Potential Trade Targets in We're Buyers

[Rajais Mitten]

Would love to get Howie Kendrick if the angels are willing to trade him would easily be an upgrade to boni/izzy in pretty much all facets, would love him batting 9th or maybe 2nd and have him be able to hit and get on base for Jose, EE and even lind now and give them more chances to score runs something i think none of our other current players at 2nd can do on a consistent basis. only thing is what would it take to get him i'm personally not sure

[ElNik2013]

when the Dickey deal was made I thought it was boneheaded

 

always better to keep some trade chips for the trade deadline, after you've had a few months to evaluate the team strengths and weaknesses

 

syndergaard and a lesser piece gets Cliff Lee

 

as it is, jays cupboard is too bare to get Lee

 

 

I thought the exact same thing at the time, but I guess you could argue that it's better to have the player for the whole year and you don't know if Cliff Lee will waive his NO TRADE clause to play for the Blue Jays which is a big if. If it was me, I wouldn't have made the deals in the offseason, nor would I trade Syndergaard for Lee, but then again, I'm not the GM and I have no pressure to improve the team ASAP which in my mind is what ownership decided they wanted from baseball operations.

[Tuco]

This team has a championship calibar offense and BP.

We have 4 studs on O in Reyes, Bautista, EE and Lind.

We have 3 studs in the BP in Janssen, Delabar and Cecil.

 

This pitching staff isnt what we imagined with Dickey tanking, Morrow getting injured again and Romero not regaining form. If we aquired 1 more elite or close to impact pitcher this team would be scary and I would say lines up well against ANY team.

 

We need one more pitcher to make me feel extremely confident about this team.

[Caper]

What about trading Gose to Miami for Hech? Give us an elite 2 nd baseman.... That can't hit.

[Abomination]

when the Dickey deal was made I thought it was boneheaded

 

always better to keep some trade chips for the trade deadline, after you've had a few months to evaluate the team strengths and weaknesses

 

syndergaard and a lesser piece gets Cliff Lee

 

as it is, jays cupboard is too bare to get Lee

 

We were basically at our spending limit when we got Dickey. No way could we have afforded Lee instead of him.

[ElNik2013]

We were basically at our spending limit when we got Dickey. No way could we have afforded Lee instead of him.

 

 

 

You're absolutely right that Dickey's low salary was a big factor, had forgotten 'bout this.

[Deadpool]

We were basically at our spending limit when we got Dickey. No way could we have afforded Lee instead of him.

 

I'd have been fine with neither of the two, personally

[dineke]

Wow there's actually people who don't want the lefty version of Greg Maddux?

[Metallijay]

This team has a championship calibar offense and BP.

We have 4 studs on O in Reyes, Bautista, EE and Lind.

We have 3 studs in the BP in Janssen, Delabar and Cecil.

 

This pitching staff isnt what we imagined with Dickey tanking, Morrow getting injured again and Romero not regaining form. If we aquired 1 more elite or close to impact pitcher this team would be scary and I would say lines up well against ANY team.

 

We need one more pitcher to make me feel extremely confident about this team.

 

Totally agree. We could have done without the dickey trade, and still be better off and have more prospects. A tonne of pitchers could have pitched better then dickey without giving up as much.

[Deadpool]

Wow there's actually people who don't want the lefty version of Greg Maddux?

 

Nobody DOESN'T want Cliff Lee... Some people are weighing the costs v/ the benefits.

 

If we could get him without giving up much in the way of prospects, then sure, he's a great pitcher.

[dineke]

Nobody DOESN'T want Cliff Lee... Some people are weighing the costs v/ the benefits.

 

If we could get him without giving up much in the way of prospects, then sure, he's a great pitcher.

 

I dunno about you but I would give up sex for Cliff Lee.

[jaysblue]

No one is touching a guy coming off his second TJ surgery. Drabek has microscopic trade value at best.

 

I said something around Drabek. Both Beckham and Ackely's value have taken hits as well, and Drabek not too long ago was a highly touted prospect coming up similar to Beckham and Ackely. It's not out of the question. The Jays traded Travis Snider for Brad Lincoln last season, and I'm thinking Ackely and Beckham have similar value or maybe just a bit more due to the position they could play.

[Ziggyy108]

bro im 100% with you on your love for cliff lee. i would absolutely go all in for him, especially if we could get utley as well.

 

i feel like im in the minority around here but i would rather see the toronto blue jays win the world series rather than the dunedin blue jays or new hampshire fisher cats winning championships.

 

We have a good f***ing club that isnt gonna get any younger. we need a stud ace, cuz dickey is s*** haha. Cliff Lee is f***ing nails. I want him,

[Ziggyy108]

ps

 

i love that swearing isnt blanked out here

[G-Snarls]

I dunno about you but I would give up sex for Cliff Lee.

 

Post of the day. Haha.

[G-Snarls]

ps

 

i love that swearing isnt blanked out here

 

I f***ing love that too

[GD]

What about trading Gose to Miami for Hech? Give us an elite 2 nd baseman.... That can't hit.

 

Good one lol

[Randy The Robot]

I said something around Drabek. Both Beckham and Ackely's value have taken hits as well, and Drabek not too long ago was a highly touted prospect coming up similar to Beckham and Ackely. It's not out of the question. The Jays traded Travis Snider for Brad Lincoln last season, and I'm thinking Ackely and Beckham have similar value or maybe just a bit more due to the position they could play.

