’ve already got.

Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?

by Benne on Jul 8, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions

Most genius signing in the history of mankind.

by ThundaPC on Jul 8, 2009 7:08 PM PDT reply actions

Were we trying to find the one guy who might be as bad of a shortstop as Yuni?

His defense has been terrible and he can’t hit.

by OlSalty on Jul 8, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions

Pretty much non-news imo... Even Crabbe is better as a backup inf at this point.

by lailaihei on Jul 8, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah

But imagine how much better he’d be if there were someone named Goyle for him to form the latest rendition of The Double Play Twins with.

IF I WAS MANAGER I'D HAVE A FIST FIGHT WITH YUNI RIGHT NOW AND KNOCK HIS FUCKING MONKEY HEAD CLEAN OFF (~EM)

by seattlecougar on Jul 9, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, "rumors"

alright. Yeesh.

by Matthew on Jul 8, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions

By the way, if we want a solution to our current IF problem that helps long term, why not trade for Willy Aybar?

He shouldn’t cost as much as Brignac and can play 3B for us for the next few years. Good glove, probably 0-10 runs above average at either 3B or 2B and a good bat. Could be a solid 2-3 win player going forward.
I think we could make a deal for him with Bedard plus.

by lailaihei on Jul 8, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions