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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Peavy, Glavine, Yankees, Phillies
On this date nine years ago, the Marlins selected Adrian Gonzalez with the first pick of the amateur draft. The 16-year-old would sign a deal later that day that included a $3MM signing bonus. Two trades later, Gonzalez leads the National League with 22 home runs. The 2009 draft is in four days, let's take a look at what is being written in the Blogosphere...
- Goat Riders of the Apocalypse propose a three-way deal in which the Cubs would send Carlos Zambrano to the White Sox and the Padres would send Jake Peavy to the Cubs.
- River Ave. Blues takes a look at what the Yankees may need before the trade deadline and who they may be able to deal with.
- Phlavio's Corner has a list of 20 players that could be moved and where each might end up.
- The Ghost of Moonlight Graham analyzes the early returns on some of the trades from this past offseason.
- Jorge Says No! argues that the Mariners might be better off moving Russell Branyan sooner rather than later.
- MLB Notebook comes up with a list of five clubs that could land Tom Glavine.
- Dodgers Rumors feels that Glavine is a perfect fit for the Dodgers.
- We Should Be GM's says the Phillies need to add a starting pitcher now and generates a list of players to target.
Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com. If you have a suggestion for this feature, Cork can be reached here, and followed on Twitter here.
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That Peavey for Zambrano trade is stupid even by the low standards of Rob's blog entries on GROTA.
There's a lot of really good Cubs blogs out there, Tim, such as Another Cubs Blog. You can do better than articles by Rob at GROTA.
Posted by: Wreckard | June 05, 2009 at 12:10 PM
the dodgers' main pitching woe is that only two starters can be relied upon to provide quality starts. i don't see how Glavine helps LA in this aspect; he's been a 5 inning pitcher for the last 5 yrs. outside of a veteran reliever, the dodgers need an innings eater, and if that innings eater can come in the form of a top of the rotation guy than that's gravy.
Posted by: aj7380 | June 05, 2009 at 12:11 PM
I don't even know what to say about Phlavio's "analysis".
Posted by: William | June 05, 2009 at 12:14 PM
i heard someone propose that same zambrano/white sox/peavy nonsense on the radio last night. the sox couldn't get him so they're going to help the cubs get him? are they insane?
i've also noticed that in tim's absence ben and the others have started linking to the rosenblog from the chicago tribune. my advice would be to completely steer clear of it guys, unless you're looking to get a bit of a chuckle. it's essentially a blog post from an out of his element reporter that doesn't know how to stay relevant. i read it because he can be kind of funny sometimes and i'm exceedingly bored at work, but it really offers no baseball insight whatsoever. it's basically just him complaining about this and that, daily.
Posted by: 100backeduptrucks | June 05, 2009 at 12:27 PM
At this point, given how far along they are in their respective comebacks, Eric Milton is a MUCH better alternative to Tommy Glavine.
Milton's fastball can hit 89 mph and he still has an effective curve and cutter that he uses.
He's not an innings eater but neither would Glavine be at this point.
Like aj7380 said, the Dodgers need a horse who can eat up innings so that the pen doesn't have to pitch as many innings as they currently are.
Posted by: Die-Hard Dodger Fan | June 05, 2009 at 12:35 PM
the dodgers starters are actually getting healthy...kuroda is back and stults wont be out that long with a bum thumb..what they need is help for the bullpen...mota is not the same and neither is ohman...hopefully the latter figures it out while on the DL...also cory wade has seemed to have forgotten how to pitch over the winter
Posted by: skipper3115 | June 05, 2009 at 12:44 PM
"I don't even know what to say about Phlavio's "analysis"."
I second this. Although, I would LOVE for the Cards to somehow deal for DeRosa and Cain...that said, I too say tha article pretty much BS.
Posted by: Billiken | June 05, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I normally despise the grammar/spelling police but wow. Phlavio's article is just plain awful.
My favorite sentence in his post:
"Victor Martinez will be expensive if he's traded at all, and if he is, expect the Yankees and Phillies in the mix but if he is available I'd see Omar actually doing the smart thing and nabbing a new corner-stone catcher for the franchise."
That's almost 45 words for one sentence.
Then there are spelling mistakes - the obvious ones ...
-- dilema
-- considder (twice)
-- beleagered
-- flexability
-- blay
-- roatation
-- Adrien (Beltre)
-- likelay
A slip up or 2 is OK but this entire article is so poorly written - and that's before we get into the analysis.
Posted by: bjsguess | June 05, 2009 at 01:00 PM
why would the phils try to acquire gonzo? does this guy forgot about a man named howard?
Posted by: derman1984 | June 05, 2009 at 01:20 PM
can the braves afford Dye though? I wanted him in the preseason and hope the Braves could get him cheap.
Posted by: XavierBraves | June 05, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Hey Cork, Gonzo was good, but not that *good.* He was 18 when he was drafted, not 16, as a senior out of Eastlake High in SD.
Posted by: VAFriar | June 05, 2009 at 01:45 PM
".also cory wade has seemed to have forgotten how to pitch over the winter"
Yeah, he looked very bad when the Mets were out in L.A. and I saw him. Somehow, his FIP has managed to improve from 3.78 to 3.36, while his ERA has jumped from 2.27 to 5.12. His K/9 has gone from 6.43 to 6.05, his BB/9 has gone from 1.89 to 4.66. His BABIP is up from .227 to .336, and his LOB% went from 79.7% to 64.%, so he has been unlucky. Definitely strange.
"why would the phils try to acquire gonzo? does this guy forgot about a man named howard?"
Agreed, it doesn't make sense, although Gonzo is better then Howard, not that this really means much in this instance.
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 05, 2009 at 01:59 PM
phils need to add a starting pitcher? Their SP has been STRONG the last week to 10 days. I'd let it ride a bit. Don't go making a deal because people ASSUME you need to.
I think the last 3 games they'e given up what one run in 22 innings. Let's see how Moyer does tonight against the Dodgers and then Blanton. I think we're solid with Hamels and Happ and I'm confident one of Blanton and Moyer will be fine and then we'll see what Bastardo does.
Don't trade Drabek whatever you do. Ruben and Dallas were there to see him shut out AKron over 7 innings in his AA debut.
Posted by: philsWSchamps | June 05, 2009 at 03:23 PM
I heard a rumour of Russell Branyan to the Blue Jays for a minor league prospect.
I would like to see this deal happen and have Branyan stick around next year because he could compete with Overbay for a 1B job and also could fill in at 3B if Rolen gets hurt which he often does.
I like Branyan, always have but now that he is hitting for better average, he has become a much bigger threat.
Posted by: xethicx | June 06, 2009 at 10:15 AM
check out this opinion about Jake Peavy going to the Dodgers:
http://thinkingbluebaseball.blogspot.com/
Posted by: bigbluefan | June 06, 2009 at 04:20 PM