Rangers Expected To Be Sellers

Who would possibly trade for Michael Young when he's owed $16 million a year for his age 32-36 seasons?

Depending on what they can get they might have a very good future. They might want to move Kinsler to the OF and Young back to 2B though.

But a core line up of Hamilton, Kinsler, Salty and Young isn't too bad.

Hank Blalock to thee Dodgers, please!

Hank Blalock to the dodgers sounds about right. They can lock him up to block Laroche for even longer.

I am surprised that Millwood didnt get a lot more attention during the Winter, we heard about Blanton all winter, and heard almost nothing about teams interested in Millwood.

asm, the thing is the Mets have to wait like 6-8 more weeks and if some of their lower level talent from last year keeps producing in the minors then there may be a chance. Millwood and Young are both good players on a winning team, but not elite talent you have to gut the farm for. It doesnt seem like the Mets have much well known talent in their minors at all, but that doesnt mean there arent guys there that people may like. Guys like Pelfrey, Carp, Niese, Evans, Murphy, Owen, Pena, Parnell, Gee, Marte all may hold some sort of value 2 months from now. It depends how the Mets prospects progress, and if any of the unknown young latin american talent in the Met system starts to show any real value. A trade bringing in value like this would be very unlikely, but not completely out of the question imo.

Blalock to the Dodgers would somehow presume that Colleti has the ability to make a good deal, which he doesn't.

I sometimes wonder if he isnt the worst GM in baseball.

After being surprised by Drew's departure, he overreacts and signs Pierre to one of the worst contracts in history. Then he signs Nomar to an equally miserable deal. His signing of Andruw Jones and Jason Schmidt add to his ineptitude.

asm, I think you just banged the nail on the head with Pagan about moving him NOW while they may be able to pawn him off as a legit CF before the league realizes he is a 4th outfielder.

Dont let them hear you talking about trading the superstar angel pagan around Metsblog though, they love him over there. I like him as a player and all, but he is really been on a lucky streak and has gotten some timely hits to a point where people start to think he is clutch, but really he is a 4th OF. He doesnt have much pop, his fielding is actually pretty bad, atleast in left (havent seen him in CF), but he makes up for it with good speed. He switch hits, which is nice, but he doesnt have good plate discipline, and doesnt have enough power to warrant starting in a corner. And despite his great speed, he only has 2 steals (both last night), despite being on base a lot. Once Alou gets back Pagan is useless, because Endy can do the job of 4th OF and late game replacement, and is a better fielder.

The people who tell you Pagan should remain the everyday LF are CRAZY. In my opinion, there is nobody on the DL in the NL that their respective team misses more then Alou. More then Rollins even, because without Alou, Delgado is protecting Beltran, and Beltran cant get a fastball to hit. So our 4/5 hitters are almost useless right now. Once Alou gets back into the lineup, Beltran starts seeing more fastballs, and also Delgado in the 6 or 7 spot gets more atbats with guys on with a now protected Beltran and Alou's steady 300 average, and he will see better pitches to hit. It really is a chain reaction.

Pelfrey is pitching pretty well so far, and he seems like a perfect type of pitcher for Texas because he throws a power sinker when he is right. He could be very effective in Texas keeping the ball on the ground. If Pelfrey, Pagan, Parnell and a one more prospect of Texas' choosing not named F-Mart along with taking all of the salary back from those 2 guys would get it done, I would pull the trigger in a second. Maybe they would have interest in Heilman. I would even eat Castillo's whole salary and throw him in as well. For the team that Omar built that is ready and almost has to win right now, it seems to make sense.

SS Reyes
2B Young
3B Wright
CF Beltran
LF Alou
RF Church
1B Delgado
C Schneider

Johan Santana
John Maine
Oliver Perez
Kevin Millwood
Nelson Figueroa and eventually Pedro Martinez

They might as well go for it, the system is gutted, might as well finish the job, go for it all, hope to hit a home run in the upcoming draft, and build it back up.