Cain for Fielder and Hardy?

Post #1 » by **Hopper15** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:42 pm

Gammons reporting that this is back on the discussion table. Would you do it?

On the one hand, it makes a more formidable every day lineup. Sandoval would probably move to 3B permanently.

Lewis
Wynn or Nate
Pablo
Fielder
Bengie
Rowand
Hardy
Whoever's at 2B

On the other hand, it puts a big hole in the rotation. Alderson and Bum are at least two years away, so you'd have to fill the void with a Hennessey or try to get a decent FA.

Deal or no deal?

GswStorm3 · Post #2 » by **GswStorm3** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:54 pm

Not a chance, Cain and Lincecum are off limits.

Post #3 » by **Stanford** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:11 pm

Well, I don't know if Cain is off limits, he hasn't been great this year. Fielder just isn't good enough to trade him.

GswStorm3 · Post #4 » by **GswStorm3** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:16 pm

Stanford wrote:Well, I don't know if Cain is off limits, he hasn't been great this year. Fielder just isn't good enough to trade him.

Considering the crap run support he gets?

It will be a lot easier to find bats in the winter then it would to replace Cain.

Post #5 » by **TheLowlySquire** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:13 am

i really want to keep cain; i've been a fan of him since day one. but 60 HRs a year from hardy and fielder, thats a bit hard to pass up. i wish there was another player the giants could trade instead of matt, but there only two real good players, lincecum and cain, and the giants arent trading them.

ethiosew · Post #6 » by **ethiosew** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:18 pm

travis minor · Post #7 » by **travis minor** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:07 pm

2 allstars, for one

even its a pitcher, too good of a deal

Post #8 » by **Stanford** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:09 pm

Brian Wilson was an allstar

RIPskaterdude · Post #9 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:45 pm

Could you imagine the Giants if they signed Sabathia in the off season?

Lincecum/Cain/Sabathia

:droop:

GS Warriors 1 · Post #10 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:11 pm

From that same wiretap article that mentions Sabathia:

Brian Sabean wrote:We'll look heavily in the market for relief help. Whether we decide to do that with a starting pitcher remains to be seen because I think the price is going to be exorbitant.

Yuck.

Free agent relievers blow up in your face like 95% of the time. Don't do it.

egplaya2004 · Post #11 » by **egplaya2004** » Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:52 am

We do this trade 100 times out of 100. Especially if we sign CC.

It's basically trading Cain for CC, Prince and Hardy. Who wouldn't do that trade???? With our offense we need it.

Post #12 » by **TheLowlySquire** » Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:28 am

egplaya2004 wrote:We do this trade 100 times out of 100. Especially if we sign CC.

It's basically trading Cain for CC, Prince and Hardy. Who wouldn't do that trade???? With our offense we need it.

yeah anyone would do that, but would we have enough money to sign all three players?

GswStorm3 · Post #13 » by **GswStorm3** » Fri Oct 3, 2008 4:31 am

I'm not doing it, Fielder is a DH that's soon on his way to the AL. Fielder is packing way too much weight to play first base.

However I would trade Sanchez for JJ Hardy in a second.

EJS99 · Post #14 » by **EJS99** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:24 pm

If the Giants are dangling Sanchez for Hardy, that sounds fair. If I had to choose between Uggla and Hardy. I'd pick Hardy.

Dark Star · Post #15 » by **Dark Star** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:16 am

cf-rowand
ss-hardy
lf-manny
1b-fielder
rf-bonds
2b-renteria
3b-sandoval
c-bengie

screw defense, they'd score 15 runs a game