Since my role is to contradict Battlekow...
The Phillies just acquired Freddy Garcia. What's more, they kept Aaron Rowand--they got Garcia for a pair of young pitchers including Gio Gonzalez, who was part of the Jim Thome trade last year.
Now, we know the Phillies are interested in Mench (or Jenkins--really, the two are undifferentiable at this point) and Turnbow, and they've been rumored to be interested in Damian Miller as a part-time/backup catcher. We need a center fielder; they have an extra one. We want starting rotation depth; they have it.
Lieber + Rowand for Mench + Turnbow + Miller? We take on a few bucks, but everybody gets what they want. We even have room to include Steve Bray in the big-league bullpen if by some miracle nobody picks him in tomorrow's Rule 5 draft.
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Change of heart
Assuming Mench has cleared his giant head in the offseason, I still think he's undervalued, even with arbitration.
Still, if it takes Mench to make the trade you mention above, then do it, though I still would rather have him than Jinxie. (The trade you propose puts Billy back in left, I would think.)
by roguejim on Dec 6, 2006 10:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
by Jeff Sackmann on Dec 6, 2006 11:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
seems like a relatively fair trade...
by Michael M on Dec 6, 2006 11:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
To further contradict
Also, the Phillies don't want Mench anymore:
by battlekow on Dec 6, 2006 11:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
maybe they want jenkins :)
by Jeff Sackmann on Dec 6, 2006 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That would be a hell of a deal
by battlekow on Dec 6, 2006 11:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
rowand
I'm starting to grow pretty attached to the idea of Mench, too. He can't be any worse than he was this year, he's not that expensive, and he keeps Billy out of left. Worst case scenario is he's making slightly more than Counsell to be a part of an effective platoon.
Has anybody heard anything about Koskie lately, by the way?
by gsparks on Dec 7, 2006 12:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
on koskie...
by Michael M on Dec 7, 2006 12:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
hope so
by baseballdan1092 on Dec 7, 2006 12:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda
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"Dr. Collins says he's clearly making progress," said Ash. "Is it as quick as we would like? No. But he's making progress and he needs to take this next step of introducing activity to his daily regime to see how he reacts to that. So far, so good."
by battlekow on Dec 7, 2006 12:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Spooky
by Marty McSuperFly on Dec 7, 2006 12:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rowand....
by engbjm06 on Dec 7, 2006 3:33 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Now that ...
by nmc on Dec 7, 2006 9:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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