Carlos Beltran to Giants

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Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran?

By Tim Dierkes [July 27 at 12:17pm CST]

It looks like Carlos Beltran is indeed going to the Giants, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown, with logistics being worked out.

 

Could be huge for the Giants.

 

Giants 2010 1st round pick Gary Brown probably involved.

[erik316wttn]

Heyman just tweeted that the Rangers are officially out of the running.

[Cubswin11]

Assuming this goes through, with Beltran and Rasmus off the board. This has to leave Byrd and Fukudome as two of the better options for OF help in the trade market. I know the early inclinations are that Byrd won't be traded, but Hendry would be stupid not be shopping him with those two guys already traded and 4 days left before the deadline.

[Sammy Sofa]

Assuming this goes through, with Beltran and Rasmus off the board. This has to leave Byrd and Fukudome as two of the better options for OF help in the trade market. I know the early inclinations are that Byrd won't be traded, but Hendry would be stupid not be shopping him with those two guys already traded and 4 days left before the deadline.

 

There's very good arguments as to why trading Byrd this year WOULD be stupid.

[Cubswin11]

Assuming this goes through, with Beltran and Rasmus off the board. This has to leave Byrd and Fukudome as two of the better options for OF help in the trade market. I know the early inclinations are that Byrd won't be traded, but Hendry would be stupid not be shopping him with those two guys already traded and 4 days left before the deadline.

 

There's very good arguments as to why trading Byrd this year WOULD be stupid.

I agree that there are very good arguments to not trading him. But with teams like the Phillies, Braves, Rangers, Red Sox, and Tigers all potentially looking to add an OF Hendry should at least be making him available to see what kind of return he can get.

[Sammy Sofa]

Are they looking for corner OF or CF?

[Cubswin11]

Are they looking for corner OF or CF?

Both. Red Sox would use him probably in all three spots, Braves and Rangers in CF, Tigers and Phillies in RF.

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12:45pm: Olney tweets that Giants pitching prospect Zack Wheeler is expected to be the centerpiece in the trade. Perhaps that means Brown is not.

 

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12:45pm: Olney tweets that Giants pitching prospect Zack Wheeler is expected to be the centerpiece in the trade. Perhaps that means Brown is not.

 

 

Giving up Zach Wheeler for 2 months of Beltran.......that is going to be a big mistake.

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12:45pm: Olney tweets that Giants pitching prospect Zack Wheeler is expected to be the centerpiece in the trade. Perhaps that means Brown is not.

 

The rumored Jonathan Sanxhez and Gary Brown was giving up too much. If it's Wheeler instead of Brown it's a clear cut win for the Mets. Guess the Giants got a little desperate.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, this seems like desperation on the Giants' part if that's what they're giving up. How tough is their schedule the rest of the way vs. the Diamondbacks'? And how realistic is it that the Diamondbacks will pull off a deal that will help them take the division?

[toonsterwu]

Excellent deal for the Mets if it happens.

 

As for the D-backs, I doubt they'll pull of an impact name deal, but could see them swing some small arm/depth deals.

[Guest]

To be fair to the Giants, their offense sucks (28th in runs scored and 26th in OPS) and Beltran will likely be the best hitter on their team (and very easily, a top-2 hitter along with Sandoval).

[apete6]

To be fair to the Giants, their offense sucks (28th in runs scored and 26th in OPS) and Beltran will likely be the best hitter on their team (and very easily, a top-2 hitter along with Sandoval).

 

And they have the pitching to compete with the Phillies in the playoffs. And getting Beltran keeps him from the Phillies.

 

When you have a chance to win multiple titles, you do it, within reason.

[BeerHere]

I wonder if the teams that don't get Beltran would be interested in Fukudome, Byrd or Soriano......just saying.......

[Ballgame64]

Assuming this goes through, with Beltran and Rasmus off the board. This has to leave Byrd and Fukudome as two of the better options for OF help in the trade market. I know the early inclinations are that Byrd won't be traded, but Hendry would be stupid not be shopping him with those two guys already traded and 4 days left before the deadline.

 

There's very good arguments as to why trading Byrd this year WOULD be stupid.

Why would it be stupid to trade Byrd this year? He has actually been hitting lately so now is the time to move him. Unless you think his $6.5 million salary for next year is an issue for some teams, I am not sure why it would be stupid to trade him now.

[Guest]

Because we need 3 outfielders next year too. Out of the current options(Byrd/Kosuke/Soriano/Jackson/Colvin), Byrd is easily the best bet for next year, he's not making more than he's worth, losing his salary wouldn't give the team a ton of flexibility, and the return they would get for him probably wouldn't justify opening up another hole on the roster.

[YearofDaCubs]

What kind of OFers do we really need next year? This team next year will be horrible, I can live with mediocre players in the OF if we can get a decent return for these guys.

[SouthSideRyan]

What kind of OFers do we really need next year? This team next year will be horrible, I can live with mediocre players in the OF if we can get a decent return for these guys.

 

Next 6 years.

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i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

[YearofDaCubs]

i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

Sounds about right with Hendry at the helm.

[UMFan83]

i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

Sounds about right with Hendry at the helm.

 

Yup he's never turned around a 90 loss team into a playoff team in one season.

[YearofDaCubs]

i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

Sounds about right with Hendry at the helm.

 

Yup he's never turned around a 90 loss team into a playoff team in one season.

Anything is possible with a 120+ million payroll. He's a horrible GM and good luck to you for having faith in him.

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

Sounds about right with Hendry at the helm.

 

Yup he's never turned around a 90 loss team into a playoff team in one season.

Anything is possible with a 120+ million payroll. He's a horrible GM and good luck to you for having faith in him.

 

yeah because that's exactly what umfan said.

 

also, you said that the cubs will be horrible next year, but now you're saying that anything is possible... which is it?

[UMFan83]

i'm going to be optimistic and say that our next chance to contend will be 2020.

Sounds about right with Hendry at the helm.

 

Yup he's never turned around a 90 loss team into a playoff team in one season.

Anything is possible with a 120+ million payroll. He's a horrible GM and good luck to you for having faith in him.

 

He's done it twice and didn't have a 120 million payroll in 2003.

 

I don't have much faith in Hendry but I won't discount that it's possible we could contend next year with Hendry as GM. It's just less likely than if we had a competent GM.