Trade for Greinke

by AZCAbrewerfan on Oct 15, 2009 8:06 PM CDT Comment 18 comments

I have suggested for a long time and repeat it again that the Brewers should trade for Greinke. KC could likely use / need Hardy, Weeks, Cameron, Burns and Katin - and the Brewers could afford to trade them and get along fine. If KC wants to also trade Soria then the Brewers should include say Weathers plus one (KC choice) of McClung or Narveson and one of Smith or Axford plus Stern or Rogers / Jones ... (again their choice).

There should also be an attempt to reacquire Sheets. Greinke, Gallardo, Sheets & Capuano (if both healthy and offered incentive contracts), and Parra / Bush would be a great starting staff. Notice that AZ Diamondbacks do not seem to be interested in trading Webb from my recent reading of the AZ Replublic newspaper ("unless overwhelmed" per GM, noting that I'm a AZ & CA resident). Harden or Hudson as backup move if can't get Sheets?

Gamel should get RF / LF experience during Spring training and at AAA before being brought up next year. When Gamel is ready then put Hart in CF with one of Gerut / Bourgeois as backups plus Catalanotta. Accordingly Braun has shown capability in both LF and RF (i.e. in All-Star game). Braddock (supposedly MLB ready) and Scarpetta (best curveball in A) are the Brewers' pitching future - and so should be better featured / exposed to supportive Brewer fans. Protect Heether and retain Lopez. Use mainly Rivera and Salome in Spring Training with Kendall as tutor. Keep Counsell for another year.

Free up money for long-term-retaining of Fielder! Induce Suppan to accordingly retire and do said Cameron trade to free up money?

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I think we should get Santa

and Allah

I think a package of Hardy, Gamel, Weeks, Capuano, Bernie Brewer, Chorizo, and Doug Melvin’s moustache should be able to get it done

what do you think guys

by warwick5s on Oct 15, 2009 8:15 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

santa's stuff has been dipping off of late,

fastball went from 95-94 to 90-91 in the last two years and his curve ball has lost almost all effectiveness.

Allah is said to be untouchable by the Saudi Arabian Jihads so there will be no trade for him.

by Jeo on Oct 15, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not only that, but Allah ir reported to be a "bad clubhouse presence"

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." ~Dave Barry

by gorillaball on Oct 16, 2009 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that's a rec

"A D+ Grade? That must have been a Wittardo grade"- @73_MC

by BrewHaHeather on Oct 15, 2009 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

by NoahJ on Oct 15, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think KC could probably get Cameron if they wanted him badly enough.

Kendall too. Maybe John Lackey. Vlad Guerrero. Matt Holliday. And any other free agents we don’t control.

by Brew Angel on Oct 15, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh dear

That package might be able to get, oh, Nick Blackburn if two of the players in it weren’t free agents.

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Oct 15, 2009 10:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nothing like a good acid trip to brighten up Brewer pitching!

by Donald Driver on Oct 16, 2009 12:47 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

rec'd

battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm

by Michael M on Oct 18, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm, like, totally on board with the "induce Suppan to retire" idea.

It seems so obvious!

by Zeyes on Oct 16, 2009 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

While we're at it...

maybe we could induce Mark A to have more money

by dickie_thon on Oct 16, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is this anything like inducing labor?

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Oct 16, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We should totally get A-Rod

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's offer CC a huge contract this offseason

and see if he accepts it.

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Oct 16, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Roy Halladay

Maybe we could trade Jeremy Jeffress and a dime bag for Roy Halladay while we are at it.

Other trades I would make

Michael Vass (A-OF) for John Lester
John Delany (A-3B) for Joba Chamberlain
Jeff Isom (A – Manager) for CC Sabathia
Rafael Lluberes (High A – RP) for Dustin Pedroia
Corey Hart (High A – Hitting Coach) for Carl Crawford – after he signs a new contract for $1M/year
Jim Henderson (AA – P) for Tommy Hanson
and finally…
Freddy Parejo (AA – OF) for Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Albert Pujos (and move Albert to 3B)

I realize that these trades would deplete the farm system, but I would still make them.

by Saberilliterate on Oct 16, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Woah woah woah

Lluberes for Pedroia is absurd. WAAAAAYYY too much to give up.

Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.

The coolest motherfunker on the planet.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 16, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got to halfway through the second paragraph and just assumed this thread was bumped from last year at about this time.

Steve
http://nohuddleoffense.blogspot.com

by stigmo on Oct 16, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

haha me too

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 17, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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