Comments on: 2009 Holes

By: Jon Shields

Jon Shields — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:38:46 +0000

Yes, he’s a non-prospect and might come very cheap because of it. I would explore a Hoffpauir/Pie trade. Pie could be had much easier this season than last offseason, and he still has some upside even though the Cubs have lost their faith in him already.

By: pmbaseball7

pmbaseball7 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:32:49 +0000

Another player I would love the mariners to pick up would be Micah Hoffpauir who was mentioned in the article. He hits lefty and in 71 games in AAA he hit .362 with 25 hrs and 100 rbi’s. I think he’ll be 28 or 29 in march.

By: Jon Shields

Jon Shields — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:54:44 +0000

I would love a Putz for Joyce or Putz for Clevlen/Larish type of deal, and it seems possible. The only problem is that the closer market has gotten a lot deeper this offseason and Putz isn’t as valuable because of it. The Tigers can sign Hoffman to a fair deal without losing anyone. The Mets seem like the number one possibility for Putz, but they don’t have anyone quite as interesting (at least that they’d be willing to part with).

Unfortunately, Batista just sours any deal. I think we’re stuck with him, unless we eat almost his entire contract. There’s only a couple GMs out there that are dumb enough to bite on Batista, but even they may not be dumb enough.

By: pmbaseball7

pmbaseball7 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:17:38 +0000

Yeah the Tigers do have a lot of young OF talent. So maybe Reed wouldn’t be dealt to them but maybe a pitching prospect instead. And that other player in the Magglio deal could be C Adam Moore or Rob Johnson. But if they couldn’t get Mags they could get Brent Clevelen or Matt Joyce, or maybe even Jeff Larish. Batista would be in the deal just as a throw in to get rid of him.

By: Jon Shields

Jon Shields — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:12:28 +0000

Magglio has one guarenteed year left on his contract ($18M). Batista is owed $9M for his final year and Putz is owed $5M. To make a smart trade they have to either save a lot more than $4M or get a lot more talent in return.

Also, they have no use for Reed. They have a pretty good surplus of young MLB ready outfielders with much more upside than Reed.

By: Dustin Shires

Dustin Shires — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:15:59 +0000

The Tigers want to move Magglio and that disgusting contract. I’m willing to bet that the deal would be fairly close to that…

By: Jon Shields

Jon Shields — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:40:49 +0000

^That would be solid, but I don’t see how Putz, Reed and Batista could ever get Magglio. There is only one player of value going to Detroit.

By: pmbaseball7

pmbaseball7 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:29:57 +0000

I think that the M’s should do these things in the offseason.

Trade #1- Jarrod Washburn, Adrian Beltre for Brewers SS J.J. Hardy
Trade#2- Yuniesky Betancourt for Royals LF/DH Billy Butler
Trade#3- J.J. Putz, Jeremy Reed, Miguel Batista and another player for Tigers RF Magglio Ordonez

Sign Free Agents 3B Joe Crede, CL Chad Cordero, 1B Eric Hinske, and maybe OF/DH Milton Bradley

If all this goes as my plan. Here is what my 2009 projected lineup would look like.
1. Ichiro CF
2. Jose Lopez 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez RF
4. Milton Bradley LF/DH
5. J.J. Hardy SS
6. Billy Butler DH/LF
7. Joe Crede 3B
8. Eric Hinske 1B/ or Mike Morse
9. Jeff Clement C/ or Kenji Johjima

I think this looks like a promising lineup
and I think the rotation would look like this
Starters:
Felix Hernandez RHP
Erik Bedard LHP
Brandon Morrow RHP
Ryan Rowland-Smith LHP
Carlos Silva RHP

Bullpen:
Chad Cordero CL
Sean Green SU
R.A. Dickey MR
Roy Corcoran MR
Justin Thomas MR
Cesar Jimenez LR
Mark Lowe MR

and if we sign Josh Fields sometime he could replace somebody. I saw him when i was at the College World Series and this guy has NASTY stuff.