Hypothetical Castro trades that'll never happen

[David]

According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Cubs are telling teams that "nearly everyone but starter Jeff Samardzija is available."

 

Apparently club president Theo Epstein is open to moving Starlin Castro as well. Castro "can be obtained for two impact prospects," according to Nightengale.

Edited June 1, 2012 by David

[Guest]

He has to be talking out of his ass on Castro.

 

Let's trade a 21 year old 4-5 WAR player for two guys, one of which in our wildest dreams might actually become a 4-5WAR 21 year old.

[sneakypower]

Apparently club president Theo Epstein is open to moving Starlin Castro as well. Castro "can be obtained for two impact prospects," according to Nightengale.

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[Guest]

8/13/11

‏@BNightengale Jim Hendry will stay on as ‪#Cubs‬ GM, barring Ricketts change of thinking

 

8/19/11

Ricketts announces that Hendry has been fired for a month

[Guest]

I'd be more open to trading Samardzija than I would Castro.

[WilcoFan]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

[El Duderino]

8/13/11

‏@BNightengale Jim Hendry will stay on as ‪#Cubs‬ GM, barring Ricketts change of thinking

 

8/19/11

Ricketts announces that Hendry has been fired for a month

 

Hahahaha.

[UMFan83]

I don't think Theo will actually trade Castro unless he gets a significant return.

[El Duderino]

Do the Angels have a good pitching prospect? I'll take him and Mike Trout to open negotiations.

[gocubs2118]

You better get a Justin Upton type player in return to even think about it, even then I probably wouldn't do it. The only way you even consider trading a young player like Starlin is if you get multiple young established MLB players like Starlin in return.

[Guest]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

 

I'm not even sure I'd do that.

 

What Castro is doing and has done is absurdly rare.

[MWV]

Maybe they feel his plate discipline is unlikely to improve?

Still, considering his age and outstanding hit-tool (not to mention improving defense) he's valuable even if he never really learns to walk.

[KingCubsFan]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

 

I'm not even sure I'd do that.

 

What Castro is doing and has done is absurdly rare.

Yeah I wouldn't do it either. Castro had much better numbers than Machado in AA. As for Bundy, he's only thrown a handful of professional innings, and the track record for high school pitchers that throw as hard as he does isn't great.

[mookie]

This is very exciting. I seriously doubt Starlin will go, but to float him is great to see.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

 

I'm not even sure I'd do that.

 

What Castro is doing and has done is absurdly rare.

Yeah I wouldn't do it either. Castro had much better numbers than Machado in AA. As for Bundy, he's only thrown a handful of professional innings, and the track record for high school pitchers that throw as hard as he does isn't great.

 

Yeah, I'm not doing that either. Unless one of the prospects is Trout or Harper, there's not many prospects packages that would even make me flinch on Castro.

[Guest]

Maybe they feel his plate discipline is unlikely to improve?

Still, considering his age and outstanding hit-tool (not to mention improving defense) he's valuable even if he never really learns to walk.

 

The only real problem is how susceptible to BABIP luck his overall value is. If the steals and the defense remain a thing, those help a lot.

[SouthSideRyan]

8/13/11

‏@BNightengale Jim Hendry will stay on as ‪#Cubs‬ GM, barring Ricketts change of thinking

 

8/19/11

Ricketts announces that Hendry has been fired for a month

 

TT, you're not doing anything constructive, run into the archive and find more of these.

[SouthSideRyan]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

 

Again with this [expletive].

[SouthSideRyan]

Maybe they feel his plate discipline is unlikely to improve?

Still, considering his age and outstanding hit-tool (not to mention improving defense) he's valuable even if he never really learns to walk.

 

Or maybe Bob Nightengale has no damn clue what he's talking about.

[SouthSideRyan]

This is very exciting. I seriously doubt Starlin will go, but to float him is great to see.

 

[expletive] what the [expletive] is wrong with you people??

[Guest]

If I'm trading Castro, I want a productive pre-arbitration player with room to improve(so not Darwin Barney) and a Top 25 prospect in the game at the bare minimum. Something on the order of Lawrie/D'Arnoud or Moustakas/Myers, as a starting point.

[mookie]

This is very exciting. I seriously doubt Starlin will go, but to float him is great to see.

 

[expletive] what the [expletive] is wrong with you people??

 

Ok, spaz.

[sneakypower]

(22-year-old) Castro is on pace for 5.5 WAR, so just imagine what happens when he starts walking some and hitting for more power (both are absolute certainties)

[mookie]

Castro is boss. Surely, no one here is actually believing he will be flipped?

[WilcoFan]

"Two impact prospects" can mean a lot of things.

 

For example, if the Orioles offered Bundy and Machado for Castro, I couldn't get the paperwork in fast enough. It all depends upon your definition of "impact."

 

Again with this [expletive].

 

 

My apologies. I didn't realize speculating about a hypothetical situation that's never going to happen, especially when fans have no impact on the likelihood (or lack thereof) of said situation even occurring, was so offensive. I will go back to adhering to the unwritten rules of baseball message board fandom.