Fire Sale!!!
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:02 am
Alright since the Texas Rangers have sucked massive donkey dick and decided to mail it in this season, despite the incompetent blowhard of an owner giving into the teams demands and firing buck showalter (rightfully so) And replacing him with a guy everyone raved about in ron washington (not to many beefs to harp on) we've still managed to have the worst record in the league through 2 months.
And with our Minor League Depth and lack of prospects (especially in AA and AAA) this could be the most important couple months to help shape franchise for the next 10 years (we also have 5 picks in i think the 1st 60 and 6 in the 1st 81)
So I was wondering from the guys that know prospects or people that think they know what goes through heads of GM's what the value is to some of these players I think will be on the trading block come July. We could have 3 of the biggest names on the market here are some names:
Big Guys
Mark Teixeira - with the way this teams playing there will be no reason for him to want to resign with us.
Here's what Tim Cowlishaw suggested, if we could get any of these 3 deals I'd be shocked, its pretty bad maybe the Dodgers deal is possible:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 6b539.html
Eric Gagne and Akinori Otsuka - these 2 rarely fail and Gagne has came back from injury just fine, the only worries i have with Aki is he seems to fail against the BoSox and Yanks every other time he pitches he seems flawless. But for teams that need bullpen help these 2 serve an immediate upgrade and Aki has 2 years of Arbitration time so I think that helps his value.
Other rentals that shouldnt fetch much:
Kenny Lofton
Sammy Sosa will be traded once he hits 600, surprised he's done this well not sure if he can keep it up, could serve as a DH for crappy team or good pinch hitter or 3rd/4th OF.
Brad Wilkerson
Michael Young - id love to trade him now that id like to blow up the team but his contract is virtually untradeable as his value to our team means more to us then other teams plus i think he has a full no trade clause except for like 2 months in 2009.
I expect at least 1 of Gagne/Aki to be traded most likely Gagne, and Sosa/Lofton will both be traded. Tex might have to wait til the offseason though some teams could overtrade in order to have him for the stretch run and next season before the contract is up.
And with our Minor League Depth and lack of prospects (especially in AA and AAA) this could be the most important couple months to help shape franchise for the next 10 years (we also have 5 picks in i think the 1st 60 and 6 in the 1st 81)
So I was wondering from the guys that know prospects or people that think they know what goes through heads of GM's what the value is to some of these players I think will be on the trading block come July. We could have 3 of the biggest names on the market here are some names:
Big Guys
Mark Teixeira - with the way this teams playing there will be no reason for him to want to resign with us.
Here's what Tim Cowlishaw suggested, if we could get any of these 3 deals I'd be shocked, its pretty bad maybe the Dodgers deal is possible:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 6b539.html
Eric Gagne and Akinori Otsuka - these 2 rarely fail and Gagne has came back from injury just fine, the only worries i have with Aki is he seems to fail against the BoSox and Yanks every other time he pitches he seems flawless. But for teams that need bullpen help these 2 serve an immediate upgrade and Aki has 2 years of Arbitration time so I think that helps his value.
Other rentals that shouldnt fetch much:
Kenny Lofton
Sammy Sosa will be traded once he hits 600, surprised he's done this well not sure if he can keep it up, could serve as a DH for crappy team or good pinch hitter or 3rd/4th OF.
Brad Wilkerson
Michael Young - id love to trade him now that id like to blow up the team but his contract is virtually untradeable as his value to our team means more to us then other teams plus i think he has a full no trade clause except for like 2 months in 2009.
I expect at least 1 of Gagne/Aki to be traded most likely Gagne, and Sosa/Lofton will both be traded. Tex might have to wait til the offseason though some teams could overtrade in order to have him for the stretch run and next season before the contract is up.
