LUNCH THREAD: Who is out of it?

by Rev Halofan on Jul 20, 2009 11:00 AM PDT in Pregame

Based on the standings, Tampa Bay still has a shot at the Wild Card, they are 3.5 games behind the Yankees. Teams further back are neck and neck in their divisions. The Rays could conceivably get hot and be leading the Wild Card scramble before the trade deadline, ELEVEN days away from today. The Rays are on the "seller" bubble. Here are the teams that are more than 7 games back of their Wild Card and Division leaders, aka, the definite sellers between now and a week from Friday morning.

AL: Indians, Royals, Athletics, Orioles, Blue Jays

NL: Nationals, Padres, Diamondbacks, Pirates (and technically the Mets who will not suffer the sligs and arrows of dumping the season in public with two months left).

Go look at these rosters and aim the Angels in the right direction in your comments here on this Lunch Thread...

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RHP Andrew Bailey (OAK) was impressive yesterday, we could use him in the bullpen.

I still like Kouzmanoff of the Padres for a third baseman backup/bat, though he is not a necessity at all.

I am happy to introduce All Star Third Baseman, Chone Figgins.

by 44FAN on Jul 20, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions

The A's aren't trading Bailey

Who is a promising rookie. But there is bullpen help out there.

NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!

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by hk47 on Jul 20, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Beane would trade his grandmother for a buck and a prospect.

I am happy to introduce All Star Third Baseman, Chone Figgins.

by 44FAN on Jul 21, 2009 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions

If only.

.... as sexy as socks on a rooster.

by opiejeanne on Jul 20, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

trades

not sure if we really need Kouzmanoff when we have Wood waiting in the wings and riding the pine (unless he gets flipped for Halliday). I like Koumanoff but would much prefer to give Wood a shot (move Figgy to 2b).

A couple of relief pitchers in the NL would be Edward Mujica of San Diego who has done a nice job with 11 holds this year (ERA, 2.70, WHIP, 1.14). No news on whether the Padres would move him but for a relatively low-level prospect they might.

Another possibility would be Matt Capps of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Pirates’ closer and his ERA (5.81) and WHIP (1.68) is horrible this year but in the past he was an excellent set up guy and has been a decent closer (WHIP of 0,98 last year). The Pirates are shopping him, the last I heard the Marlins were interested.

Jon Rauch of Arizona (ERA. 4.20, WHIP, 1.35) would be another cheap possibility. He had some solid years with the Nats and had 33 holds in 2007.

Angels in 09!

by tanana40 on Jul 20, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions

STOP!

The Angels are not going to land Halladay (check your spelling). We don’t have the blue chip prospects they want in return. He will either be a Bluejay, Cardinal or Phillie by the end of the year.

Light up the Freakin Halo!

by marshgr on Jul 20, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm certain that we have the blue chip prospects, but I'm less certain they we want to give them up for a 32 year pitcher, albeit an excellent one

Angels in 09!

by tanana40 on Jul 21, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Danys Baez

Good whip(1.16) pure vet, ERA is somewhat high(4.60) but I think he could be an upgrade over speier, which may not be saying much but I think he could be a good arm in the bullpen

Please get rid of Kendrick and Aybar. And Speier. R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair

by JoseGuillenSux on Jul 20, 2009 1:47 PM PDT reply actions

Oh yeah

and the Rangers are looking at him and Matt Capps, as tanana40 mentioned. It would be great if we could take either one, or both, from the Rangers

Please get rid of Kendrick and Aybar. And Speier. R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair

by JoseGuillenSux on Jul 20, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I still like Cliff Lee

His record is a poor indicator of his pitching this year. He’s gotten practically zero run support from the Indians. And I think we don’t have enough lefties on the pitching staff.

RIP #34

by linkbruin on Jul 20, 2009 1:49 PM PDT reply actions

Nick markakis

Is someone I would definitely sell the farm for, doesn’t really fill our needs exactly and they likely wouldn’t trade him anyway, but I can hope.

by ponusbaum43 on Jul 20, 2009 4:59 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Markakis and Jones are untouchable

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

by Moondoggy on Jul 20, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Markakis

The only good post on this thread. We don’t have a specific need for him, but that would make Vladdy walking next year a lot easier to swallow. Now what do we do about Lackey?

Light up the Freakin Halo!

by marshgr on Jul 20, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Markakis

The Orioles didn’t sign him to $66M/6 yrs earlier this year to buy out his arbitration and early free agent years because they were bored over a long weekend. They own him through 2014 with an option year for 2015.

Markakis is a part of the Orioles’ planning for its future. He isn’t going anywhere.

by George Kaplan on Jul 21, 2009 3:04 AM PDT reply actions