Rosenthal's Latest: Padilla, Manny, Beltre, Dunn

When Blues Traveler bassist Bob Sheehan died of a drug overdose shortly after moving to New Orleans, the band's then-morbidly obese frontman John Popper commented, "Bobby moving to New Orleans was like me moving to McDonald's."

Just sayin' ... Milwaukee might wanna think twice before pulling the trigger on a deal for Padilla, especially considering he'd be playing his half his games across the street from a brewery.

Can Padilla play left field??? If not, then no thanks...

i cant believe teams arent interested in dunn. I know the reds will not get back a top prospect or nething like that but you would think a contending team would take 20 homers and about 50 rbis or more for the 2nd half of the year to make a run. I know he strikes out alot but he also gets on base and if you put him in a better lineup he might see better pitches to hit. walt could also package him with weathers or affeldt to up the return.

Dunn is hitting .220 with those 20 homeruns and 88 strikeouts. It seems that teams could get that production a lot cheaper than what Dunn is owed. He does get on base at a .380 clip but he is not paid to get on base, he is paid to hit.

Rosenthal is dead on that the rangers would have to get young, ml ready pitching. i can see where teams would be hesitant to give up solid prospects for him, but he's had a good year so far and is signed to a reasonable contract (team option in 2010 i believe). This would be a sell high situation for the rangers, but would be hard to justify to the casual fan unless they received some pitchers back who can make an impact very soon.

"I'm just stating the value of DDJ to KC, and realize he might not be worth it on the ARZ end, but means that much to KC."

Hey I'm not going to criticize you. We all know how hard mediocrity is to come by in KC.

"Would a package of Bryan Anderson (hitting .330 in AAA, a Ludwick/Barton MLB ready player and a pitching prospect be enough to net the Cardinasl a Rich Harden type pitcher?

Posted by: Matt Siegel | July 01, 2008 at 02:46 PM"

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Ya right! I'm not even trying to be mean. But at the very least for Beane to give the Cardinals one of the best pitchers in baseball (when healthy) it would take Colby Rasmus, Bryan Anderson, Chris Perez, and Tyler Herron. I don't think that those are questionable. I realize that Cards fans might realize that's a steep price to pay for an injury prone ace, but also remember Beane doesn't need to trade Harden. We could be buyers for all A's fans know. So Cards fans have to think about whether the possibilty of getting a top 5 pitcher or big parts of their future.

AriGoldisaG,

Rich Harden is going to cost a lot but I'm not even sure if I would give up Rasmus for Harden. No way they give up Rasmus, Bryan Anderson, Chris Perez, and Tyler Herron for Harden. Maybe Anderson, Perez, and Herron, but not Rasmus.

I'm a Cubs fan, so you know how much I hate the Cardinals. I hope they make that deal because the Cubs will probably still win the central this year and probably again next year. Then the Cards would be stuck with nothing for '10 and beyond. They won't do that because they haven't even checked in on Sabathia, so why sell the farm for Harden. If Beane demands that much, then Harden likely won't be traded.

So now my comments are SPAM? Seriously? This site has taken a dramatic nosedive. Don't know how much more I can take.

guys this idea that the cardinals would give up anything like that package for harden is crazy. rasmus and perez r untouchable, end of story. anderson could and should be traded but he has big time value being a very good young offensive catcher. not salty value yet but hes close. the as dont need a young catcher having suzuki(if they still think hes a starter for them). if we did a deal anderson, barton, and pitching prospect like stated would be fair value. if oakland didnt want to do that so what. let harden get hurt next year and they could get stuck with nothing. the cards dont need rotation help but harden would sure make sense for that package.

and ad for dejesus, that kc guy is talking stupid but its not really an issue because kc doesnt want to trade him. i always hear rumors of how he might be traded and i dont think the royals ever shop him. the royals and the fans really like him. plus hes barely above average at best. id take ludwick, schumaker, and ankiel over him.

the cards could also offer duncan instead of barton and for the pitching prospect the as could choose from boggs or garcia. i think that would be a lot of talent to give up but harden is good so that seems reasonable. cards also get a young lefty reliever in the deal too. nobody great, just decent. i like it. ill call beane tomorrow.

i hate typekey.

while your talking to Beane, can you ask him if we can reverse the Mulder trade? or possibly, since he got the Cardinals so good on that trade, if he would be willing to take a lesser deal to get Harden?

I bet he is sayign the same thing about Blanton...