Heyman On V-Mart, Red Sox, Chapman

SO if Boston were to get Vmart then who gets moved where? Is it a foregone conclusion that Lowell is going to miss most of the season? If he's not then where do you stick Ortiz, Lowell and Vmart when he comes off the DL because I doubt they will sit Varitek?

Yanks need to be carefull of this Chapman. He could be the next Verlander or he could be the next Todd Van Poppel/Brien Taylor. Allocating $30-$50 mil for a 21 year old is risky, regardless of how much money they have.

YFS78,

This noise over Lowell is all premature.

15cc of fluid was drained from his hip and he was given an injection of lubricant that will help him is all. Everything is expected to be fine and all of Sox nation is acting like his hip is all messed up again when all that is wrong is that he needed a few days off earlier in the season and did not get it, which he will get about the time he returns and Lowrie is activated from the DL.. It is all just hoccus poccus BS.

Right YFS78,

12M for 2010, but the Sox probably would trade/eat that if they could move him, remember they were going to do that if they had signed Tex.

Rex,

That's all right, we disagree sometimes and agree on others. It's normal on a board like this.

Zobrist has done fairly well with the Bat, I stand corrected :-( Aybar I would not call the best of fielding people that I would want playing either 2B, or SS while Bartlet was out with his injury, but he is a good utility guy.

Upton still needs to show me a major improvement for an extended period of time rather than over the last 3 weeks. He has been going downhill since he hurt his arm early last year and so far, the surgery does not seem to have corrected it. Maybe these last 3 weeks are a start?

Kaz looked good in his last start since coming back from AAA. Yep, did u know he faced Bucholz in a AAA start? He beat Bucholz also :-)

The Rays are going to need Aki back, if indeed he can. I don't expect career backups (no disrespect intended to these guys) Aybar, Zobrist, Gross and Kapler to continue like this.

The BP will still need some help besides JP Howell (who has looked absolutely dominating in games have watched)Lance Cormier and Joe Nelson. They need Grant Balfour to find his "Magic" from last year to return, or another guy to help out.

Buchholz, Materson & Bowden:
- I don't see Theo trading them unless Lowell's leg falls off or Varitek's glove hand explodes. Maybe not even then.

Shoppach & Santana:
- Kottaras had very similar numbers to Shoppach in AAA and is fairly close to Shoppach's rookie numbers. And he can catch the knuckleball. Shoppach also strikes out 1/3 of the time. Definitely not something that would endear him to the Sox. I don't see him as an upgrade. As for Carlos Santana, the Sox are kind of partial to guitarists, though his career has been kind of up and down since the Abraxas album.

Anderson:
- I hope he's a lot better than what I saw in spring training or read in the Seadogs stats. Or at least that some other team thinks he is.

Chapman:
- The Yankees got outbid by the Sox exactly once and still can't get over it. Don't expect them to ever allow it to happen again.

Look on the bright side Tribe fans. If they trade Victor, you guys will be hearing awesome guitar riffs behind the plate for YEARS to come.

"If the Sox are going to dump the farm on a team for a player I would much rather Buccholz be in the NL West and have AG v. V-Mart."

I disagree completely. Gonzalez would look great, but Martinez solves two problems - behind the plat when Tek cant go, and at 1st otherwise. A 1/2 time catcher + 1/2 time 1B with that kind of bat is much more valuable then a straight 1B.

The Giants should put together a package around Tim Alderson for V-Mart

maybe Tim Alderson, Jesus Guzman, and Daryl Maday for V-Mart

I think thats a good deal as the Indians get a future ace, a good power hitter who is perfectly suited to be a DH in the majors and is major league ready. and another above average pitcher prospect who is almost major league ready

The Giants should put together a package around Tim Alderson for V-Mart

maybe Tim Alderson, Jesus Guzman, and Daryl Maday for V-Mart

I think thats a good deal as the Indians get a future ace, a good power hitter who is perfectly suited to be a DH in the majors and is major league ready. and another above average pitcher prospect who is almost major league ready

Posted by: Bleacher_bum_SF | July 03, 2009 at 06:39 PM
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I mentioned this before a few weeks ago. A deal centered around Anderson or Bumgarner would be a good one for Cleveland. Maybe throw in Villanueva as well.

Kulaid: A lot of teams would throw a blank check at him. My point if that you can't trade a huge prospect load for a guy who may or may not want to be extended. Huge risk unless he agrees to sign an extention prior to the trade and quite honestly, unless he has a love for Boston then I don't see why he wouldn't allow himself to hit the open market. And for the record I don't thinkt the Yanks would be interested so I'm not infering the Yanks would be in on him.

Does anyone in baseball have to "leak" interest in a 21 year old lefty who throwa 100 mph. I think the Traverse City Beach Bums of the Fronteir League would be interested in signing him...haha

"The Giants should put together a package around Tim Alderson for V-Mart

maybe Tim Alderson, Jesus Guzman, and Daryl Maday for V-Mart."

Well, let's look at this idea more closely...

1. VMart is under contract through this year with an option for 2010. At the end of this year, he'll have 6 years and change(114 days) of MLB service time, so if his option is declined, he will qualify for regular free agency as well. His option isn't terribly expensive, but maybe a team who trades for him would want to re-negotiate a long-term contract?

2. The Giants are particularly interesting, as they have Bengie Molina, who will be a free agent at season's end, and Buster Posey, the next great up and coming catching prospect. Getting Martinez would *seemingly* block Posey, but since Martinez has played 1B for the Indians, they could use him in the same dual role(he just couldn't DH).

3. And with 1B Travis Ishikawa not doing much, maybe the Indians do make this trade and use Martinez at 1B for the rest of this season. Then, they pick up his option for 2010 this offseason, wave bye-bye to Molina and collect draft picks, and hold onto Ishikawa--then, Posey and Martinez share catching duties in 2010, with Martinez as the mentor. Martinez and Ishikawa can split 1B duties in 2010 as well.

So, yeah, that's a great idea--I just think they're giving up too much in Alderson, but the Indians would probably demand him, and the Giants would be pleased to keep Bumgarner and Posey and still contend this year, so I think it might work! :)

{The only downside to this hypothetical scenario would be that in 2010, Pablo Sandoval would probably not see much time at catcher, which would disappoint 2011 fantasy baseball players everywhere!) :D