Buy or Sell: Cincy/St. Louis
Ok, this crashed earlier, so this is an abridged version of what I previously wrote:
For Cincinnati, they've already made a couple trades to bolster their bullpen, they have a relatively young, weak infield in the power positions and could be in the market for a first baseman, but likely won't be, because they don't have a lot to trade at this point.
St. Louis has two untouchable players that everyone wants included if they're going to give up a major player. Adam Wainwright and Anthony Reyes are two excellent major league quality prospects(well, not really prospects). Wainwright is currently in the bullpen. Reyes has entered the rotation(and is pitching tonight).
St. Louis has major needs: a starter, a left fielder and possibly some bullpen help(there are 3 rookies in their pen in Wainwright, T. Johnson, and Kinney). Players like Bobby Abreu have been linked to St. Louis, but most likely they would be asked to give up big time prospects and players to get him, including one of the big two mentioned above.
The good news for St. Louis is that two of their needs can be addressed within. They have Mark Mulder coming off the DL sometime within the next month probably. He's been an all-star starter when healthy and could be the ace that St. Louis has been looking for(to pair with Chris Carpenter, the true staff ace).
Likewise, Chris Duncan(son of pitching coach Dave Duncan) has emerged as a quality lefthanded bat to fill the void at left field. He and So Taguchi are the likely platoon there if there is no trade made to add a big time bat.
Both teams are more likely to buy than sell(obviously), but don't be shocked if there are no moves from either of these teams until at least waiver-wire time(where Jocketty makes some of his biggest trades, a la Larry Walker)
For Cincinnati, they've already made a couple trades to bolster their bullpen, they have a relatively young, weak infield in the power positions and could be in the market for a first baseman, but likely won't be, because they don't have a lot to trade at this point.
St. Louis has two untouchable players that everyone wants included if they're going to give up a major player. Adam Wainwright and Anthony Reyes are two excellent major league quality prospects(well, not really prospects). Wainwright is currently in the bullpen. Reyes has entered the rotation(and is pitching tonight).
St. Louis has major needs: a starter, a left fielder and possibly some bullpen help(there are 3 rookies in their pen in Wainwright, T. Johnson, and Kinney). Players like Bobby Abreu have been linked to St. Louis, but most likely they would be asked to give up big time prospects and players to get him, including one of the big two mentioned above.
The good news for St. Louis is that two of their needs can be addressed within. They have Mark Mulder coming off the DL sometime within the next month probably. He's been an all-star starter when healthy and could be the ace that St. Louis has been looking for(to pair with Chris Carpenter, the true staff ace).
Likewise, Chris Duncan(son of pitching coach Dave Duncan) has emerged as a quality lefthanded bat to fill the void at left field. He and So Taguchi are the likely platoon there if there is no trade made to add a big time bat.
Both teams are more likely to buy than sell(obviously), but don't be shocked if there are no moves from either of these teams until at least waiver-wire time(where Jocketty makes some of his biggest trades, a la Larry Walker)
posted by Matt at 7:32 PM
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