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More Rosenthal's Latest

By Nat Boyle [May 4, 2008 at 10:39am CST]

Slow day for rumors, and yet Ken Rosenthal gets two posts! No surprise there. This time from his nifty sidebar Notes of Importance:

With John Smoltz returning as the closer, the Braves will be exploring trades for a starter. Rosenthal says Atlanta could afford to give up prospects but won't overpay. MLBTR covered this a couple days ago.
Doing his best Monty Python, Rosenthal looks on the bright of life and sees the Troy Tulowitzki injury as an opportunity for Clint Barmes to rebuild his trade value. If he can produce anywhere near the level of his 80+ games in '05 then Barmes could generate a lot of interest. If not, then we'll continue to mention venison whenever Barmes comes up in conversation. I think Barmes has a lot of proving to do to be looked at favorably by scouts as he'd become a bit of a liability for the Rockies both in the field and at the plate.
At the moment, the Nationals are carrying three catchers: Paul Lo Duca, Johnny Estrada, and Wil Nieves. Lo Duca is off the DL and returning to starting. Estrada is making $1.25MM and could be released, suggest Rosenthal. Nieves, however, signed with the Nats for less money over the Yankees in the offseason, hoping for a better opportunity. If the Nats put him on waivers, the Yankees - who wanted to retain Nieves - may indeed claim him if they view him as a better option than Chad Moeller.

By Nat Boyle

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Could the Braves be interested in one of the many Rays pitchers? I'm sure the Braves could go after Hammel, Sonnastine or Howell. It'd cost far less than some of the other options, and those guys could be capable of producing some decent numbers in the back of the rotation.

Posted by: scribbletone | May 04, 2008 at 11:02 AM

I completely agree... simply because a deal with the rays could happen during may, and help us right now, instead of having to wait till the deadline to get Millwood, Blanton, and so on...

Also, as you mentioned scribble, it would not cost as much because this is the rays leftovers, although I would much rather have Edwin Jackson. However, if the braves could pull of a lower level relief piece for Sonnastine, I would not mind at all seeing him in the rotation. Lower Level Relief may not be enough, but it would be a start. But the best bet would be to trade with the Drays, as it would be the quickest and cheapest, in terms of prospects and money, way to get help

Posted by: bravesbeast | May 04, 2008 at 02:46 PM

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