2015 Trade Deadline Targets Thread.

[TwistedLogic]

Maybe the Jays get something done today?

 

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[jerb]

 

Jim Bowden

‏@JimBowden_ESPN

Royals&Blue Jays are all “in” on Cueto willing to move top prospect for rental, realizing value much higher than Kazmir..both need Game 1 P

[LTR]

Cueto? Uggh... selling the farm for 2 months / 8-9 starts... gross

[flafson]

Cueto? Uggh... selling the farm for 2 months / 8-9 starts... gross

 

We don't have a pitcher for game 1 though... Might also wake the team up knowing we are going for it.

[TwistedLogic]

If the Jays were to trade Pompey (not that there's any reason to say they would), the Padres could be a fit.

 

[LTR]

We don't have a pitcher for game 1 though... Might also wake the team up knowing we are going for it.

 

Team looks awake to me... they're just not cutting it.

[xposbrad]

Cueto? Uggh... selling the farm for 2 months / 8-9 starts... gross

 

AA has no choice. Go for a Cueto and increase your odds of making the playoffs, or hold firm and try to make the playoffs with the current team with very weak pitching. Yes, in the long run it will hurt giving up the prospects but it has been soooooooooooooooooooo long since Toronto has tasted the playoffs I don't think anyone is worried about the long term right now. This team needs to build excitement and the playoff hunt does that. It's a damned if we do, damned if we don't type scenario. AA should have gotten the budget upped in the offseason to have signed Shields but now we are forced to trade prospects because they didn't do that, seems like it happens every year though they are missing pieces they could have gotten in Free Agency lol.

[Daniel Labude]

Cueto? Uggh... selling the farm for 2 months / 8-9 starts... gross

 

I've heard....A top prospect...not the farm. If that's Norris get it done asap, before he can plummet any further

[L54]

If you're trading for Cueto you might as well get the wholesale price on Chapman as well. They are more valuable sold separately, but the Reds might be motivated to move both together if they get the guy(s) they want.

[gruber92]

I've heard....A top prospect...not the farm. If that's Norris get it done asap, before he can plummet any further

 

I'd be down for a Norris - Cueto straight up.

 

Weren't there health concerns regarding Cueto though?

[HERPDERP]

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So we're a few innings into the PawSox game and no update on Deven Marrero has come out. You're not helping my curiosity, everyone.

[Daniel Labude]

I'd be down for a Norris - Cueto straight up.

 

Weren't there health concerns regarding Cueto though?

 

Yes with his forearm, not sure if it is lingered or not. He has had a few great outings and a few not so great recently. Still think it's worth the risk depending on the price

[HERPDERP]

Don't you think its a safer bet to go with Price?

[L54]

I doubt the Tigers sell. They should, but they won't.

[Daniel Labude]

Don't you think its a safer bet to go with Price?

 

Price would cost more. I think Cueto gives us the best of both worlds. Great pitcher, but not selling the farm.

[gruber92]

Don't you think its a safer bet to go with Price?

 

You think Detroit will do Norris for Price straight up? I would definitely be ok with that. I think Norris has greater aspirations of traveling the world in his van than being a pro ball player.

[HERPDERP]

You think Detroit will do Norris for Price straight up? I would definitely be ok with that. I think Norris has greater aspirations of traveling the world in his van than being a pro ball player.

 

I don't remember the rules for FA draft picks, but if they keep Price for the rest of the season, they get a pick, right? I guess that is the absolute minimum that they have to ask. Wouldn't hurt for them to ask for more.

 

Like Norris and Pentecost.

[Frenchsoup]

You think Detroit will do Norris for Price straight up? I would definitely be ok with that. I think Norris has greater aspirations of traveling the world in his van than being a pro ball player.

 

Norris seems like he's a pretty competitive dude not sure why your saying that.

[Frenchsoup]

I don't remember the rules for FA draft picks, but if they keep Price for the rest of the season, they get a pick, right? I guess that is the absolute minimum that they have to ask. Wouldn't hurt for them to ask for more.

 

Like Norris and Pentecost.

 

Pentecost was a top 10 pick. They'd be picking at the end of the 1st round...Price has a ridiculous salary as well. The price won't be as steep as you think.

[HERPDERP]

Pentecost was a top 10 pick. They'd be picking at the end of the 1st round...Price has a ridiculous salary as well. The price won't be as steep as you think.

 

I think we need to throw out the pick ranking and just go with prospect rankings. Norris obviously has a legitimacy as a top prospect but a guy like Pentecost has yet to do anything and seems to be injury prone, so his value is hit a bit.

 

Maybe I'm a bit too low on a guy like Pentecost.

[Frenchsoup]

I think we need to throw out the pick ranking and just go with prospect rankings. Norris obviously has a legitimacy as a top prospect but a guy like Pentecost has yet to do anything and seems to be injury prone, so his value is hit a bit.

 

Maybe I'm a bit too low on a guy like Pentecost.

 

Pentecost has no value right now, teams won't want him and the jays won't want to trade him.

[metafour]

but a guy like Pentecost has yet to do anything and seems to be injury prone, so his value is hit a bit.

 

...which is exactly why trading him would be an absolutely retarded idea. BRB draft him Top 10, sell him a year later for terrible return when he hasn't played a single game.

[HERPDERP]

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago

Sources: Cleveland has been willing to listen on pitching, particularly Carlos Carrasco. May be a match there with Toronto. They've talked.

 

AWW s***

[HERPDERP]

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 40s41 seconds ago

Jays have lots of pieces that could be of interest: Jeff Hoffman, Daniel Norris, Dalton Pompey, Anthony Alford and more. Enough to go big.

[HERPDERP]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 47s47 seconds ago

OAK price for Toronto for Kazmir was something built around one of Jays' best pitching prospects -- too steep for Jays in a buyers' market.

 

Looks like the Athletics felt jipped on the last deal...

[Frenchsoup]

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago

Sources: Cleveland has been willing to listen on pitching, particularly Carlos Carrasco. May be a match there with Toronto. They've talked.

 

AWW s***

 

Carrasco is a difference maker i'd give a ton for him

[glory]

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago

Sources: Cleveland has been willing to listen on pitching, particularly Carlos Carrasco. May be a match there with Toronto. They've talked.

 

AWW s***

 

Now we're f***ing talking.

[Abomination]

I don't have a problem giving up guys like Norris or Hoffman if we're getting a high end pitcher with several years of control. Giving up either of those guys for a two month rental would be absolutely retarded though.

[RealAccountant]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 47s47 seconds ago

OAK price for Toronto for Kazmir was something built around one of Jays' best pitching prospects -- too steep for Jays in a buyers' market.

 

Looks like the Athletics felt jipped on the last deal...

 

So Norris or Hoffman

[HERPDERP]

Would you give up Norris for Carrasco? How much more are you willing to sacrifice?

 

I'd do it.

 

But honestly I expect the Indians to ask for more. Carrasco has been STELLAR