I think it's pretty clear that EE has a wider view of opinions than really about anyone this side of Homer Bailey out there.
I think that should be remembered, because the same is probably true in front offices in the MLB. You'll find some people who like him and thus should not be treated as a scrap trade piece, but there are probably some that totally don't value his skillset. He has trade value, as it really only takes a few bidders, but I do think that there are teams out there, and the Jays could very well be included where there would be very little interest in a player such as EE.
OK, I will try again.
OBM reported (from Hal McCoy's blog) that the Jays were not interested in EE. Instead, they wanted prospects. I tried to make a point that for the money to work, the Jays needed to take EE's contract which will pay $4.75M next year. That would effectively reduce the cost of Rolen to around $4.5M for '09 and $6.25M for '10. I also argued that if the Jays did not take EE in the trade, the Reds would have no place to play him. The choices would be to carry him as a bench player, move him to LF, trade him, or eat his salary. Since the Jays want prospects, I suggested that the Reds include one with EE. That could make it work. There is no imperative to have someone take EE off our hands at any cost. Nor was it my intent to demean EE in the process. I was simply looking for a way to make the swap work from a financial standpoint, since that seems to be the big sticking point.
I agree, and actually updated my post a little bit while you were posting to reflect that.
In my post I was agreeing with that point, but at the same time, I think there are a lot of front offices who would have absolutely no interest in acquiring him as a major trading return.
Yonder Alonso, Homer Bailey, Bronson Arroyo, Edwin Encarnacion, and either Stubbs or Heisey
for
Roy Halladay and Scott Rolen.
Who hangs up first?
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Maybe, although both Rolen and Halladay are signed through 2010, giving the Reds a 2 year window to really go for it all.
After that, you still have Frazier/Francisco to step in at 3B and Stewart/Wood/Leake to step into the rotation.
You also still have Cozart for SS and either Stubbs or Heisey for CF.
Not saying I would do it, just something interesting to think about...
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Back to the Rolen rumor, ESPN has it listed as "debunked" but I cant read the details since it's Insider content.
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