Fan Trade Proposals

 

“I think I got it. How bout this? How bout this? We trade Jim Leyritz and Bernie Williams for Barry Bonds! What do you think? We’ll have Griffey and Bonds in the same outfield. Now you got a team!” – George Costanza

 

So many people seem to think that they have what it takes to be a general manager. There are a few types of these people. You’ve got the “let’s trade every sub-par player we don’t need for one major star”, “let’s swap our big star player for another team’s star player”, “let’s trade for a player we don’t need”, and so on. Now, that’s not to say that every fan trade proposal is stupid, but Tony and I have come across a couple that made us chuckle. If, coincidentally, you are reading this and find out it was one of your trade proposals, I apologize…but…it was bad.

1) I’ve been thinking about it, I wonder is such a trade would work: Lee, Laffey, Jordan Brown, Barfield, Cabrera, Marte, Francisco, Choo, and Dellucci for Bedard, Roberts, Aubrey Huff, and Jay Payton.

Basically..we’ll trade you our entire bench/minor league team for the only good players you have. Do we have a deal or what? This is one of those “spare parts” trades. It’s like if you walked into Best Buy with a shoe box, pencil, empty can, and whatever other crap you could find in your room and tried to exchange it for an HD TV. Somehow, I don’t think Best Buy is gonna bite, just like I don’t think the Orioles would here.

2) Trade Washburn for Griffey straight up

This one just made me laugh. I’m not sure why.

3) Do the Indians have the prospects to pull off an Adam Dunn deal? Doesn’t that make absolute perfect sense? Is Shoppach for Dunn a pipe dream?

You see it all the time. The backup catcher traded for the 40 homer guy. You actually might see this trade go down, but only at a unicorn parade with a leprechaun, Bigfoot and the abominable snowman by your side.

Tony here, picking up where Cory left off with some Ranger-related fan-trades…

4) The Rangers trade: Michael Young and Chris Davis for Joe Nathan, Adam Everett, and Brain Deusing (some minor league pitcher)
I’m not sure that any team in the history of baseball has ever been in a situation where they should trade their best Major League hitter AND best Minor League hitter for a closer, a defensive-specialist, and ’some minor league pitcher.’ It’s ‘Duensing,’ by the way.

5) Joe Nathan for Josh Hamilton
Here’s a list of the players who have taken up the bulk of the playing time in centerfield each year for the Rangers this century: Gabe Kapler, Ruben Rivera, Ryan Christenson, Laynce Nix, Gary Matthews, Kenny Lofton. Matthews had a couple of nice years, but the best thing he ever did for the Rangers was sign that ridiculous 5/55 deal with the Angels. Lofton was the most productive of the bunch in his half-year with the team, but he was 67 years old and he can’t be expected to keep it up forever. Why anyone would be in favor of trading the first legitimate long-term centerfielder the Rangers have had since Ruben Mateo broke his leg is beyond me.

Kenny Lofton poses for a photograph during his rookie season.

This is What We’ve Waited For, This is it Boys, This is War

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

Ahhh..finally about that time. What a slow, boring offseason (for me, anyway.. Tony got BEN BROUSSARD). But now, this nightmare is over. Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow. But..if HYPOTHETICALLY the Indians or Rangers don’t do so well this year, the regular season will be even more nightmarish than this offseason has been. That’s just hypothetical, though.. everybody knows that they will award the first joint championship to the Indians and Rangers this year. If so, Tony and I are partying at Beer-Pool-Darts on Broadway and everyone is invited (followed by a meal..you know, someplace special…Denny’s).

But really, I’m nervous about this season. I know they say pitching wins championships, but they also say that Miguel Cabrera once hit a homerun before the ball was even pitched. A story like that HAS to be true. Meanwhile, the White Sox are better, but still nothing special. Oh yeah, I hate the White Sox, but since they kinda suck now, I’m over it….mostly. The Royals are better but..I mean, they are still the Royals. The Twins got rid of the best player they’ve had since Kent Hrbek, but they still have Michael Cuddyer so..

I’ll let Tony go through the AL West if he so chooses.. but we all know it’s a moot point. Ben Broussard = automatic win. What? You don’t think so? Well throw some Chris Shelton on top of that and see how you like it. Still not convinced? Sprinkle some Kevin Mench around the sides and you’ve got undeniable proof.

Also, since I know that C.C. Sabathia reads this blog regularly…this is my plea to him: Cmoooon man. Take the deal. Do this one for a dying kid (technically, we all die someday so as soon as you are born, you technically start dying, right?) Don’t make me beg C.C… if I have to produce tears, I will.

That’s the end of my rambling for now..but you know I got more rambling flowing through my veins, waiting to be unleashed.

Cory