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Why trade young, cheap top-50 prospects for a washed up, expensive veteran?
Gambo has been stead fast in saying there's no interest because of cost.
Trade Rumors Swirl Around Jake Peavy
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/trade-r...170100768.html
Arizona Diamondbacks
GM Kevin Towers has not openly admitted his interest in Peavy, but the recent implosions by Ian Kennedy and overall youth of the Arizona rotation mean the Diamondbacks will at least make a play for Peavy. Arizona scouts were present at his most recent start, though they conceivably could have been looking at Matt Lindstrom.
While they, too, have the prospects to net a player of Peavy's caliber, the cost in talent and dollars may deter Arizona from being serious contenders. The White Sox would likely ask for talented rookie Adam Eaton, but a deal involving blocked shortstop prospect Chris Owings and/or Triple-A third baseman Matt Davidson could certainly be reasonable.
IMO not sure why eaton is untouchable?
Why trade young, cheap top-50 prospects for a washed up, expensive veteran?
Gambo has been stead fast in saying there's no interest because of cost.
not trading pitchers and getting rid of extra outfielders I make the move
dbacks need a vet starter ian is not that man
I would trade ian ot just FLAT OUT GIVE THAT GUY away
Trade Kennedy and Kubel for relievers.
Stand pat offensively and wait for September call ups of Davidson/Owings.
Make rotation Corbin, Miley, Cahill, Skaggs, Delgado with McCarthy as occasional sixth member and mostly long relief alongside Collmentor.
Have Ziegler remain closer, occasionally throwing Putz if necessary, with Harris as 8th inning guy and Hernandez/Bell as 6th/7th inning, and acquisitions used as specialists.
Phillies To Listen To Offers On Cliff Lee
By Charlie Wilmoth [July 26 at 6:36pm CST]
The Phillies will listen to offers on starting pitcher Cliff Lee, ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports. It doesn't sound like GM Ruben Amaro Jr. is in any rush to move Lee, however. "Although we don't have any desire to move a guy like that because we view him as someone who will be key to our future, I am a businessperson as well and I'll be a good listener," Amaro says.
If the Phillies were to become more receptive to moving Lee, it would mark a dramatic change in the trade market for starting pitching. With the Cubs having found a new home for Matt Garza in Texas, some of the top potential trade targets remaining include Jake Peavy, Ervin Santana, Bud Norris and Yovani Gallardo, and it's far from certain that all those players will be dealt.
As Crasnick suggests, Lee's contract will be an obstacle for potential suitors, particularly those with smaller payrolls. Lee has a salary of $25MM this season, and is owed $25MM per season for both 2014 and 2015. He has a $27.5MM club option for 2016 with a $12.5MM buyout. He has a limited no-trade clause that allows him to decline trades to 21 teams. Lee, 34, has a 3.05 ERA with 8.1 K/9 and 1.4 BB/9 this season.
The Phillies have lost five in a row, and their chances of making the playoffs are remote -- they're eight games back in the NL East, and 9.5 games back in the NL Wild Card chase. But Amaro still sounds noncommital about selling at the deadline, even if he's potentially open to it. "I can't sit here and say I'm not going to trade Chase (Utley), or Cliff, or Michael Young or Chooch (Carlos Ruiz), or any of these guys," he says. "Some guys are less tradeable than others. But I think I owe it to us as an organization to listen."
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would dodgers think Puig is untouchable to get lee?
Phillies waited too long. The best package to get was the package Cubs got for Garza from Texas.
Diamondbacks aren't trading Bradley, nor do I think they trade Skaggs.
I could see a Holmberg/Delgado with either Davidson or Owings being offered, but I'm not sure two 3/4-type rotation pitching prospects and maybe an All-Star level infield prospect is enough.
Maybe if they include Chafin for a dominant bullpen prospect and swap in Pollock for Holmerg?
Delgado/Pollock are major league proven, and each has played incredible at times, while Chafin is dominating double AA and has elite closer stuff or 3/4 rotation stuff. Similar to Holmberg, but more versatile, but maybe less likely to succeed as a starter long term.
Either way, I don't see a major move like that.
trading Delgado right now. I'd like to see what he has. Let him pitch out this season as a starter. I see his value only going up. His ceiling might be as high as a great #3, quality #2.
I think Delgado/Holmberg/prospect could fetch a James Shields-type pitcher in the offseason.
Pirates, D'Backs Front Runners For Brian Wilson
By Tim Dierkes [July 29 at 2:52pm CST]
The Pirates and Diamondbacks are the strong front runners for free agent reliever Brian Wilson, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today, who notes that Wilson has offers from four NL teams and one AL club. Yesterday, Yahoo's Tim Brown noted interest from the same mix of five teams.
