Troy Glaus Available

The general feeling, based on comments from Troy Glaus and J.P. Ricciardi, has been that Glaus is staying put.  However, a Toronto Sun article from Bob Elliott quotes an NL scout saying that Glaus is indeed available.  The 31 year-old third baseman would be hard to replace, so he won't come cheap.  No reason Ricciardi shouldn't at least field offers.

Glaus, of course, has a full no-trade clause.  When he was last traded, he required an $11.25MM player option for '09 be added to his deal.  At present he will make another $4.4MM this year and $12.75MM in '08.  If he were to concede to another trade, maybe he'd want $26-30MM guaranteed for 2009-10.  Just a guess. 

The common sentiment is that Glaus would end up back in California if traded.  Elliott names the Padres and Angels as teams in need of a power-hitting third-sacker.  But let's give some props to rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff, who is hitting .283/.338/.500 since May 1st.  Elliott says the Dodgers aren't in on Glaus, leaving a return to the Halos are the most feasible scenario.  He'd be a perfect addition for the Angels, who are ninth in the league in slugging.

Comments

[BaLLooNNoT]

That would be good and Toronto should get a nice return. I'd then prefer them go to Tampa and get Wiggy to man 3b instead of Wiggy to the Yanks. As a Mets fan, I love wiggy and would hate to see him (along with a guy like Piazza) going to the evil empire.

Wiggy could be a real nice option for Toronto since he's fairly cheap and under contract for another couple seasons.

[Mr_Punch]

"He'd be a perfect addition for the Angels, who are ninth in the league in slugging."

Yup...but are they finally willing to trade some prospects? God, this is a team ready for a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP if they could just put another big bat in the line up. Tim is right, Glaus would be perfect, as he can play 3rd for them. Dunn could also work, DHing.

[SBE]

Agree Mr_Punch, it's mind-boggling why Stoneman will not deal a prospect or two for a true slugger to pair with Vlad.

The team would have WS Champion written all over it if they picked up a guy like Dunn or Glaus.

[Blue]

Not only that, but guys like Kendry Morales and Erick Aybar are just rotting on the Angels' bench. Jeff Mathis could use a change of scenery. These are all guys that the Angels can't/won't use, and yet, refuse to trade.

[ArodSucksAtLife]

Who plays third for the Jays if he leaves?

[Guitar Hero]

The Jays shouldn't trade Glaus because:

- he's good and signed at a reasonable rate the next 2 years and there is practically no one on the market for Infield positions, and they have no one in the organization to replace him. Furthermore, they put a lot of money into trying to win now, making it hard later, so may as well keep him and try and win next year with exact same team.

With that being said, it would have to be Brandon Wood (to play 3b) coming back (who has struggled this year to lower his stock), or Andy Laroche from the Dodgers (never say never with a team, they could be lying). I like Wilson Betemit to play a middle infield positoin but there's prolly have to be a small someone else with Betemit.

[Blue]

A small someone else? You mean like Eddie Gaedel?

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/Eddie-Gaedel.shtml

[bravesrule14]

isnt Gaedel the midget that played for the Browns for one game?

[Blue]

heh. yeah.

[Kramerica Industries]

"Wilson is due $14.25 million over the next two seasons, which could make him tough to move. But there are teams (the Red Sox, Mets and maybe even the White Sox) who would take him if he were packaged with some of Pittsburgh's young pitching."

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070721rogersbrite,1,1070718.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines

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