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That's ridiculous. It's hard to say Drabek had any value when healthy, now after his second TJ? Ackley still has plenty of value and I really doubt the Mariners are going to sell low on him. If Gose hadn't been such a disappointment so far this year I would suggest a Colby/Ackley swap with maybe a bench player or something extra to the Jays.

[jaysblue]

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That's ridiculous. It's hard to say Drabek had any value when healthy, now after his second TJ? Ackley still has plenty of value and I really doubt the Mariners are going to sell low on him. If Gose hadn't been such a disappointment so far this year I would suggest a Colby/Ackley swap with maybe a bench player or something extra to the Jays.

 

I think Ackely would be tougher to trade for instead of Beckham agreed. Mariners likely would ask for more. You likely could only flip Drabek + another piece for a struggling young player who has underachieved and has ran out of favour with their organization.

[KSaw]

Wow there's actually people who don't want the lefty version of Greg Maddux?

 

Cliff Lee's contract allowed him to name 21 teams he couldn't be traded to. He has already been quoted as saying that he would likely stick to his list. Toronto is on that list. Boston is too actually.

[ElNik2013]

Cliff Lee's contract allowed him to name 21 teams he couldn't be traded to. He has already been quoted as saying that he would likely stick to his list. Toronto is on that list. Boston is too actually.

 

 

No surprise. It seems to be hard for a lot of people on this board to believe that free agents would prefer not to sign with the Blue Jays, for whatever reason.

[Angrioter]

Cliff Lee's contract allowed him to name 21 teams he couldn't be traded to. He has already been quoted as saying that he would likely stick to his list. Toronto is on that list. Boston is too actually.

 

No surprise. It seems to be hard for a lot of people on this board to believe that free agents would prefer not to sign with the Blue Jays, for whatever reason.

 

Cliff Lee

2013 - 34 -~13M (half season)

2014 - 35 -25M

2015 - 36 -25M

2016 - 37 -27,5M Vesting Option, $12.5M Buyout. Option becomes guaranteed with 200 IP in 2015 or 400 IP in 2014-15

[RIPEXPOS]

I think the Cardinals might be a good fit for a deal. They are desperate for even a replacement level Short Stop in the worst of ways, and Izturis could be just the man they are looking for. Maybe give them a BP arm as well, and we can get a B prospect in return? Perhaps even a Kolten Wong if we sweetened the package?

[flafson]

Cliff Lee

2013 - 34 -~13M (half season)

2014 - 35 -25M

2015 - 36 -25M

2016 - 37 -27,5M Vesting Option, $12.5M Buyout. Option becomes guaranteed with 200 IP in 2015 or 400 IP in 2014-15

 

I'd be afraid to take a contract like that...

[Ziggyy108]

The Angels GM was on inside pitch a couple days ago and said this ....

 

@JimBowdenESPNxm: Jerry DiPoto on #InsidePitch today: "1 bad streak away from having to consider all options" Sirius 209 XM 89 2-6pm est mon-fri

 

Following those comments they got swept by the Pirates.

 

They have one guy on that team that I've always loved and is one of the most consistent players around, who is having a career year to this point.

 

HOWIE KENDRICK

 

I think they deal him for sure. Might be a high cost, but won't be a ridiculos one. This guy is a perfect fit ... And who know's, maybe he can even keep improving playing at a hitters park like Rogers Center rather than a pitchers park like Angel Stadium.

 

There is no dount though that the Angels are gonna make some moves though. I would be estatic if AA could pull this off ...

 

(S) Jose Reyes SS

® Jose Bautista RF

® Edwin Encarnacion 1B

(L) Adam Lind DH

® Howie Kendrick 2B

(S) Melky Cabrera LF

® J.P. Arencibia C

(L) Colby Rasmus CF

® Brett Lawrie 3B

[DuckDuckGose]

I'd be afraid to take a contract like that...

 

Me too, especially on a soft tossing 34yo

[HERPDERP]

Howie Kendrick for Lawrie and Sanchez is what they'd ask

[Ziggyy108]

Howie Kendrick for Lawrie and Sanchez is what they'd ask

 

nope. not even close.

[HERPDERP]

lol what

 

You think they'll ask for Izturis and Nolin?

[DuckDuckGose]

The Angels GM was on inside pitch a couple days ago and said this ....

 

@JimBowdenESPNxm: Jerry DiPoto on #InsidePitch today: "1 bad streak away from having to consider all options" Sirius 209 XM 89 2-6pm est mon-fri

 

Following those comments they got swept by the Pirates.

 

They have one guy on that team that I've always loved and is one of the most consistent players around, who is having a career year to this point.

 

HOWIE KENDRICK

 

I think they deal him for sure. Might be a high cost, but won't be a ridiculos one. This guy is a perfect fit ... And who know's, maybe he can even keep improving playing at a hitters park like Rogers Center rather than a pitchers park like Angel Stadium.

 

There is no dount though that the Angels are gonna make some moves though. I would be estatic if AA could pull this off ...

 

(S) Jose Reyes SS

® Jose Bautista RF

® Edwin Encarnacion 1B

(L) Adam Lind DH

® Howie Kendrick 2B

(S) Melky Cabrera LF

® J.P. Arencibia C

(L) Colby Rasmus CF

® Brett Lawrie 3B

 

It would be very hard to pass on Kendrick, he's 3-4 WAR 2B IMO. Anyone think Stroman + Nolin gets it done?