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Kevin
How is it a “make or break” year for Youk? He might get traded, but he already made it.
Dekker Mende
2 World Series. Gold Glover. All star. Not a Red Sox fans but yeah no kidding he has made it…
Lunchbox45
Next week.. Make or break year, Roy Halladay
Bob H
U-kill-us has already proven himself. The only “break” in his career is whether his body holds up.
Poker Is Life
trade him to the phillies.
Phillies_Aces35
I don’t know if I’d trade Cole Hamels for him… (at least straight up) I mean, he was a great
player but his performance and injury history recently would make it a
steal for the Red Sox.
MaineSox
No, likely not straight up, but I could see a trade centered around him making sense for both teams. It would help that he has a cheap option for next year as well (while Hamels is only under contract until the end of this year).
LioneeR
Cheap option? 13 million isn’t cheap even to the Red Sox and Phillies.
MaineSox
For a guy who was on pace for 5+WAR for the fourth straight year before getting hurt last year it is very cheap.
The WAR to $ conversion isn’t perfect by any means, but on average guys are getting about $5.5M per WAR, so to be worth that $13M option Youkilis would only have to be able to put up about 2.3 WAR, or just barely better than a league average player. He can do that no problem.
yanksfan2010
It would be strange to see him in another team uniform. He was a big part for the Red Sox winning to two World Series rings. I still think he could bounce back and show his good hitting play again.
cookmeister
How about a Youk for Ervin Santana type swap? obviously would need to exchange some money and/or prospects to even it out but i could kind of see it happen.
Dekker Mende
But where would Youk fit into that lineup? Like defensively. They already have to play Trumbo in 4 different positions to get him ABs
Tko11
The Angels really need to trade Trumbo or trade Morales to get Trumbo a spot to play because he is a pretty good hitter. Just off the top of my head, the Phillies might be interested in Morales? He can play first until Howard comes back and then the outfield. That would give them some much needed offense….
Tko11
Good luck trying to trade an 0-6 pitcher with a crazy era. Although he does get no run support…Youk is worth more.
Ben_Cherington
Santana would be our number three, and santana is worth more
Tko11
Thats cause our pitching sucks lol but thats really irrelevant. Santana worth more than Youk? He is terrible, he gave up 12 homeruns this year already!!!
PhillyT
so he had 4 bad starts to start the year so what?
Tko11
Hes had 1-2 good years…hes a number 4 pitcher or a 3 in a bad rotation. Honestly Id rather have Johan Santana than Ervin.
PhillyT
I think everyone would rather have Johan over Ervin…..
RFsnapple
But that does not come by trading Youkilis.
Ben_Cherington
he would fit right in!
Ben_Cherington
yeah that was kind of my point. Hell, he might be our ace
cookmeister
an ERA of 5 isnt crazy, and his run support thus far has been worst in the league (before his last start he had 5 starts with 0 runs). not saying it would happen, but i thought it would be a somewhat interesting swap
Tko11
It is crazy…I mean its a small sample so far but it has been really ugly. The run support is not that important because he hasnt pitched well anyway. This trade would depend on the prospects…
04Forever
People once said this about David Ortiz… that panned out. Youk has earned the right to ‘a few’ second chances.
notsureifsrs
ortiz is very much an exception to the rule. having said that, there’s reason to believe youkilis could sustain a high level of offensive output if he were only a DH like ortiz
Metsfan4ever
Youk is getting old the Redsoxs have to get something out of this guy otherwise they don’t have a playoff shot
V. Mitchell May
Reds would probably take a shot at him. Rolen likely to retire after this season.
Zach Hewitt
I was thinking this. Youk is a Cinci guy. I could really see something like this happening
Chris Bowyer
Dodgers
Cobby Box
Maybe Billy Beane would still like a shot at his “Greek God of Walks”
Oilcanoworms
Too bad Youk and Middlebrooks can’t pitch because that is what the Sox need desperately.
MaineSox
Some people saw Middlebrooks as a pitching prospect. Not that that is worth anything at this point.