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Shortstop trade ideas

Gee and Plawecki for Starlin Castro

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Syndergaard for Javier Baez

1 votes

Syndergaard, Murphy, and Plawecki for Tulowitski

1 votes

Syndergaard, Plawecki, Flores, and Amed Rosario for Tulowitski

2 votes

Mex17 Jul 29 2014 06:30 PM

I am putting up four ideas, all of which IMO are fair and possible. Choose and discuss.

bmfc1 Jul 29 2014 07:11 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Thank you for posting this Mex17.

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2014 07:20 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

I wouldn't do any of them. While I'd like to upgrade the SS position we're not in a position where we need to do so NOW!!!! and trade-deadline deals are exactly the type where contending (or hopeful) teams overpay precisely because they need it NOW!!!! and often have to out-bid other contenders in the process. And besides, Tulowitski might not even available for the next month * Gee and Plawecki for Starlin Castro -- Maybe if I though Castro were a better SS * Syndergaard for Javier Baez -- Not a Freakin' chance * Syndergaard, Murphy, and Plawecki for Tulowitski * Syndergaard, Plawecki, Flores, and Amed Rosario for Tulowitski If we're going to be picking up Tulowitski's contract, both its length and its size and with the injury history to boot, the Rox are going to have to settle for a lesser human package in return.

Ashie62 Jul 29 2014 07:23 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Jimmy Rollins

Mex17 Jul 29 2014 08:06 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Who said anything about NOW!!!!???? All of these are winter moves, IMO. For the here and now, I say stand pat, try to make up these five games (that they are under .500) in the last two months that are left, get some momentum going, hopefully get some significant uptick in the gate, build up the value of all of their assets that they could use in a deal, and go forward from there.

Edgy MD Jul 29 2014 08:20 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Who said anything about NOW!!!!???? No, not NOW!!!! he said Don't you know that it's different for Mex?

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2014 08:29 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Mex17 wrote: Who said anything about NOW!!!!???? All of these are winter moves, IMO. Then I'll evaluate these five months from now. Lots of stuff can change in the interim.

Frayed Knot Aug 14 2014 07:11 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Frayed Knot wrote: Lots of stuff can change in the interim. Like Tulowitski being done for the season ... AGAIN! He already hadn't played since July 18th. Now is to have labrum surgery on his hip. They say he Should be ready for spring training but, as always, his mileage may vary. This is the same problem that kept ARod out for much of a season. This will make it the 2nd season in the last three that he failed to play 100 games (254 games total over 3 years), and the 5th time in eight that he didn't reach 130. Then throw in the Coors factor, and the contract factor, and that the odometer will turn to 30 before he sees another pitch.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2014 07:30 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Now I bet they wish they took Sandy's offer of Logan Verrett, Juan Centeno, and a Jayson Werth gnome.

MFS62 Aug 14 2014 07:45 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Edgy MD wrote: Now I bet they wish they took Sandy's offer of Logan Verrett, Juan Centeno, and a Jayson Werth gnome. I think the original deal included Dock Doyle instead of Centeno. Centeno's made it to the majors. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2014 08:24 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Not that this is SS-related, but in the wake of the Tulowitski surgery comes news of Carlos Gomez going in for patella tendon surgery and a "five to six month" recovery time.

Edgy MD Aug 15 2014 08:26 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Well, I'm ready to give Sandy the Executive of the Year Award.

sharpie Aug 15 2014 08:42 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

I think you mean Carlos Gonzalez, not Carlos Gomez.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2014 09:38 AM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

sharpie wrote: I think you mean Carlos Gonzalez, not Carlos Gomez. Yeah, that guy.

Ashie62 Aug 15 2014 06:11 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

Frayed Knot wrote: Not that this is SS-related, but in the wake of the Tulowitski surgery comes news of Carlos Gomez going in for patella tendon surgery and a "five to six month" recovery time. You mean Carlos Gonzalez???

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2014 06:13 PM Re: Shortstop trade ideas

RMPL