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Julian Tavarez Designated
8:12pm: The Rockies have strong interest in Tavarez, and Troy Renck thinks a deal could be reached within a couple of days. The Red Sox are just trying to get some kind of prospect out of it.
2:07pm: The Red Sox have designated Tavarez for assignment. Nick Cafardo says trade talks with the Rockies and at least two other teams didn't lead anywhere, even when the Sox offered to eat most of the contract. The Red Sox asked for a pitching prospect from the Rockies but couldn't get it.
MONDAY, 9:57am: Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post says the Rockies' talks for Tavarez are dead. His guess is that the Rockies will end up with Josh Fogg and won't have to give up anyone.
SUNDAY: On May 8th, Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald reported that the Rockies remained interested in trading for Julian Tavarez, but no advancements had been made in the talks. On May 9th, Rockies owner Dick Monfort said the team had no plans to acquire a fifth starter. First, the Rox wanted to try 22 year-old rookie Greg Reynolds. Today in his big league debut Reynolds allowed four runs in 5.2 innings to the woeful San Diego offense. Franklin Morales could return to the team in a couple of weeks; he tossed five no-hit innings in Triple A today.
This evening, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe learned that the Rockies' talks for Tavarez are ongoing. The Red Sox already traded Bryan Corey; Tavarez could be next. Bartolo Colon could join Boston's rotation before month's end.
Tavarez, 35, pitched in 51 games for the Rockies in 2000. He set a career high with 11 wins that year. His groundballing style sounds like a decent fit in Coors. He has about $2.9MM left on his contract this year.
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I said it before: "I'd trade [Tavarez] for Omar Quintanilla. I'd trade him for Jeff Baker, Ryan Spilborghs or Scott Podsednik (maybe not Podsednik, really). I'd trade him and Brian Corey for Yorvit Torrealba and then throw a party." My party plans are off obviously with Corey going to San Diego, but I'm sure we have another dime-a-dozen relief arm we could throw in on that deal seeing as how dime-a-dozen relief arms are going at a premium (quarter-a-dozen?) at the moment.
Posted by: asm | May 11, 2008 at 10:48 PM
This epitomizes everything that is wrong with the Rox. If Dan O'Dowd really thinks that Fogg or Tavarez are going to help this team he is every bit the idiot he was before last year. The Rox would be better off throwing out guys like Jiminez, Morales and Reynolds, the guy that sits in the OF bleachers, anyone, than bringing in retreads like Fogg, Tavarez, Redman.
The only reason Fogg and Tavarez get paired to the Rox is bc they played there before. The Rockies get way too comfortable with guys they are familiar with. ODowd can't recreate what happened last year and his window for building off of it and saving this year is closing quickly.
If the Rockies are serious about winning they need to go all in on guys like Blanton or Millwood. They don't need an ace but they need someone who they can expect favorable results from in the middle of the rotation and leave the back-end of the rotation for their young arms.
Posted by: benjoua | May 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM
benjoua....
I think you bring up the a good point in that tavarez and fogg have played there before, but I think you are completely wrong when you say that is the only reason they want these guys and then continue to bash the rocks.
No doubt, Fogg and Tavarez had times of success while in colorado, but nothing to write home about. The main reason why O dowd is going after these guys is because some type of move needs to be made, and right now, this is the only move to be made. These are currently the only guys available, simply because Millwood is hurt and probably costs too much commitment in terms of money, and Blanton is not available because the A's will be in contention for a while, and would probably cost too much in prospects. It makes no sense to trade away the farm at this point for a pitcher in Blanton whom has just as much chance of getting rocked in Colorado as he does of being a success.
My point is that it is obvious the rockies have to do something, and that something brings these results, mainly because these are the only guys who are reasonably available. The fact that these guys have pitched in Colorado is a factor, but to say that the Rockies are stupid for going after these guys because they always settle for former Rockies is idiotic.
Posted by: bravesbeast | May 12, 2008 at 08:04 AM
Your right they do have to do something, largely because they did nothing during the offseason. Kip Wells, Mark Redman, Josh Towers, now Fogg and Tavarez. These moves are the equivalent of nothing. They all have track records of mediocrity or worse. They aren't league average pitchers. If Fogg and Tavarez are so great then why aren't their names ever linked to the Braves. They need SP. As a Phillies fan I would love for the Bravos to get either and preferably both.
My point is good teams don't grab up every castoff and hope one turns out. The Rox had a lot of luck last year. Jiminez and Morales never had a track record of throwing strikes and guys like Redman and Fogg pitched respectably. They went into the season with 4 question marks in their rotation and crossed their fingers. Now 3 of the 4 didn't pan out so they want to play last weeks numbers in the lottery. Building a team with guys that are only good when they are at their very best isn't good sense.
Posted by: benjoua | May 12, 2008 at 09:09 AM
Tavarez has pitched well for the Sox in the past, it'd be bittersweet, albeit slightly, to see him go.
Posted by: GoBoSox420 | May 12, 2008 at 03:05 PM
i smell a certain Colon in the air...
Posted by: 04Forever | May 12, 2008 at 03:54 PM
That's super gross if you ignore the proper noun aspect of "colon".
Posted by: Not Joe Morgan | May 12, 2008 at 04:03 PM
I wouldn't mind seeing the Cubs find out what it might take...thier middle relief has been one of the few parts that could use an upgrade.
Posted by: Aduncaroo | May 12, 2008 at 04:56 PM
pardoning my little colon joke, who is the long relief/mop up guy now, thats a pretty important job sometimes, to be able to save arms and attempt to keep games close when the starter has a bad day?
Posted by: 04Forever | May 12, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Nobody. Which, as you note, is a problem. A Lopez/Hansen/Aardsma/Timlin/Delcarmen/Okajima/Papelbon bullpen is decent on paper but poorly constructed for an actual game. What with Buchholz' and Lester's recent struggles, the pen may get a little stretched out without a rubber-arm guy like Tavarez around to take some of the pressure off.
Posted by: asm | May 13, 2008 at 12:39 AM