Out-of-left-field trade idea.....
I know this is going to soumd a little nuts, but I had this trade idea whilst watching the Cubs game.
Reds trade: Adam Dunn, Homer Bailey, David Weathers and CoCo Cordero
Cubs trade: Sean Marshall and type A prospect.
I know there are probably hundreds of arguments against this, but I see the Cubs beginning to falter without Kerry Wood.
I think the Reds could make either Jared Burton or Josh Roenicke a closer next year.
The Reds use the saved moeny from Cordero and Dunn to sign a couple of FA outfielders and a high end pitcher.
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Originally Posted by
red-in-la
I know this is going to soumd a little nuts, but I had this trade idea whilst watching the Cubs game.
Reds trade: Adam Dunn, Homer Bailey, David Weathers and CoCo Cordero
Cubs trade: Sean Marshall and type A prospect.
I know there are probably hundreds of arguments against this, but I see the Cubs beginning to falter without Kerry Wood.
I think the Reds could make either Jared Burton or Josh Roenicke a closer next year.
The Reds use the saved moeny from Cordero and Dunn to sign a couple of FA outfielders and a high end pitcher.
I'd do a Cordero for Marshall deal in a heartbeat.
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red-in-la
whilst watching the Cubs game.
There's your problem.
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Not even the Pirates would make that trade! Why, oh why, do folks here decide it's a good thing to give away bunches of players for little return?
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It's very possible that Carlos Marmol is a better closer than Kerry Wood. That dude is freak-nasty on righties especially.
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The Reds would just be giving away players and I would rather not give away a young pitcher like Bailey.
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So you'd short the pen to add more to the back end of the rotation. No thanks.
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Have a look at the list of free agent outfielders and find two worth signing, let us know who you want, how much you pay them and for how long and then we can evaluate better. I think you will be hard pressed to find two worth going after in the next crop.
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Worst trade idea ever. Take a break from watching the shrubs.
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Originally Posted by
red-in-la
I know this is going to soumd a little nuts, but I had this trade idea whilst watching the Cubs game.
Reds trade: Adam Dunn, Homer Bailey, David Weathers and CoCo Cordero
Cubs trade: Sean Marshall and type A prospect.
You're fired as GM. ;)
I'll diagram the six commodities in that trade:
Reds best offensive player and possible future hall of famer +
Overhyped but at least "B" level prospect +
Crap +
Overpaid but solid major league closer under K for three more years.
for
'B' level prospect +
A level prospect
So if you remove the 'B' level prospects and the crap from both sides of the equation you get this:
Adam Dunn and Francisco Cordero for an 'A' level prospect.
Unless that 'A' level prospect is the next Willie Mays, I'm not interested.
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Hooligan
Worst trade idea ever. Take a break from watching the shrubs.
Maybe they need a warning label on the bottom of their broadcast. :D
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For the 80th time... Cordero has a full no trade clause!!!!!!!
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klw
Have a look at the list of free agent outfielders and find two worth signing, let us know who you want, how much you pay them and for how long and then we can evaluate better. I think you will be hard pressed to find two worth going after in the next crop.
Good free agent outfielders, and often not so good outfielders, get signed to high priced long term contracts...and they often seem to go into decline shortly afterward.
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Here is the 2008-9 free agent outfielder class. * means there is an option
Bobby Abreu NYY
Moises Alou NYM
Garret Anderson * LAA
Rocco Baldelli TB
Willie Bloomquist SEA
Emil Brown OAK
Pat Burrell PHI
Endy Chavez NYM
Carl Crawford * TB
Adam Dunn CIN
Jim Edmonds CHC
Juan Encarnacion STL
Cliff Floyd TB
Brian Giles * SD
Ken Griffey Jr. * CIN
Vladimir Guerrero * LAA
Raul Ibanez SEA
Jacque Jones DET
Mark Kotsay ATL
Rob Mackowiak WAS
Kevin Mench TEX
Jason Michaels * CLE
Craig Monroe MIN
Jay Payton BAL
Scott Podsednik COL
Manny Ramirez * BOS
Juan Rivera LAA
Rondell White MIN
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What about Mench to play LF and take a flyer on Encarnacion* to backup CF. I am still convinced that Hairston can play a decent enough CF to play most of the time.
*Assuming Encarnacion can still play