Buying and Selling: Part One(Pitt and CHC)
My very own game of Buy or Sell!
NL Central version.
I'm going to go through each of the teams and for sellers, talk about likely people to be traded, for buyers, talk about what they need.
We'll start at the bottom:
The Pittsburgh Pirates: Definite Sellers
Players that could be traded: Kip Wells, Sean Casey, Craig Wilson, Jeromy Burnitz.
Overall, I would say the only likely ones to be traded of these are Casey and Wilson. Reports have said that Casey will likely be shipped if the Pirates are unable to ink him to a contract extension before the deadline.
Wilson has been in trade talks all year long, being linked to the St. Louis Cardinals. Trade talks broke down when the Pirates insisted upon receiving one of the untouchable players the Cardinals will not part with.
Should someone want to take a chance on a #3 or #4 type starter, Kip Wells could help a staff if he could return to his 2002-2003 form, when he had reasonably good ERAs but poor records due to being a Pirate.
Burnitz is another player that could possibly help a team in need of a lefty bat, but he's batting a horrible .227 right now. However, in 2003 he had similarly bad numbers(.204, 13, 32) and was traded from the Dodgers to the Mets for the stretch run, so anything's possible.
Next up: The Chicago Cubs
They are perhaps going to become the biggest sellers in the majors this trade deadline, that is if anyone wants their extraneous parts.
Players who could be traded: (Almost everyone who isn't 25 or under or named Derrek Lee, really) Greg Maddux, Glendon Rusch, Scott Williamson, John Mabry, Phil Nevin, Todd Walker, Jacque Jones, and finally, last but not least, Juan Pierre.
Now, the problem here is, they're so flush with people they want rid of that they won't be able to get rid of most of them. Maddux, Williamson, Walker and Pierre are their best trading chips, but they're actually trying to sign Pierre to an extension from the sound of things, so we'll say he's unlikely to be traded.
With the much better hitting Todd Walker available, no one's going to want Mabry or Nevin at this point, Jones is only in the first year of a three-year deal, so unless the Cubs are willing to eat some payroll on him or talk the Yankees into a trade, most likely he's staying too. And lastly, I can't imagine there are a lot of calls for Rusch.
That being said, they do have at the very least, a couple players in Maddux and Walker that I would be surprised if they're still in Cubs uniforms come August. Maddux has expressed that he would like to stay in Chicago, but didn't seem that broken up about the idea of being traded. Walker has already been linked to San Francisco possibly.
Next post will be the Brew Crew and the Astros.
Late Correction: Mike Gonzalez a reliever for the Pirates, is probably actually more likely to go than the others. I overlooked him at first when I was looking at the list, but he's rumored to have both LA and San Fran interested in him for his potential as a closer.
NL Central version.
I'm going to go through each of the teams and for sellers, talk about likely people to be traded, for buyers, talk about what they need.
We'll start at the bottom:
The Pittsburgh Pirates: Definite Sellers
Players that could be traded: Kip Wells, Sean Casey, Craig Wilson, Jeromy Burnitz.
Overall, I would say the only likely ones to be traded of these are Casey and Wilson. Reports have said that Casey will likely be shipped if the Pirates are unable to ink him to a contract extension before the deadline.
Wilson has been in trade talks all year long, being linked to the St. Louis Cardinals. Trade talks broke down when the Pirates insisted upon receiving one of the untouchable players the Cardinals will not part with.
Should someone want to take a chance on a #3 or #4 type starter, Kip Wells could help a staff if he could return to his 2002-2003 form, when he had reasonably good ERAs but poor records due to being a Pirate.
Burnitz is another player that could possibly help a team in need of a lefty bat, but he's batting a horrible .227 right now. However, in 2003 he had similarly bad numbers(.204, 13, 32) and was traded from the Dodgers to the Mets for the stretch run, so anything's possible.
Next up: The Chicago Cubs
They are perhaps going to become the biggest sellers in the majors this trade deadline, that is if anyone wants their extraneous parts.
Players who could be traded: (Almost everyone who isn't 25 or under or named Derrek Lee, really) Greg Maddux, Glendon Rusch, Scott Williamson, John Mabry, Phil Nevin, Todd Walker, Jacque Jones, and finally, last but not least, Juan Pierre.
Now, the problem here is, they're so flush with people they want rid of that they won't be able to get rid of most of them. Maddux, Williamson, Walker and Pierre are their best trading chips, but they're actually trying to sign Pierre to an extension from the sound of things, so we'll say he's unlikely to be traded.
With the much better hitting Todd Walker available, no one's going to want Mabry or Nevin at this point, Jones is only in the first year of a three-year deal, so unless the Cubs are willing to eat some payroll on him or talk the Yankees into a trade, most likely he's staying too. And lastly, I can't imagine there are a lot of calls for Rusch.
That being said, they do have at the very least, a couple players in Maddux and Walker that I would be surprised if they're still in Cubs uniforms come August. Maddux has expressed that he would like to stay in Chicago, but didn't seem that broken up about the idea of being traded. Walker has already been linked to San Francisco possibly.
Next post will be the Brew Crew and the Astros.
Late Correction: Mike Gonzalez a reliever for the Pirates, is probably actually more likely to go than the others. I overlooked him at first when I was looking at the list, but he's rumored to have both LA and San Fran interested in him for his potential as a closer.
posted by Matt at 8:45 AM
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