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_sturt_
07-05-2011, 09:21 PM
http://www.fangraphs.com/...os-have-in-the-cupboard/

Short of it...

The writer, Joe Pawlikowsy, most likes the odds that Wandy is elsewhere by Aug 1 to an unspecified team.

He thinks Bourn could be ticketed for the Braves, and that he may be especially available since he becomes a free agent after next season.

He thinks Ed Wade would be smart to ship Pence off now instead of later b/c of some peripherals, and considers the Red Sox and Phillies to be prime buyers... but repeats the word on the street that Wade isn't marketing Pence regardless.

He likes Myers to a contender with a low-HR rate ballpark like the Tigers.

He has Barmes to the Cardinals or Brewers, as contenders in need of d-first shortstops.

And he has a name I hadn't heard bandied about... Wilton Lopez.

But the real headscratcher is that Jokin Joe imagines that Keppinger "could still help upgrade a team such as the Braves, Brewers, Reds, Rays, or Giants at shortstop."

astrosfanatic
07-05-2011, 09:51 PM
that shortstop line is what caught my attention too. He must just be a stats guy making a comment like that. He probably looked at his games played and saw that he has played a few at SS and thought he could be a fit there. Anyone who has seen Kepp field knows that his range is barely suitable for 2B, let alone SS.

I hope that we can move Wandy and Myers. Too bad we cant move Lee....

_sturt_
07-05-2011, 10:06 PM
Doesn't happen in baseball like it does in basketball, but you can always make the attempt to make taking on a bad contract a condition of a trade... and take back a little less in terms of talent. I dunno, though... if you get to lose Lee, is it worth getting less talent back?