tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post1810721757844836523..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Yippee: Feliz Talks Run Agroundobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-13655515759038677442008-01-09T22:40:00.000-08:002008-01-09T22:40:00.000-08:00OGC,I take it from your response to my trade propo...OGC,<BR/><BR/>I take it from your response to my trade proposal with the Cardinals that you somehow missed that I had not just Scott Rolen coming to the Giants but Chris Duncan too. With this in mind what do you think?<BR/><BR/>As for your concerns about what the Cardinals will do with Roberts in 2009 when Rasmus could be ready, Ankiel becomes a free agent then and the Cardinals could thus just replace Ankiel with Rasmus. If not Roberts should not be that hard to trade with just a year remaining on his contract, if not still the Cardinals could just use Roberts as a 4th outfielder and count his salary as the cost of getting rid of Rolen.<BR/><BR/>With regards to the WhiteSox, who said Roberts had to play CF. Why couldn't the Sox use Roberts to platoon with Quentin in LF. Do you really think the WhiteSox want to bet that Quentin will prove to be a fulltime starter for them when he failed to do so with the DBacks?<BR/><BR/>Finally, as for the Tigers I think Roberts could revive his 2004 RedSox role with them and thus would be very valuable for such a contender.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-89496298102223407702008-01-09T22:01:00.000-08:002008-01-09T22:01:00.000-08:00Let me put it plainly: I'm tired of Feliz's act a...Let me put it plainly: I'm tired of Feliz's act and the thought of giving him two years - and with a raise! - give me the willies.<BR/><BR/>I agree, I think that Lowry is worth more than Teahan, Sanchez, or Chavez, so I would want the other team to add other prospects. I would be OK as long as the entire package is OK. But it sounds like nobody except the NL West team appreciates Lowry the way we do, and I don't want the Giants making a deal just to make a deal, I want them to get good value for Lowry else don't do the deal. We are not in the position to give up talent to other teams in order to be competitive, we need to gain talent for talent given.<BR/><BR/>The Cards have a hotshot CF coming up in Colby Rasmus, who should make the majors in 2009, so I don't think they would want two players who would be blocking his way as their contracts go into 2009. Still, I don't care for that deal, Rolen is a injury waiting to happen, we would need another 3B around to cover when he is out again. If it was just the vets, I can go for it, but not if we have to give up young pitchers too. We are doing them a favor by taking Rolen off their hands, he's expensive but plays few games and he's poison in the clubhouse with his bad relationship with LaRussa. We should not have to give up additional talent.<BR/><BR/>Why would the ChiSox want Roberts now, they just picked up Swisher and said he's playing CF? And why would Detroit want Roberts and Aurilia for Inge? They already have OF, so Roberts is a 4th OF though I guess Aurilia can be useful for them.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-6879476422637373252008-01-09T20:17:00.000-08:002008-01-09T20:17:00.000-08:00I don't really see Ensberg as an upgrade over Feli...I don't really see Ensberg as an upgrade over Feliz but I do agree that he is not likely to be a downgrade either. I would be fine with this. But I am against most of the trade tragets we have heard about. I think trading for Teahan, Sanchez, Figgins or Chavez would be foolish because they would cost more in young talent then whatever minimal (and I think zero) production value advatange they offer over Feliz. I would much rather just trade the supplemental draft choice for Feliz then trade Lowry or more for any of the above.<BR/><BR/>The trade possibilities I like the best are the ones that can be constructed as salary dump for salary dump. I could live with Roberts for Crede or Roberts and Aurilia for Inge. But the one I like best is trying to get Duncan in a package with Rolen. We could trade Winn, Roberts, and Aurilia to balance the dollars and a couple pitchers to balance the talent. The Cardinals could replace Duncan in the outfield with Winn and platoon Roberts with Barton as their third outfielder (Ankiel being the 2nd). The Cardinals could platoon Aurilia with Spiezio to replace Rolen at 3B. The questions are: Which pitchers would we have to add to make this make sense for the Cardinals? Could we afford to add these pitchers? Would adding these pitchers make sense for the GiantsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com