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Mickey Koke
Your move, AJ.
Daddyville
Nice post. These have all been terrific.
Seamaholic
Everybody wants Ross, it seems. But he’s cheap and the Pads need to hang onto him as a potential ace. Kennedy seems like the guy they’ll likely move.
Beersy 2
Unless they get a kings ransom, I would hope they do not deal Ross. Regardless of the offensive players Preller is able to bring in, this team will always need to be built on pitching and seeing as he is their best, they better keep him.
Over9000Walks
Ross will bring back the most talent. I say trade him along with quentin or Maybin for salary dump for a good haul back. It’s not like we are dying on pitching depth. We still have guys coming back and good arms like burch Smith in the minors. So I’d trade Ross honestly. Trade kennedy too. And in those deals get teams to take quentin and Maybin. Which clears room and we have Wisler smith to pair with Cashner Erlin Luebke Wieland Kelly and others. We could also sign a cheap veteran who’s looking to rebuild stock on pitching. But we should trade both, get cost controlled assests, and trade veterans if we aren’t in it. Like benoit Id trade if we are out of it by the trade deadline. ESP if it brings back a street type deal.
Seamaholic
It’s not that easy to find pitchers as good as Ross. Cashner-Erlin-Luebke-Wieland-Kelly would be bad and REALLY dicey health-wise. You don’t do that unless you’re pulling an Astros and completely rebuilding.
Over9000Walks
It’s not easy but pitching isn’t the issue. Offense is. If you could trade ross w/quentins salary to let’s say St. Louis who has a surplus of outfielders and get back a package with Grichuck or Piscotty you do that deal. If you trade kennedy with Maybin and someone like a Wisler and others we can’t protect in rule 5 to the Cubs for Addison Reed you do that deal. You get back Reed and a Grichuck we are immediately better. Idk if Cubs would do a reed deal for that +other prospects or if the cards would do that for Grichuck but getting cost controlled young high upside offense talent is what we need. Even if it means going with iffy pitching we still have a beast bullpen.
But more to the point we need to get rid of quentins and maybins salary. They’re making too much to be riding the bench for us. Grichuck, Amarista, Tomas outfield with Solarte, Reed, Gyorko, Grandal and Rivera is a good lineup.
YODA777
Put Hahn in the Starting Pitcher rotation. Trade Ross, Maybin and Hedges to the Dodgers for Joc Pederson and Seegar! Or try for a Ross for Puig straight up.
Pike
Dodgers don’t make either of those deals.
Ryan C.
I would hope that Ross and Cashner are untouchables. And whoever wrote this forgot about Liriano who could be a beast and just needs some more time.
Ryan C.
And I think people are undermining what Andrew Cashner has accomplished. He made a number of amazing performances this year. I can’t imagine how great a year he could have going 200 innings. He’s a monster.
Injediwetrust
Trading Cashner and or Ross this off season will only say “more of the same”. Can’t see either happening with the questions about health going into ST with Luebke, Weiland, Kelly. Got to think projected starters would be Ross, Cashner, Kennedy, Despainge, and Hahn/Erlin. If one or the questions get answered or someone emerges like Wisler, I could see a Ross or Cashner move at the midpoint. If so, it better be for a proven talent and not just more prospects.
Out in Left Field
Benoit only qualifies for that $1.5 million buyout if he finishes 55 games. This year he had 53 appearances and finished the year with shoulder problems. So he is really an $8 million investment for 2015. Luebke is $5.8 million with a buyout of 2016. If he comes back healthy, he will more than likely be extended to soften the blow of picking up the option year. So your numbers are not quite correct.
weaselpuppy
completely forgot about Liriano looking like he’s ready to be the right fielder…
TNE
I think an offensive overhaul is in order. Maybin, Quentin, Venable, Alfonso, Grandal, and Cabrera all need to be put out to pasture. Let’s face it, they’re failures. After this season’s performance, you think any of them would qualify for a starting position on most other teams? Pads had one guy crack the 50 RBI mark–Gyorko–and he didn’t play a full season. Smith can stay on another year until a real outfielder can replace him. He had a mediocre year at best…don’t build the outfield around him. Almonte, Liriano, and Medica (at times) showed some promise. Maybe it’s time to give some of the young guys a shot at real, CONSISTENT (emphasis added for Bud Black) playing time. Pitching is looking good. I’d say trade Kennedy and Quackenbush since both values appear to be above their means. Above all, I hope management realizes that the utility player experiment has been a complete disaster.
javelin9
Ross, Benoit, Q, and maybe a couple mil for Giancarlo Stanton and a PTBNL?
Joel 2
Still nowhere near enough for Stanton.
BaseballFan
What about signing a Adam LaRoche or Michael Morse? Bring in some pop at 1B and in Morse’s case he gives you both 1st and LF option for when Quentin goes down. Can the budget stomaching a 2-3 year contract for either of these guys?