Pirates Could Trade Doumit

he would be a good fit for the mets if he wasn't an atrocious fielder

YES! Thank God! I want him gone, but now might not be the best time to get rid of him. Maybe the Pirates should wait to see if his stock can get any higher because it really can't get any lower as is.

I don't see the Mets jumping on this. The mets already have a catcher in the minors who made quite the splash. He played for my hometown team this past year in AA actually. Josh Thole is worth the wait. Omir will probably be your starter this year because Schneider is garbage but then Thole will definitely be your man.

the Braves and Pirates trade with each other? are you crazy that will never happen...sarcasm in full effect

Why Giants? If the Giants are going to acquire someone to mentor Posey for a season this doesn't seem like the right person. I could see Pudge, or resigning Molina, but bringing in a younger, unpolished guy like Doumit doesn't make much sense.

Royals maybe.

khg-I don't really support the idea but I think the thinking for the Giants would be that Doumit could potentially be an everyday player but wouldnt necessarily have to only play catcher. Doumit's ability to play 1st or LF and allowing Ishikawa or Nick Johnson and Lewis or Velez or Bowker to sit vs. lefties would also get Posey more playing time. Sabean and Bochy seem to like guys who play multiple positions. I'm not sure why they wouldnt just use Garko in a similar role though. I know Garko is pretty awful defensively, but is Doumit really any better?

The Cincinnati Reds are definitely in the market for a catcher. I can see Jocketty making a run at him.

Kaz is more like a type A.
Trust me, as a guy who lives in W. P.A, and listen's to all the talk, the bucs need to stick to the plan. Low risk/high reward acquisition's and "seller" trade's.

The Reds are no doubt going to call the pirates about doumit... We have some pretty good relievers we could offer and maybe Valaika a ss/2B AAA player who was our minor league player of the year in 2008

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Yeah, although I think Garko's going to be non-tendered, but to be honest I'd rather the Giants keep pursuing Uggla. I'd rather have his lousy defense and solid pop instead of Doumit's lousy defense medium pop and injury prone nature.

I'll pass on Doumit coming to SF he doesn't make our offense much better

I think Doumit makes a ton of sense for the Mariners. Getting Doumit would allow them to field offers with Moore as the center piece which makes the level of talent they could acquire, significantly better. Doumit and Johnson behind the plate would be a good combination, with Johnson catching the picky pitchers like Felix and Bedard (if he returns), Doumit could catch Morrow, R.R.S. and Snell, since he's familiar with Snell from their days together in Pitt. I think the Mariners could swing Doumit for Daniel Cortes and maybe Joe Dunigan a future 1B, who could allow the Pirates to move Clement to catcher in a couple years. Dunigan is the perfect fit for Pitt., he plays LF, RF, 1B, has some speed, lots of power, and can draw walks, he's around 22 or 23 years old and is going to be in AA in 2010. I hope the Mariners go for Doumit or to a lesser extent Zaun for their veteran catcher. Thank God Varitek is going back to the Red Sox, otherwise I think he just might have ended up back with Seattle, which I can live without.

As a M's fan I wouldn't want to see us trade Cortes+ for Doumit, sure there's some sentimental value in bringing in Doumit (not really, but he is from Washington)...

doumit could be a nice fit for a lot of teams.
one, for the reason mentioned above: you could rotate him between C, 1B and OF.
he's not athletically gifted but he's the classic 'scrappy' guy who can make the unexpected great play just on effort.
also, he could be an excellent six or seven hitter in a solid-hitting squad (like swisher for yanks)
one more: he's not a classic power hitter, more doubles-type, and a switcher, so he might be less likely neutralized by a ballpark, so in that sense, all of mets/m's/giants work

"As a Braves fan I say no thanks to Doumit.

I would prefer to re-sign LaRoche for 1st and let Diaz and Heyward play the OF over him."

Agreed. But he could be a cheap contingency plan if LaRoche doesn't return.

The best bet for the Pirates, is to hope for, as MarkInDallas put it, an MLB ready SS. Odd's are, you won't get someone with much potential, and you'll be stuck waiting for a few year's to see him in the show.

"I'll pass on Doumit coming to SF he doesn't make our offense much better."

I see the Giants being dead-set on bringing pudge in to mentor young Buster on the "art of catching". On one hand, you have a better bat with Doumit, on the other you have pudge's experience, and his ability to mentor young catcher's. But, because Posey is so young, the odd's of him getting regular playing time are stacked against him, so a back-up catcher with a decent bat would pay dividends.

Some of the comments in here are pretty funny.

Ryan Doumit is a monster waiting to be unleashed if he had any real protection. Think mini-Jason Bay.

The only way the Pirates deal him is for a +4 WAR package and if Huntington takes less than he's a bigger fool than I think he is.

Trade the KC Royals:

Pirates Get:
Alberto Callaspo
Low-Mid Level Pitching Prospect
Mike Jacobs

Royals Get:
Ryan Doumit
Matt Capps

My thinking is that Callaspo could be used as a SS. (does have some experience there) This would also allow Clement to take over the catching duties until Sanchez is ready (2 years or so) Jacobs could be played at 1B which would give Jones the opportunity to play RF. No need to sign an expensive FA aka Ankiel

Considering the Jays were attached to Snyder, why aren't they considered a destination for Doumit?

Mike Jacobs is horrible. Guy doesn't deserve a major league paycheck.

I like Callaspo though, but I don't know if I buy him at short.

Rereading my post, insert the word "defensive" into the phrases "a bad 2b," "not a good c," and "isn't a very good 1b."

yea right now in the pirates organization Chase D'Arnaud is the SS of the future but the kid also plays 2B and can play some 3B Also... so if the pirates were to get a Reid Brignac he and Ronny Cedeno would be a great combo with Cedeno being a nice back up at SS and 2B to Brignac and Iwamura, and then if Andy LaRoche hits well next year u can move Iwamura at the Deadline and let Andy play 2B and let Chase D'Arnaud further his skills he wont likely be ready for awhile though prob not until summer 2011 or 2012, like neil says too much competition is never a bad thing and the pirates arent at the point yet to where they can just set a part starting jobs for guys who they "think" will be good they need to keep acquiring as much talent as possible and see what happens