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Holliday, Fuentes Trades Unlikely
SI.com's Jon Heyman spoke to Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd, who now says a trade of Matt Holliday or Brian Fuentes is "highly unlikely." He talked to multiple teams about both players, but hasn't found a match. Holliday could instead be shopped in the offseason.
The Rockies are in buying mode, hoping to land a back-end starter. Heyman mentions Josh Fogg and Paul Byrd. We've also seen Justin Duchscherer and Bronson Arroyo named in reports.
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God. they have won 9 of 10, but are still 10 games under .500. They must be joking?
Posted by: BeanoCook | July 27, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Colorado may as well take a chance. They probably won't win the division, but you have to make a riskey run every once an a while. They are only I think 6 games back and if they don't think they can get enough for Holliday they are better off just keeping him and hopeing for a miricale.
Posted by: ZBham | July 28, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Colorado has Holliday for next year as well. There's no reason to trade him now unless they get an overwhelming offer.
Fuentes, eh. He'd get no where near the package a top position player would get, but would return the same level of draft picks in the offseason. Odds of someone paying enough to make him worth trading are low.
Posted by: yanksfan | July 28, 2008 at 01:28 AM
Redding? Perez?
The Rockies showed last year that no lead is insurmountable. Might as well go for it.
Posted by: thehoagster07 | July 28, 2008 at 01:46 AM
It's really not that surprising. The Rockies were never going to alienate their new found fan base because of a disappointingly year, especially when the team will remain intact next year. And they weren't going to find a deal worth more than the picks they will recieve when/if Fuentes leaves for free agency. Besides, they are still a decent team in a weak devision that has found a spark.
Posted by: mkorpal | July 28, 2008 at 01:54 AM
Andy MacPhail should be happy to hear this news as the Rockies pulling Fuentes off the market means that the return for George Sherrill should go up.
JR
Posted by: JR | July 28, 2008 at 06:58 AM