06-02-2010, 01:44 PM
<!--quoteo(post=99488:date=Jun 2 2010, 09:12 AM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Jun 2 2010, 09:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This team can not firesale. Its just not possible, we have too many big and long contracts.
That said, Ace is right, there is no reason why we shouldn't start looking to move some of our guys right now,
Is there still a possibility we could make a wildcard run, yeah I honestly think so, but the chances are fairly low and like Ace said, I don't think the drop offs from replacement guys would even be very noticeable.
In our current situation our most tradable and valuable players are probably Lilly, Lee, Theriot and Fukudome. Everyone else either has too big or long of a contract or is more valuable to us on the team than traded away in my opinion.
Lilly is in the last year of his contract, still pitching well, he would almost certainly fetch some valuable pieces and we have Gorzelanny or Cashner to fill his spot without a very big drop off.
Lee is in the last year of his contract as well which makes him far easier to trade this year than last year. Almost no chance he is back and if we eat most of his contract this year someone is gonna give something solid for him. And again in the last year of his deal, knowing he wont be back he is far more likely to waive his NTC. He can be replaced by Nady with little drop-off.
Theriot, to me, is now a bench player, but he still has 9/10 steals and seems to have a reputation around the league of being a smart scrappy little player (despite that being very false) I think we could easily move him for something useful.
Fukudome also now has only 1 more year left after this year and has shown to be smart, good defensively and have consistent OBPs, again if we eat some contract he should fetch something useful and he can be replaced by Colvin.
All of those moves help us continue to build up for 2013, when I think our next true window opens, while only being a small hit to the chances of us making the playoffs this year.
I think thats the smart and right thing to do.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with most of this, except I think that we can be competitive even by 2011 or 2012 if we do things the right way. Also, speaking of players with value, Silva would be useful to a lot of teams as well, but we would have to pay a large chunk of his salary.
I expect none of this to actually happen, but it's a nice discussion to have.
That said, Ace is right, there is no reason why we shouldn't start looking to move some of our guys right now,
Is there still a possibility we could make a wildcard run, yeah I honestly think so, but the chances are fairly low and like Ace said, I don't think the drop offs from replacement guys would even be very noticeable.
In our current situation our most tradable and valuable players are probably Lilly, Lee, Theriot and Fukudome. Everyone else either has too big or long of a contract or is more valuable to us on the team than traded away in my opinion.
Lilly is in the last year of his contract, still pitching well, he would almost certainly fetch some valuable pieces and we have Gorzelanny or Cashner to fill his spot without a very big drop off.
Lee is in the last year of his contract as well which makes him far easier to trade this year than last year. Almost no chance he is back and if we eat most of his contract this year someone is gonna give something solid for him. And again in the last year of his deal, knowing he wont be back he is far more likely to waive his NTC. He can be replaced by Nady with little drop-off.
Theriot, to me, is now a bench player, but he still has 9/10 steals and seems to have a reputation around the league of being a smart scrappy little player (despite that being very false) I think we could easily move him for something useful.
Fukudome also now has only 1 more year left after this year and has shown to be smart, good defensively and have consistent OBPs, again if we eat some contract he should fetch something useful and he can be replaced by Colvin.
All of those moves help us continue to build up for 2013, when I think our next true window opens, while only being a small hit to the chances of us making the playoffs this year.
I think thats the smart and right thing to do.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with most of this, except I think that we can be competitive even by 2011 or 2012 if we do things the right way. Also, speaking of players with value, Silva would be useful to a lot of teams as well, but we would have to pay a large chunk of his salary.
I expect none of this to actually happen, but it's a nice discussion to have.