04-04-2010, 12:00 PM
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The part that piqued my interest:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->A club source said the Nationals have discussed a trade for right fielder Corey Hart with the Brewers, <b>and talked to the Cubs about outfielder Kosuke Fukudome</b>. They have even inquired about Rays outfielder B.J. Upton, though they came away feeling Tampa Bay wouldn't part with the 24-year-old speedster unless it was out of the AL East race this summer.
But none of those talks have been particularly substantive; the Nationals and Brewers haven't found common ground on a deal for Hart, who is making $4.8 million in his second year of arbitration. <b>Fukudome, who has underperformed in Chicago since coming over from Japan, still has two years left on a deal that will pay him a combined $26.5 million this season and next year and offer him limited no-trade protection. Unless the Cubs were willing to eat a decent portion of the 32-year-old's contract, it's unlikely the Nationals would land him</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If Colvin is for real and his ST wasn't a fluke, I wouldn't hate a deal sending Fukudome away.
The part that piqued my interest:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->A club source said the Nationals have discussed a trade for right fielder Corey Hart with the Brewers, <b>and talked to the Cubs about outfielder Kosuke Fukudome</b>. They have even inquired about Rays outfielder B.J. Upton, though they came away feeling Tampa Bay wouldn't part with the 24-year-old speedster unless it was out of the AL East race this summer.
But none of those talks have been particularly substantive; the Nationals and Brewers haven't found common ground on a deal for Hart, who is making $4.8 million in his second year of arbitration. <b>Fukudome, who has underperformed in Chicago since coming over from Japan, still has two years left on a deal that will pay him a combined $26.5 million this season and next year and offer him limited no-trade protection. Unless the Cubs were willing to eat a decent portion of the 32-year-old's contract, it's unlikely the Nationals would land him</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If Colvin is for real and his ST wasn't a fluke, I wouldn't hate a deal sending Fukudome away.