Wilson, 31, auditioned for teams Thursday with the Pirates, Diamondbacks, Athletics, Giants, Phillies, Rangers, Rockies and Cardinals in attendance. The former Giants closer had Tommy John surgery in April 2012.
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Diamondbacks Shopping Kubel, Kennedy
By Steve Adams [July 29 at 5:40pm CST]
The Diamondbacks have been shopping Jason Kubel and Ian Kennedy, according to Peter Gammons of the MLB Network (on Twitter). Gammons notes that the salary they would save by moving both players still wouldn't be enough to offset the acquisition of Jake Peavy, a favorite of Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers. Both Kubel and Kennedy have struggled in 2013.
Kubel, 31, belted 30 homers last year in his first season with the Snakes, but his overall production masked a dreadful second half. Kubel hit .201/.275/.470 following the All-Star break last season, and he's batting just .234/.312/.356 with five homers this season. He's battled a quad injury that has required two trips to the DL this season in the second year of a two-year, $15MM contract he signed in Decmeber 2011. Kubel's deal also contains a mutual option for 2015.
Kennedy, 28, has a 5.22 ERA with 7.6 K/9, 3.4 BB/9 and a 36.2 percent ground-ball rate in 119 innings this season. Each of those represents the worst full-season mark of Kennedy's career, though his primary problem has been struggles with men on base. Kennedy has stranded just 65.9 percent of baserunners this season -- a drastic decline from his career mark of 74.9 percent he carried into this season. Kennedy is earning $4.27MM this season and is controlled through the 2015 season as an arbitration-eligible player.
Padres waking up again. They're 9 1/2 games out and the Doyers are rolling, but if they can get healthy I think they'll contend for a playoff berth through September, which is what I wanted to see in the beginning of the season.
Padres To Acquire Ian Kennedy
By Tim Dierkes [July 31 at 1:10pm CST]
The Padres have bolstered their rotation for the present and future, acquiring righty Ian Kennedy from the division rival Diamondbacks for lefty reliever Joe Thatcher, Double-A reliever Matt S es, and a compensation round B draft pick, according to a tweet from MLB.com's Corey Brock. It's a surprisingly light haul for Kennedy, a 28-year-old who is under team control through 2015 as an arbitration eligible player.
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Drafted 21st overall by the Yankees in '06, Kennedy joined Arizona in the December 2009 three-team trade with the Yanks and Tigers, at a time when Josh Byrnes was the Diamondbacks' GM. Byrnes was fired the following year and later landed the GM job in San Diego, while Kevin Towers took over for Arizona. Clearly, Byrnes has an affinity for Kennedy, who tossed 624 1/3 regular season innings from 2010-12 with a 3.55 ERA. Kennedy's walk rate worsened this year, en route to a 5.23 ERA in 124 frames. His skills suggest something closer to 4.00 moving forward. Kennedy scored a near-record $4.265MM salary for 2013, his first arbitration year, and MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projects a mild raise to the $5.9MM range for 2014.
Thatcher is a useful left-handed specialist who joined the Padres in a July 2007 trade brokered by Towers. The 31-year-old has a 2.10 ERA, 8.7 K/9, 1.2 BB/9, 0.90 HR/9, and 42.4% groundball rate in 30 innings this year. He's faced 70 lefty batters and held them to a .212/.257/.231 line. Earning $1.35MM this year, Thatcher is under team control through 2014 as an arbitration eligible player.
S es, a 23-year-old reliever, has a 2.08 ERA, 8.8 K/9, 1.4 BB/9, and 1.04 HR/9 in 52 Double-A innings this year. Prior to the season Baseball America ranked the 5'11" S es 27th among Padres prospects.
ian needed to go
Padres gonna make a run at the postseason!
Good trade for both. Thatcher really helps AZ situational bullpen, and they got a great closer prospect in S es, and a solid top-75ish pick.
Kennedy really had no value, so that's a solid haul.
Kennedy should do better at Petco, where I'm currently at. No announcement. Weird.
yeah I like this trade
just wish kubel was gone for anything
heard they got a few calls but kt did nothing useless
wished dbacks still had parker over cahill
Dodgers
overbay big hit
lol d-backs. gots
no that would be the dodgers
ing Dodgers
C'mon Arizona!
Arizona has no chance to catch Dodgers without a drastic and abrupt end to this current Dodgers team.
They have enough for the wildcard, but need to find a groove. They haven't been groovin' since early June. Played under .500 last 60 games.
I ship cahill out asp
I realize this, but one can still hope
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