Anyone think the O's would do Dunn for Bedard, Penn, and maybe Markakis?
Anyone think the O's would do Dunn for Bedard, Penn, and maybe Markakis?
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As I have said before, once the Reds have five solid openers, they can then worry about a closer. Trading Dunn for Lidge is just a bad idea. Very few closers last more than 4-5 years while a solid hitter can last up to 10.
Nor did I see any poster say he claimed that. They simply considered if they liked the idea of trading a young stud hitter for a young stud closer. The consensus seems to be no.Originally Posted by tts1stros
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Baltimore wouldn't even do Bedard for Dunn, if you believe the rumors.Originally Posted by juniorfan91
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Here's my list of realistic players/packages I'd make for Adam Dunn
Anaheim : Ervin Santana and Brandon Wood
Atlanta : Kyle Davies and Brian McCann
Arizona : Conor Jackson or Carlos Quentin and Stephen Drew
Baltimore : Erik Bedard and Nick Markasis
Boston : Jon Papelbon and Jon Lester
Cleveland : Jeremy Sowers or Adam Miller and Ryan Garko
Chicago (AL) : Brandon McCarthy and Brian Anderson
Los Angeles : Chad Billingsley and Andy LaRoche or Russ Martin
New York (NL) : Lastings Milledge and Aaron Heilman
New York (AL) : Eric Duncan, Phillip Hughes, and Sean Henn (they're rich!)
Oakland : Daric Barton and Rich Harden
Pittsburgh : Zach Duke....straight up
Texas : Thomas Diamond and Ian Kinsler
Toronto : Roy Halladay and Orlando Hudson
That's about it.
I've said before that any deal with the Astros would have to start with either Oswalt or Lidge. Even at that, while I might do Oswalt close to straight up, it would take more than just Lidge. Say, Burke, Nieves and another very good minor league starter - or maybe Backe and Lane - (with maybe one other player coming from us).
Don't think the Astros would buy that and I'm still not sure it would be worth it to deal Dunn either.
Last edited by corkedbat; 12-12-2005 at 08:51 AM.
dougflynn, you're pretty high on Zach Duke aren't you?
In a trade with Toronto it takes Hudson in addition to Halladay to get you to move Dunn, but you'll do Dunn for Duke straight up?
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What about that Hernandez kid from Seattle?
Dunn for Lidge makes sense, if...
You're going to turn around and deal Lidge for a better haul than you'd get by dealing Dunn.
(Personally, I have little reason to believe that DanO's the guy to hatch such a scheme, let alone carry it out.)
I've mentioned it before, but I'll say it again. Two years ago, my uncle did some freelance work for the Cards & MLB.com. He hung around the St. Loo clubhouse during the season, as well as the post-season. The general consensus among the Cards during the '04 playoffs was that Lidge had the sickest stuff of anyone in the NL. Anyone.
Now it's time to turn in a paper & take a final.
Ciao.
I bet St. Louis wouldn't trade Pujols for him, not matter how "sick" his stuff is.Originally Posted by 15fan
Speaking of "sick", I've had the head cold for days now, maybe I'll get over it by spring.
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
considering that marte and lester maybe enough to get lidge to bostoni I'd pass plus a closer isnt what you trade your 1 proven star for.
Seattle honestly will give you a hell no.Originally Posted by StillFunkyB
Jpup... you arent seriously comparing Adam Dunn to Albert Pujols are you?
Rabid Astros Fan !
What are you talking about?Originally Posted by Astrobuddy
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Originally Posted by Astrobuddy
I don't know where this came from?
'When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg.'
-Snoop on his retirement
Your Mom is happy.
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