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feathers
I voted the Yankees, despite my not believing it will happen. The reason i did is that i believe that is the best destination for him. The short RF porch is perfect for his waning power. Plus, he can’t possibly be any worse than Drew. Also, San Fran and LA don’t exactly fit his dimensional needs as a hitter. The Cubs, well they are still building up towards truly contending.
ChadSmooth
I agree best destination but better than Drew? Drew does have 15 HRs probably because of that left field porch. Utley’s track record suggests he’ll be better than Drew but how far has he fallen? Can he stay healthy? I don’t think the Giants/Cubs need him but he’d be a good back up to Panik/Castro and a solid Post season presence.
cscd1111
My quess is the Phillies will wait to the off season unless overwhelmed Utley small sample may devalue his potential?
JoeyPankake
Wouldn’t the Phillies have to pick up his option in order to trade him in the off season? Don’t see that happening.
Out of place Met fan
I believe the option has weird clause that it becomes a team option with a sliding scale between 5-10M based on 2015 availability.
Even a diminished Utley at 5M has value
fred-3
Not only do the Dodgers have Peraza, they also have Enrique Hernandez (.800+ OPS, basically the Andrew Freidman Dodgers’ version of Ben Zobrist) and Corey Seager which would move Turner to 2B.
Not to mention the Phillies value Utley differently than other teams. They aren’t going to give him away for free.
Erik Trenouth
Blue Jays!
I get the feeling that Travis may be out for an extended period (it already has been extended to mid-September). Shoulder injuries are fickle, and I’d rather not go through a September playoff push with Goins/Pennington at 2B. Get Utley and let Travis spend some extra time healing and be 100% healthy for next year.
Matt St.
I doubt it. The turf in Toronto would kill Utley’s knees. I don’t think he would approve to go there.
Out of place Met fan
I upvoted your post and agree with the sentiment, but at this stage 20 games on that turf would be worth another ring before hanging up the cleats
phillyphanatics
His value must be minimal in trade or one of the richer suitors listed would have simply claimed him on waivers and forced the issue by telling the phillies it’s salary relief or nothing – we’ll give you no one for him.
Now the phillies have a bit more leverage and can claim to be negotiating with multiple teams to try to get more, plus there’s no specific deadline like there is in a waiver situation.
So if he doesn’t get dealt, it would be because the Phillies overplayed their hand.
(what else is new?)
Silab
Or they don’t want to trade a corner of the franchise away for ‘salary relief.’
We’re all sorta forgetting the fact that Utley basically has all the power, and one of the biggest suitor (Giants) once threw at his head with Bochy in the dugout and Posey behind the play. It could be something or it might not be anything, but I think its worth noting.
I have the same feeling about Utley that I did with Papelbon. Don’t trade him just to trade him. Trade him if the value you’re getting back is what you’re giving up. Other wise Utley being in the club house and part-timing while taking away ABs from Howard and Galvis is worth more than 4.5M in salary relief and a fringe prospect.
phillyphanatics
Is that you, Ruben? I guess he’s staying put…
NotCanon
Considering Utley gets final say on any move, and the team literally has no need of 2015 salary relief – especially nothing so piddly as $4MM – nor $2MM of 2016 salary relief… Yeah, you need to get blown away to move him.
Now, at this point a single A- prospect is “blown away,” but anything less than that? What’s the point?