Wolf Rejects D'Backs Offer

Everyone is hating on the D'backs.

Unless the offer is a lot less then what you are being offered by other teams why not take it. The Dbacks are a team one year out of having the best record in the NL now with that team all healthy (Byrnes, Upton) with the addition of Harren. And if the team falls Webb and Harren will take the heat where if they make a big run as the big addition you get a lot of credit.

"And if the team falls Webb and Harren will take the heat where if they make a big run as the big addition you get a lot of credit."

I don't think anyone was blaming Webb and Haren for the DBacks not making the playoffs in '08. Yes, they slumped in a critical time, but they both picked it back up and were absolutely dominant. The blame was solely on the station-to-station offense, even with Dunn. And Hudson's injury didn't help either.

However, will people criticize the Haren trade if the DBacks don't make playoffs in '09-10? Absolutely, because it did take away quite a few cost-controlled pieces that could be used to obtain bats and/or could become above average everyday players (albeit all were blocked in the DBacks organization).

Melonis -- Don't the D-backs have a pretty strong farm system even after the Haren trade? And isnt Tracy still projected to be a big power threat? Being a Mets fan im not too up to date on their expectations outta young guys or their system

Hmm... theres somebody else i must be thinking of, or i could just be completely wrong. Yea i remember Scherzer and he had his coffee last year. BTW Melonis, who is your team anyway?

Hey Metsknicksrutgers,

I am a Dodger fan, and my Grandpa is a D-Backs fan, so I follow the D-Backs quite closely as well. They have a decent farm system in terms of solid arms (especially power arms), but unfortunately traded away a lot of their OF and IF depth with the Haren trade. They gave away a lot more than most people realize. Giving away over 6 prospects in any trade will hurt a system.

As for Chad Tracy, he has slugged over .500 once (in 2005), and owns a .285BA, .343OBP, .461slugging and .804OPS career line. He doesn't really project, nowadays, to be more than a 25 homer threat, even when healthy, which has become a great cause for concern at only 30 years old.

I'd like to think a guy like Conor Jackson has more power potential than Tracy even.

I'd think the Dodgers would be more likely to land Garland given that he'd fit in fine with the Dodgers in the weaker NL West (many more pitcher's parks = better numbers for Garland), AND he fits the bill of an innings eater - at the very least - which the Dodgers need more than just a body to fill a rotation spot.

DBacks have Scherzer, who will be in the rotation in '09, and they have their top prospect, Jarrod Parker. I'm not sure what they've got in terms of power bats though. Chad Tracy is almost 30. The DBacks do have quite a few draft picks this cycle though.

Posted by: melonis rex | January 20, 2009 at 12:20 AM

The D-Backs would trade Tracy the first chance they get. As for the power bats, we have Mark Reynolds who had 28 HR but performed poorly down the stretch. He also broke Ryan Howard's strikeout record. Upton was a power bat down the stretch. Young and Dunn struck out to often.