Millar Or Micky?

[Sizzlin22]

Ok we have on one hand a very HOT and COLD right handed pull hitter in Fenway Park with a big big big mouth, and on the other we have halfway decent with the bat left handed brilliant DEFENSIVE player who wants out if he's not an every day starter. Who do you take? Trade one or keep them both who would you rather have?

[elsrbueno]

Tough question.

 

Mientkiewicz really struggled in 2004, partly because of injury and because when he came back, he struggled to get playing time with Morneau in Minnesota, then of course Millar in Boston.

 

I have been very critical of Millar over this season. It's hard to feel confident in a guy who brings new meaning to the phrase: "streaky hitter."

 

On the other hand, Mientkiewicz can be a .300 hitter when he's on, with 10-15 HR power. Over the course of a season, Millar has 20ish HR power. In a lineup with Ortiz, Ramirez, Nixon, etc, I think this lineup could get away with Mientkiewicz as their everyday first baseman.

 

If it were me, and I HAD to pick, I go with Mientkiewicz. Honestly in Fenway Park, with that Pesky Pole, and the Monster, I think Mientkiewicz could be a pretty good hitter.