05-15-2009, 12:06 PM
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I'm warming up to this team, but I'm still scared about the injuries and our pen. A nice deadline trade would go a long way towards me feeling confident about this season.
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Once this team gets healthy, what kind of deal would you like them to make? If this team ever gets to 100% then we will have no problem with the offense. The only place I could see making a trade for would be bullpen, but I am not sure who we would go after and I am not sure that trading prospects for a bullpen guy is a good idea.
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What I'd love to see is a deal for a true, shut-down ace. All of our starters are very good -- and sometimes great. But we're still lacking that Curt Schilling or Josh Beckett or Cole Hamels who is absolutely nails in the postseason -- someone you can almost count on to throw a shutout or a 1-run game. If someone like that became available, I'd love to make the deal. No idea who that would be...any guys like that in the last year of their contract?
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That's what I was thinking as well. And as far as the bullpen is concerned, we may actually be able to acquire someone for very little if we are willing to assume some payroll. It may not be a necessity in a month or two though, so we need to let things play out for a little while longer. At the end of the day, our lineup when healthy is good enough, and 3-4 of our SPs should be decent enough. Everything in between is still a little suspect, but we don't need to make any panic deals unless these injuries are more prolonged or become more widespread than we thought.
I'm warming up to this team, but I'm still scared about the injuries and our pen. A nice deadline trade would go a long way towards me feeling confident about this season.
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Once this team gets healthy, what kind of deal would you like them to make? If this team ever gets to 100% then we will have no problem with the offense. The only place I could see making a trade for would be bullpen, but I am not sure who we would go after and I am not sure that trading prospects for a bullpen guy is a good idea.
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What I'd love to see is a deal for a true, shut-down ace. All of our starters are very good -- and sometimes great. But we're still lacking that Curt Schilling or Josh Beckett or Cole Hamels who is absolutely nails in the postseason -- someone you can almost count on to throw a shutout or a 1-run game. If someone like that became available, I'd love to make the deal. No idea who that would be...any guys like that in the last year of their contract?
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That's what I was thinking as well. And as far as the bullpen is concerned, we may actually be able to acquire someone for very little if we are willing to assume some payroll. It may not be a necessity in a month or two though, so we need to let things play out for a little while longer. At the end of the day, our lineup when healthy is good enough, and 3-4 of our SPs should be decent enough. Everything in between is still a little suspect, but we don't need to make any panic deals unless these injuries are more prolonged or become more widespread than we thought.