Thursday Morning Bantering: Trade Values

Be realisitic dude, do you know anything about baseball?
I say Utley/ Brown/ Halladay and Rollins for John Mcdonald

The only way the Jays can lose is by trading them for garbage. Otherwise this is a win/win/win situation.

I’m kind of disappointed in the post and the assertion that it is silly to speculate. For a post titled Trade Values, I thought you would speculate on what the value of Jays who might be moved might be.

To say it’s silly to speculate is not helpful. What is Bautista’s value? What qualifies as a “great offer” given this?

Downs is easier to pin down given the track record and Type A status. What 2 comps picks are worth is worth a detailed analysis in itself, but to say any return for Downs should be at least equal to 2 picks is at least helpful.

Now I understand Bautista’s value is based on whether the Jays and the buyer think his season so far is repeatable. We all have opinions on this (and on his value), but you wrote the post, you should come up with something better than it is silly to speculate – it seems a cop out.

I don’t mean to come across harsh. I’m only disappointed because usually the quality of insight I read here is higher.

Seriously, I just love how AA is playing this right now. He doesn’t need to trade any of these guys unless he gets an offer that’s worth taking and that’ll improve the club.

What’s the deal with AA wanting Joba Chamberlain? Is he that good? Does he have that much upside? Does AA see a Morrow-like project with him?

I guess it doesn’t really matter as the Yanks don’t want to give him up, at least not right now.

They have the David Cone for Marty Janzen + scrubs trade as one of the finest fleecings in besboll.

I remember that it came out later, that one of the prospects being considered at the time was Mariano Rivera. Didn’t help that it was the Gord Ash era and the beginning of other fleecings (like Loaiza for Michael Young and the almost happened but thankful it didn’t Roy Halladay for Pedro Astacio deals)

No more Janzens!

Maybe US sports media aren’t dumb, they just think we’re dumb. You can’t report a rumour like that and be serious.

looks like Gose is straight-up for Wallace :( 36sb & 27 CS in High A ball. I guess Wallace will not be Overbays replacement

He’s a project, but he’s among the better of the Phils’ “lottery ticket” prospects (i.e. TONS of physical talent, even if it’s raw talent – Domonic Brown being the class of this category).

His upside, should he reach it, is Michael Bourne with power, though the power is still developing. Has a ways to go in terms of baseball discipline (command of the strikezone, routes on fly balls, knowing when to steal). Still, he’s young and has time. He’s held his own at each level while being on the younger side at each step.