Baseball Musings covers Emilio Bonifacio

by craig on Dec 18, 2009 2:57 PM EST in News and Rumors

Baseball Musings continues on with the very ambitious goal of covering all players A to Z. Emilio Bonifacio takes his turn at the plate.

Emilio Bonifacio plays third base for the Florida Marlins. He can’t hit, he doesn’t walk much, and he lacks power. He doesn’t even defend well.

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My guess is no team will give a starting job of Bonifacio again.

It was I all could do not to email David Pinto and make a bet. For some reason, unknown to anyone, the Marlins front office sees Bonifacio as viable everyday player at second base. And should they complete a trade for Danny, Bonifacio will probably be the front runner to take over at second. Yes, I'm like everyone else who thinks the best option would be for Coghlan to leave the outfield and be stationed in his natural position, if Danny is traded. But the feeling the Marlins front office is projecting, they would rather go a different direction, meaning Emilio at second. If all of this should happen, it either proves the front office is delusional or they are taking trade justification to an extreme.

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Boni's probably going to be a starter again at some point

He’s too young and fast to give up on, and it’s not like him improving his hitting to an adequate level is out of the question. He actually is a pretty solid defender in CF or 2B, and he’s a great base runner so if i had to guess i’d say another team will probably take a chance on him. Hopefully it’s not us though.

by tdp992 on Dec 18, 2009 6:40 PM EST reply actions

I'm probably the only one but...

I actually think with a bit of minor league playing or comeing off the bench, I could see Boni contributing. he has the D and speed, just needs the hitting and to make less mental errors, On the hitting side of things It felt like ever AB boni was makeing improvements

by bronzeagle on Dec 18, 2009 10:32 PM EST up reply actions

sounds about right

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by Patssuck456 on Dec 20, 2009 12:02 AM EST reply actions

im in for the guy getting another chance

After hes worked out some of his kinks in the minors for a month or so. if he can get himself up to be a respectable .280-.290 hitter he would be valuable to have in the lineup everyday.

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by Gatorfan4life on Dec 22, 2009 9:46 AM EST reply actions