Comments on: When the Blue Jays trade a pitcher

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:39:34 +0000

Brad Penny, Mark Kotsay and Julio Lugo

That’s a bigger and more absurd fantasy than our joke of saying IPK+Melky=Anyone. I have no more words.

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:49:09 +0000

pfft!

any trade should look like this:

Doc+Wells=any one top prospect or any two ‘b’ prospects.

if we eat that much salary…wow…

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:28:43 +0000

…didnt the Jays have AJ and Halladay last year…and they still sucked, right?

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:26:36 +0000

now THATS what i’m talking about

…but to be honest, its important to maintain trading partners, so we should throw something in so they feel like they won…something like…Duncan.

By: Peter Lacock

Peter Lacock — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:18:33 +0000

Exactly

By: Whitey14

Whitey14 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:16:26 +0000

You’ve gotta think the cost to the Sox or Yanks is an additional good prospect over and above what they’d expect from teams that are not within the division. I just can’t see either team pulling this off (especially when they could still potentially just buy him after 2010). I’m not in favor of Boston trading Buchholz, Bowden, Bard, Hagadone, Riddick, Kalish, Anderson, or anybody that could possible catch or play SS in the bigs in the near future. So basically, if they can get it done for Brad Penny, Mark Kotsay and Julio Lugo, I’d be all for it. To show what a good sport I am, I’d even toss in J.D. Drew and let them send Alexis Rios over with Halladay.

By: Peter Lacock

Peter Lacock — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:14:03 +0000

I was against trading for Santana but I’d do it now (the Yanks weren’t one SP away then) and I’d trade for Halladay especially if that’s all it costs. (THAT’S ALL? are you kidding me?) I figured Cano, Joba or Hughes, AJax AND Montero plus others, like Melancon or ZMac or maybe Nova plus Russo or Pena.
Halladay would take the pressure off CC (that I’m not sure he can handle) and make everyone else around him better. It would be better than Schilling-Big Unit et al.
He would have to agree to an extension. I’d offer Montero and keep AJax for the future +D backing the aces. Melancon is a reliever-no big. Joba or Hughes is a toss up but with a gun to my head I guess give’m Hughes and keep Joba in the rotation. None of them have proven to be anything close to an #1 ace like Halladay.
This would instantly make the Yanks prohibitive championship favorites for the next five years. Plenty of time to develop another SP, C-DH and reliever. I definitely make a trade that, as close as it can be to it, guarantees multiple championships.
King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, A-#1, Top of the List.
C-Money should call the Mets too and see if they’re ready to tear it up and lose Santana yet.

By: pollo

pollo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:55:58 +0000

Holy shit that’s all they want?

Send them Hughes+Melancon+Ajax and call it a W for the Yanks the next 5 years

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:27:18 +0000

Why would they weaken this yrs team by trading either Hughes or Joba?

it won’t happen. have you failed to watch cashman operate as gm??

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:26:04 +0000

Its revisionist history from people who weren’t old enough to actually live thru the George years. He wasn’t the one who traded prospects back then and he wasn’t following the papers and making trades based on what writers said.