Healey's Latest: Shoppach, Lee, Crawford

I'd definitely be interested in kicking the tires on Capuano. If he recovers he'd be a solid #2 in the NL.

wouldn't Crawford make a good fit in Cleveland (even better than Bay), where he can provide a younger Lofton-type in left? Josh Barfield and Cliff Lee would seem like a win-win deal to me...

The Rays need a 2B, and Barfield is going to be a good one... It doesn't have to be Lee, just some major league ready-pitching help... if hes good enough for the Mets, hes got to be good enough for the Rays, right?

If were going to throw out silly trade ideas --

Then why don't the Rays trade the Jays Crawford for Jesse Litch ? If he was good enough to be their bat-boy for four years then wouldn't they want him as their pitcher for the next four years ??? Makes sense to me !

Plus the Jays could get Crawford !!! Which would definetly increase their tickets sales by at least one ticket as far as i can tell.

Why aren't they yanks trying to get some relievers. Capuan o and Sheets are Pavano 2.0 Why not try to acquire chad cordero from the nationals for Johnny Damon. The nats need a center fielder, and I bet Cordero is going to get expensive in arbitration soon. Wouldn't this deal make sense? also they CAN NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT trade Melky. He is god.

Crawford should fetch a little more than Tex I think. They're different type players (power vs speed) but their value/caliber is around the same.

I say Crawford fetches more because Tampa Bay has him signed for cheap through 2010. Barfield and Lee? Please. That'll get laughed at.

Since the Rays want pitching, it has be a young, elite prospect. Gallardo + one or two others (LaPorta?) is something that might interest Tampa Bay.

The 3-way trade with NY/Mil/TB won't work for the same reason all the other major NY trades are being shot down: Cashman won't trade Hughes/Joba/Kennedy.

Crawford will have to go to MIL, Sheets + someone will have to go to NY, and my guess is TB will demand one of the "trinity" and that'll kill the trade.

If MIL wants Crawford that badly, they should just offer Gallardo and get it over with.

As for relievers: would Jim Bowden really trade Cordero for Damon? Then again, it is Bowden...

NY would be better served giving Wood/Prior one year, incentive laden contracts if they hit FA. Cox/Beam/Melancon should be up soon.

I bet Bowden would ask for Joba or Phil Hughes for Chad Cordero. Just to start. The man is a drunken greedy lunatic.

Here's my idea for getting Crawford in a Brewers jersey: Bill Hall and Manny Parra. Parra is a good pitching prospect and Hall could play shortstop for them until they can call up Reid Brignac. Now that I think about it this deal makes so much sense. Crawford, and Weeks at the top of the order, Fielder, Braun, Hart, Hardy in the middle of the order. Thats real good.

Heck, that trade actually does make even more sense when you consider that if the brewers want crawford bad enough, they have a replacement for jj hardy in bill hall, having him play shortstop and carl crawford taking over in center.

when he became the 'face of the franchise' I guess

The asking price for Carl Crawford is that because carl crawford is a 26 year old outfielder who regularly hits around .300, has an OBP around .350, and slugs close to .450, now that equates to a .820 OPS.

OH...
lets not forget that outfielder can hit in any one of the top 3 spots in the lineup, can steal 60 bases, can play gold glove defense, has never caused a bit of trouble, and has been one hell of a teammate

Dude, there are a ton of statistics that crawford is very good at instead of just being an .820 OPS guy, that along with his speed, age, defense, and very very below market contract is what makes him worth gallardo and hardy. There is no one on the market who can match his speed, defense, and age, so the Drays can ask for plenty of quality in return for him.

Good grief people, some of you need to get a clue.

Oh i agree, with all the prospects they have coming up, they can definitely afford crawford until 2011 it makes perfect sense for them to keep and trade either baldelli or gomes and get some relivers or veteran starters in return. Let Delmon and Crawford be there for when all the young pitchers and position players are ready to contribute. That is why I am saying that if the Rays are going to trade Crawford, it is going to take a nice return, and gallardo and hardy are the return that it will take for milwakee to get crawford.

Bill Madden is pretty bad.

bravesbeast, as a Rays fan I don't think it would take Hardy and Gallardo to get Crawford. However, one of them would be required. If it were Hardy, a top, MLB-ready prospect would also be required, such as Manny Parra, and maybe even a little more. If it were Gallardo, then maybe throwing in Bill Hall gets it done.