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Mystery Team After Cliff Lee

By Tim Dierkes [June 28 at 2:22pm CST]

A mystery team is pursuing Cliff Lee, tweets Ed Price of AOL FanHouse. According to Price, the Cardinals "may be it." Price believes that top prospect Shelby Miller is a possible chip.

 

Six years of Miller would be an impressive return for two-plus months of Lee, but the Cardinals would have to be intrigued by the possibility of having three aces in the rotation. Drafted out of high school, Miller is a few years away from the Majors but is said to have number one starter stuff. Since the Cardinals signed the first-round pick on August 17th of last year, he could only be traded as a player to be named later (named after a year has passed from the time of his signing).

I know it would be a rent-a-player, and theyd never be able to afford an extension, but I dont even want to think about a Cards rotation of Carpenter-Wainwright-Lee. If they made the playoffs, that would probably make them favs to win it all make them sure fire favs to win it all.

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Their trade chip would have to be Shelby Miller. He's the only minor leaguer that they have. They better win it all because Cliff Lee will walk and the Cardinals will be left with a worse minor league system than the Astros.
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I could see the Brewers as being the vaunted "mystery team." Jack Z used to work in the Brewers FO and is largely responsible for building their minor league system over the last 5-10 years, so he knows that system inside and out. Doug Melvin could lose his job if the Brewers don't at least finish at .500 and they need another starter behind Gallardo.
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Of course the Cardinals are interested in Lee, they have a slightly better version of Chris Archer as their only prospect that's worth anything. There's no downside, and it's why there's no way the Cardinals are the high bidder for Lee unless they do something like trade Garcia.
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Good, if there was a year where that wouldn't upset me, this would be it.

 

Why do they even need Cliff Lee? I thought Carp and Wainwright were Koufax and Drysdale of the 2010's

 

If Carpenter encounters a stiff breeze and becomes injured yet again, it won't be disaster.

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Cliff would no doubt sign with the cards for the league minimum. You know, just for the chance to play in front of the best fans in baseball.

 

I honestly cannot stand when Joe Buck says that the STL fans are the best. He's so annoying. Hearing it ad nauseum makes me sick too (is that a double negative?).

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Any chance that Lee would give them any type of discount? Even discounted, they probably couldn't afford him, but with Lee being from Benton, AR, there's a descent chance that he grew up a Cards fan (seems like everyone from Arkansas is a Cards fan), and maybe he would love to pitch for them.
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Any chance that Lee would give them any type of discount? Even discounted, they probably couldn't afford him, but with Lee being from Benton, AR, there's a descent chance that he grew up a Cards fan (seems like everyone from Arkansas is a Cards fan), and maybe he would love to pitch for them.

 

Even with a hometown discount, I can't see signing Lee long term as a good idea for them. They have a $94 million payroll this year with Holliday making $17 mil and Pujols making $16 mil. Pujols will be signing a new contract after next year, likely in the $25-30 million range.

 

Let's say Lee signs a hometown discount for, say, 3/33. Between Holliday, Pujols and Lee, that'd be $53-58 million invested in three players with the Cards unlikely to go above $100 million in payroll (never have before). They'd have well over half their payroll invested in three players. It'd make our payroll in 2012 look fantastic.

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Lilly's value just got increased and I am glad the Yankees got Lee, hopefully we can get the Rangers, Mets, or Dodgers to overpay for him. They all have some intriguing prospects/young guys.

 

Just what the Yankees needed, another starting pitcher. And if the Yankees get Lee what a crappy couple of years for Cleveland sports. CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Court Jester James all leaving, with two going to the Yankees. Man, I actually feel bad for the city of Cleveland.

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Lilly's value just got increased and I am glad the Yankees got Lee, hopefully we can get the Rangers, Mets, or Dodgers to overpay for him. They all have some intriguing prospects/young guys.

 

Just what the Yankees needed, another starting pitcher. And if the Yankees get Lee what a crappy couple of years for Cleveland sports. CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Court Jester James all leaving, with two going to the Yankees. Man, I actually feel bad for the city of Cleveland.

 

Word is that the Yanks are going to look to trade Vasquez now.

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