SB Nation User Blog: sam23

another trade idea (dont read it if you hate these!)

sam23 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:12:56 -0000

I'd love to land Brand, Marion, AK47, Artest or Josh Smith. But landing one of those guys without parting with Baron, Monta or Biedrins is unlikely, so how about this idea? Warriors get David Lee, Jared Jeffries and Jerome James. Knicks get partial TPE and Al Harrington. It would have to be made in 2 seperate deals because the TPE cant be combined with players.

Donnie Walsh gets to make an immediate impact by dumping two bad contracts. Al's contract is also bad, but its shorter, he's a much better player than Jeffries or James and the knicks would also get a TPE to work with in future deals that are sure to come.

The Warriors get a great young rebounder in Lee who is athletic enough to play in their system and in the future he could play next to Wright and AB in the frontcourt. Jerome James is a terrible contract and I would suggest buying him out immediately after the trade, but taking him on would be a huge reason for the Knicks to make the trade. Jeffries is also a bad contract but he has the length, versatility, shooting ability and athleticism to really excel in this system. I think he could be a major contributor of the bench and replace pietrus/barnes.

If Baron returns, AB is signed to a reasonable extension, and Monta is locked up the warriors would probably then have just enough room under the cap to bring back buike. If the MLE was used on a backup pg for baron like Duhon I think theyd have a very good roster.

pg-Baron/Duhon/CJ Watson?

sg-Monta/Buike/Bellinelli

sf-Jack/Jeffries

pf-Lee/Wright

c-Biedrins/Kosta

Add to that a rookie big man and a rookie swingman. 1st rounders like-DeAndre Jordan, Hasheem Thabeet, Tyler Hansborough, Brandon Rush and Chris Douglas Roberts and 2nd rounders like-Bill Walker, Joey Dorsey, Serge Ibaka, and DeVon Hardin could all be good fits here.

more nick johnson speculation...again

sam23 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:17:30 -0000

I know, I know, most of you are tired of trade speculation and this is a name that has been kicked around quite a bit. Buuuuut, I'm curious why there isn't more general excitement over a first baseman who plays great d, and can get on base with the best of 'em. Johnson seems to be the odd man out in D.C. due to Bowden's man crush on "character guy" Dmitri Young. Washington needs pitching....we have pitching and need a corner infielder, or two, or three, or four. (and another cf) Mostly, I wanted to get the thoughts of Baron, Grant, Goofus or some of the other guys who have been around here longer and generally have interesting insight, but let loose with more Johnson jokes if you must.

Poll

Would you trade Sanchez+Sosa for:

konerko available now?

sam23 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:56:05 -0000

mlbtraderumors.com is reporting the angels and chisox are discussing a konerko deal now that the sox have landed swisher. i dont know if we can match the angels offer (names being mentioned include figgins, kendrick, santana) but i sure hope sabean is kicking the tires on konerko. (sanchez/lowry+roberts/winn+sosa/other prospect?)

niners sign weinke

sam23 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:07:30 -0000

apparently even the niners move faster than the giants. didnt sabean notice chris weinke is 37 and has outfield experience?

would braves take roberts?

sam23 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:00:37 -0000

i know the braves are looking for a center fielder. most of us have seen roberts botch enough plays to know he's more of a LF but i dont think the rest of the league knows that. and chance we could land wily aybar for roberts? i dont know much about him, just a quick look at his profile. im guessing scott thorman is a more reasonable target if we expect to not eat roberts' contract, but i dont have any interest in thorman.

sabean swindles cleveland in our hot fetid dreams?

sam23 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:07:30 -0000

-trade molina, sosa, lowry, ortmeir, and roberts to cleveland for ryan garko, josh barfield and andy marte. (molina and shoppach split the catching duties, cleveland gets to move victor martinez to 1b improving their d and prolonging his career, roberts takes the place of lofton as a top of the order hitter/LF)
-trade durham to colorado (eat his contract) for jose capellan
-sign fukudome 3 years for 33 mil

winn/davis CF
frandsen/barfield 2B
fukudome RF
garko 1B
schierholtz/lewis LF
marte 3B
alfonzo C
vizquel SS

bench-davis OF, lewis OF, barfield 2B, rodriguez C, aurilia 1B/3B/SS

rotation- 1. cain 2. zito 3. lincecum 4. correia 5. misch/sanchez
pen-misch/sanchez, kline, hennessey, walker, taschner, capellan
closer-brian wilson

it all hinges on the cleveland trade which is a stretch but its feasible. it would take some career years to compete next year but garko, frandsen, nate, freddy, raj plus lincecain, brian wilson would make a young group for fans to get excited about even if the team doesnt play well.