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Slipknot37
Wow
Phillies2017
Preller has annoyed me this summer. He has multiple impending free agents! Justin Upton, Shawn Kelley, & Ian Kennedy are set to walk next season and only Upton seems poised for a QO and Benoit and Barmes will likely be on the way out as well. It befuddles me why he won’t just trade some pieces after depleting the farm system and not winning. Thielbar could have very well been a replacement for one of the departing relievers and has shown success in the past. I would have DFA’d Clint Barmes, only because taking a player off of your 40 man roster nullifies August procedure. You could at least get a warm body for him as well as potential salary relief. It would have also allowed for them to be able to keep the young players. Just call up Middlebrooks to take his spot on the roster.
bbatardo
No offense but your ideas are terrible.
Phillies2017
I was merely saying that it would be smarter to keep a younger player with potential and get a minor leaguer and salary relief than to keep a 36 year old infielder hitting .246 with a at least $500,000 left on his contract through next season while losing a reliever who has put up very good numbers last year and the year before in the major leagues for $20,000
Math&Baseball
Kennedy is getting a QO. His 2nf half numbers have been outstanding and he’s pitched well since June.
Look at what Wil Venable brought back- A ball hitter under .220 and pitcher with an era over 5. There’s really no sense trading Kelley and Barmes if they’ll bring back that type of return or less. You trade for these guys gotta make room on the 40 man and who’s to say they’re better than what you currently have? You acquire people you gotta find them playing time. Which hurts the development of everyone.
zippytms
I agree about Kennedy. They will either sign him to a team-friendly deal for maybe three years or if it’s clear that he wants to hit the market, they’ll offer him a QO. He isn’t worth QO money, but he’ll probably decline it to try to get a longer-term deal with a larger overall value.
The Venable return isn’t total rubbish. The pitcher, Jon Edwards, is a recent OF conversion who was just named to the All-PCL team for getting 23 saves with a 1.23 ERA for the season. He might turn in to a nice bullpen piece. The other guy is a project bat who is probably moving out from catcher since he just had TJ surgery this June.
That said, these waiver values decline with each passing day. Kennedy and Benoit might be brought back next year. Upton’s certainly leaving, but I doubt he’d return value better than the QO draft pick when he walks. It doesn’t make much sense to move these guys now unless the return on the trade is usable.
RedRooster
Kennedy has an $8m club option for next year with a $1.5m buyout, so basically a $6.5m club option. Preller will exercise it otherwise he would have traded Benoit to the highest bidder when he had the chance.
RedRooster
I mean Benoit has an option, not Kennedy, my bad.