Trading Garza

[davell]

Cool. Never saw that. By the way, one thing we still don't know about the qualifier is this: If a player is given the offer, does he have to turn it down? Or is the team on the hook for it throughout the entire offseason? What happens if the player turns it down, then a team is not willing to forfeit their 1st to sign him? My guess is they would have a date in place during the following season that the comp pick becomes null and void. And the guy is free to whatever team he signs with, but it's a total guess, on my part.

[Elrhino]

I still think Garza+Vitters for a Package like Olt+Buckel is the way to go. The Rangers don't have any place for Olt to go unless they shift him to 1B where his above average to plus 3B defense is wasted. I just can't see Olt or Andrus being with Texas when the 2013 season starts.

 

 

If I'm Texas, no way I pay that much for Garza this offseason.

 

Also, the Rangers aren't any position to trade young, cheap, right hand power bats. Michael Young is toast. Hamilton and Napoli are free agents who could leave a power void in the lineup next year. Cruz and Beltre are going to be 32 and 33 next year, respectively, and both are constant injury concerns. For all the strengths of their farm system, they don't have a ton of big bats coming down the pike. Whether or not they can fully utilize his glove at 3rd fulltime, Olt is a huge part of their future as a potential right handed middle of the lineup bat that will give them a lot of lineup flexibility.

[23sharks]

I've wanted Garza dealt as much or more than anyone. But we missed our chance. I guess it's possible we could vet a "Greinke/Angels" type package at the deadline, if he's having a really good year. But I can't see a GM trading for a guy that has had elbow issues two years in a row, including missing the last two and a half months, without seeing him log some innings beforehand. If he's making ten mill+ next year. Which is likely. There's just safer options out there to chooae from. We need to get him healthy and see if he'd take a discount of some sort on a longterm deal. If not, hope he pitches well enough to where we can feel comfortable giving him the big contract or to where we can get as solid of a return as possible. But this offseason? I just can't see a team paying up for a guy that hasn't pitched in quite a while. Too much risk involved for them to give up anything of value, in my opinion.

 

Yeah, there is no way any GM in their right mind would trade for Garza over the winter. What you suggest here is probably the best case scenario for the Cubs. Garza comes out and shows he's healthy, pitches well, and they move him at the deadline.

[Guest]

Best case scenario is that he's extended for around three years at a favorable rate and then pitches like an ace the whole time.