Rumorville: Kevin Mench
From the LA Times via MLB Trade Rumors:
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that with injuries to Howie Kendrick and Garrett Anderson and poor performance by Shea Hillenbrand, the Angels are stepping up their efforts to improve their anemic offense via the trade market. Reportedly, the Angels are kicking the tires on several players, including "Colorado third baseman Garrett Atkins and outfielders Brad Hawpe and Jeff Baker, outfielders Kevin Mench (Milwaukee), Jacque Jones (Chicago Cubs), Pat Burrell (Philadelphia) and Emil Brown (Kansas City), and third basemen Morgan Ensberg (Houston) and Edwin Encarnacion (Cincinnati)."
Trade Rumors suggests they'd be up to moving Santana, which I don't think would make that trade fair.
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Mench for Santana?
by Jeff Sackmann on May 7, 2007 10:24 AM CDT 0 recs
The Time is Ripe
by Marty McSuperFly on May 7, 2007 10:32 AM CDT 0 recs
Pull the trigger!
by John Brew on May 7, 2007 11:27 AM CDT 0 recs
I dunno...
by engbjm06 on May 7, 2007 11:37 AM CDT 0 recs
Lost me
No matter how well the team is doing, Melvin has got to be out there looking for ways to improve. Dealing an outfielder on an apparent hot streak is a good way to make it happen.
by Marty McSuperFly on
May 7, 2007 12:14 PM CDT
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well...
i'm not saying that guy is untouchable; i would be for trading him if it made the team better.
by engbjm06 on
May 7, 2007 12:24 PM CDT
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understatement
by Marty McSuperFly on
May 7, 2007 1:15 PM CDT
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Trust
by stork02 on
May 7, 2007 1:21 PM CDT
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Trade
I don't think it is smart to make a trade just to make a trade. The Brewers have good depth right now, and I don't think they should mess with that.
by stork02 on May 7, 2007 12:08 PM CDT 0 recs
The question I have to ask...
In my opinion, no.
by hyattff2003 on May 7, 2007 1:23 PM CDT 0 recs
Mench for Santana?!
by shooty babitt on May 7, 2007 1:23 PM CDT 0 recs
It's more likely...
by hyattff2003 on
May 7, 2007 1:43 PM CDT
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I'd take Saunders
by Jeff Sackmann on
May 7, 2007 2:56 PM CDT
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With Saunders you get
by hyattff2003 on
May 7, 2007 3:47 PM CDT
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So
Ned's going to keep starting him against RHP, for as long as his performance against lefties prop up his overall numbers. Is that good for the Brewers?
Oh yeah, they're winning now. Sit tight and wait for the team to tank before doing anything. It's like Yost managing the 6th inning in here.
I don't think it can be any clearer. Mench is probably as good as he's ever going to be right now, and the perception is that he's on a hot streak. The value the team can get in return is not likely to ever be this high. If there aren't any offers, then so be it, and we'll continue to trot him out there. It's poor strategy to want to sit tight just because we happen to be winning now, though.
by Marty McSuperFly on
May 7, 2007 4:05 PM CDT
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brings up a question...
I'd posit that a properly used Mench is more valuable than nearly anything the Angels are likely to offer us. After all, who do you want to trot out as the third outfielder against lefties? Jenkins and Gross are nearly useless against them. Tony Gwynn? Vinny Rottino? It's not like we have any lefty-masher sitting around twiddling his thumbs in AAA, unless you're willing to move Ryan Braun to the outfield.
by Zeyes on
May 7, 2007 4:25 PM CDT
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There is that
by Marty McSuperFly on
May 7, 2007 4:28 PM CDT
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So wouldn't we want something we could actually
by hyattff2003 on
May 7, 2007 4:43 PM CDT
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Saunders
by Jeff Sackmann on
May 7, 2007 4:53 PM CDT
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kinda off-track
by Marty McSuperFly on
May 7, 2007 4:53 PM CDT
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I totally agree with Jeff
by conan for president on May 7, 2007 5:54 PM CDT 0 recs
Were I the GM
by Acheron on May 7, 2007 6:16 PM CDT 0 recs
I would love Santana
by Jeff Sackmann on
May 7, 2007 6:22 PM CDT
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Don't forget
by TheJay on May 7, 2007 10:33 PM CDT 0 recs
Enough about Santana
Now, would they offer Saunders? Maybe, but I doubt that, too. Would that even make the Brewers better this year? No. Next year? Probably not. Stockpiling pitching is great, but I don't think it's worth exposing Jenkins or Gross to lefties again, especially when the team is a contender.
Someone mentioned that Gross is a more likely trade candidate. Well done. I bet Gwynn's strong play is making him expendable in the Brewer's eyes.
No matter what, it's going to be weird being buyers for once.
by BroadwayJoe22 on May 8, 2007 2:52 AM CDT 0 recs
I don't see them trading Gross...
Anyway, if Mench won't get us anything that will make the team appreciably better this year (and I'm inclined to agree, even taking the "pitching pitching pitching" mantra into account), neither would Gross, and you'd additionally make the team weaker in subsequent years by trading him away. (Unless you see Melvin picking up Jenkins' option, perhaps, or even signing him to an extension. I doubt he will do either.)
by Zeyes on
May 8, 2007 6:54 AM CDT
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Gross
by BroadwayJoe22 on
May 8, 2007 11:56 AM CDT
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Laynce Nix
by engbjm06 on May 8, 2007 12:15 PM CDT 0 recs
Laynce
by hyattff2003 on
May 8, 2007 1:41 PM CDT
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