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By Tim Dierkes [July 1, 2008 at 9:02am CST]
The Rockies have been even worse than the Padres - 19 games under .500, 10 games out in a lousy division. According to Tracy Ringolsby, they'll decide at the All-Star break whether to officially become sellers.
Let's start with closer Brian Fuentes, whose ERA jumped from 2.56 to 3.94 last night. Reports had the suitors at the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Phillies, and A's. Ringolsby says to cross the A's off the list and add the Rays, Cubs, and Cardinals. Ken Rosenthal tossed the Cubs into the mix on June 12th, but then changed that report. Troy E. Renck adds the Cardinals to the list.
Ringolsby rattles off teams interested in Matt Holliday: Cardinals, Rays, Angels, Dodgers, and Royals. Definitely some new names in there. Holliday is hitting .332/.415/.538 in 299 plate appearances (.309/.401/.472 on the road). Ringolsby says the A's will "kick the tires" on Holliday but are more likely to pursue Willy Taveras.
We also have RotoWire, which reports that catcher Yorvit Torrealba told the Tigers' radio network that he wants to be traded. After nearly signing with the Mets, Torrealba inked a two-year, $7.25MM deal with the Rockies. He is hitting as badly as expected: .252/.291/.387 in 180 PAs. He's thrown out only 24% of runners, up slightly from last year. Torrealba has been splitting time with Chris Iannetta since May.
As a Royals fan I think Holliday would look GREAT in a Royals uniform.
I would give up one of our starters (Greinke? :( ), Teahen, and whatever prospects it took.
With him, Guillen, and DeJesus/Gathright we're actually a Major League outfield...or pretty close.
Posted by: Otis26 | July 01, 2008 at 09:33 AM
It would probably take more than that...but can you resign him-or better yet would you want to when he leave Coors Field?
Posted by: HypnoToad | July 01, 2008 at 09:52 AM
"Holliday, Guillen, and DeJesus/Gathright."
Um. Maybe we should just drop that "Gathright" part off....
Posted by: jrfukudome | July 01, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Please, please, please trade Torrealba. I like him well enough as a backup catcher, but Hurdle seems to want to give him 50% of the playing time.
Posted by: kosmo99 | July 01, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Grienke alone for Holliday would prove a bad trade for the Royals. Add in Teahen and prospects its just butter for the Rox. I think they would be foolish to pass up a deal with Grienke, even if it is just Grienke.
Type key sucks, type keys sucks, type key really really sucks.
Posted by: nrmax88 | July 01, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I agree with nrmax88 on both accounts - TypeKey and Holliday.
My Angels could use ANY offense right now but trading the farm for Holliday would be a really bad idea. Coming to Anaheim I would expect his OPS to hover around 850-900. That would be great but NOT worth the prospects to acquire him and the cash required to pay him.
Posted by: bjsguess | July 01, 2008 at 11:24 AM
"As a Royals fan I think Holliday would look GREAT in a Royals uniform."
Why would the Royals spend prospects for Holldiay when there is no way that they can make the play offs?
One team that I could see trading for Holliday is the Yankees. Move Damon back to center field and use Melky as a 4th outfielder.
Posted by: Rob M. | July 01, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I think Holliday would look great in a Braves uniform, but I do NOT want to trade half the farm again for a Boras rental
Posted by: bravesfan91 | July 01, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Adenhart, Willits and Juan Riv for Holliday. Lets do it Tone-Loc. HE seems to be the hard nosed grinder that Socissa loves, he would do well as an angel.
Posted by: BK | July 01, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Matt Holliday would definetly make the cardinals a world series contender. I would give up duncan, mather, and anthony reyes for Holliday. He would hit great right behind pujols then glaus could hit 5th while ankiel moved back to 2nd where he would once again see alot more fastballs. It would make our team great
Posted by: deeryschnake | July 04, 2008 at 12:45 PM
I'd love to see the Royals acquire Holliday, if they can sign him beyond this year. I'm also pleased to see that they're thinking about contending in the near future, rather than endlessly "rebuilding." However, Zack Grienke is our best pitcher, and I don't think we could contend with Meche/Bannister 1-2 any better than with Gathright playing every day. Show me a deal that doesn't involve Grienke, and I might bite.
Posted by: Nathan | July 04, 2008 at 10:20 PM