I don't know if I could ever bring myself to cheer for Braun without gagging.
I don't know if I could ever bring myself to cheer for Braun without gagging.
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Aoki is the type of hitter the Reds need to add. Lots of contact, sees lots of pitches, not much power, but always puts up tough AB's. But you hit on the problem with him. Because of his contract, there's not much reason for the Brewers to deal him unless they are blown away.
There are other similar hitters who won't cost nearly as much in terms of talent to get. But he's the right kind of target.
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There was interest in Aoki at the trade deadline but the Brewers declined. Why would they trade him now?
That's probably fair, but it's just robbing Peter to pay Paul. Much like Brandon Phillips, Frazier is flawed, but he's light years better than any in house option (and unlike Phillips isn't attached to a horrible contract at this point). If they'd take Soto and some pitching prospects like Contreras or Corcino, I'd be all over it, but why would they do that? I think the Reds could find a similar guy without giving up Frazier. David Dejesus comes to mind.
How about Phillips and Heisey for Rickie Weeks and Aoki? Weeks has only one overpaid year left as opposed to four for Phillips and Aoki would be an actual answer for the Reds. I'm not liking Weeks so much (better than adding Uggla thou IMO), but adding Aoki with 4 years of control and getting out from under the down side of Phillips deal is pretty appealing. The Brewers would be improving the defense and would still have a spot player to be the 4th OF who can play all 3 spots. They can have Soto too if they want.
Using Weeks' terrible 2013 as a starting point, if his .268 BABIP adjusts to a more normal .300 or so, he'd probably be fairly similar offensively to what we could expect from Phillips (which is a repeat of 2013 IMO). Weeks is actually over a year younger than Phillips and if he bounces back to his 2011 form, the Reds would hold an option for 2015 for a lesser figure than they are obligated to pay Phillips.
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The Angels want pitching,and sources say they've indicated a willingness to other teams to trade Peter Bourjos or/and Mark Trumbo to get it.
Mike Leake for Trumbo and Bourjos - get it done, Walt
CoachBombay (10-29-2013)
Nice thought, but I think the Brewers have a young second baseman that they like. So I don't think the Brewers want Phillips. However, if the Reds trade Phillips somewhere else, maybe the Brewers would like to package Aoki and Weeks to Cincy? Like perhaps absorbing Weeks would lower the price on Aoki?
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