Misc. Center Field Options

[Little Slide Rooter]

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/30/9807378/cubs-adam-eaton-trade-target

 

I was intrigued enough by the idea of Eaton as a CF stop gap. And then I came to this part.

 

Eaton's young enough that he could be the Cubs' regular center fielder for several seasons. That means Albert Almora could be someone the Cubs could include in a trade; so could Billy McKinney. The Sox would certainly ask for a major-league player to be included. That could be Javier Baez or Starlin Castro, either of whom could replace the departed Alexei Ramirez at shortstop.

 

I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale?

Edited December 3, 2015 by Little Slide Rooter

[Backtobanks]

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/30/9807378/cubs-adam-eaton-trade-target

 

I was intrigued enough by the idea of Eaton as a CF stop gap. And then I came to this part.

 

Eaton's young enough that he could be the Cubs' regular center fielder for several seasons. That means Albert Almora could be someone the Cubs could include in a trade; so could Billy McKinney. The Sox would certainly ask for a major-league player to be included. That could be Javier Baez or Starlin Castro, either of whom could replace the departed Alexei Ramirez at shortstop.

 

I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale?

 

I've suggested putting a blockbuster package together for Quintana and Eaton. Baez, Almora/McKinney, Vogelbach, Underwood, ????????

Solve CF and SP in one trade.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I don't know who wrote that but they may want to get checked for dementia

[KingCubsFan]

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/30/9807378/cubs-adam-eaton-trade-target

 

I was intrigued enough by the idea of Eaton as a CF stop gap. And then I came to this part.

 

Eaton's young enough that he could be the Cubs' regular center fielder for several seasons. That means Albert Almora could be someone the Cubs could include in a trade; so could Billy McKinney. The Sox would certainly ask for a major-league player to be included. That could be Javier Baez or Starlin Castro, either of whom could replace the departed Alexei Ramirez at shortstop.

 

I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale?

 

I've suggested putting a blockbuster package together for Quintana and Eaton. Baez, Almora/McKinney, Vogelbach, Underwood, ????????

Solve CF and SP in one trade.

That may not be enough to get Quintana by himself, let alone Quintana and Eaton.

[sneakypower]

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/30/9807378/cubs-adam-eaton-trade-target

 

I was intrigued enough by the idea of Eaton as a CF stop gap. And then I came to this part.

 

Eaton's young enough that he could be the Cubs' regular center fielder for several seasons. That means Albert Almora could be someone the Cubs could include in a trade; so could Billy McKinney. The Sox would certainly ask for a major-league player to be included. That could be Javier Baez or Starlin Castro, either of whom could replace the departed Alexei Ramirez at shortstop.

 

I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale?

he's probably a bad fit here because of CF poor defense, but Almora/McKinney & Castro for Eaton doesn't seem like a bad value at all

[Backtobanks]

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/11/30/9807378/cubs-adam-eaton-trade-target

 

I was intrigued enough by the idea of Eaton as a CF stop gap. And then I came to this part.

 

Eaton's young enough that he could be the Cubs' regular center fielder for several seasons. That means Albert Almora could be someone the Cubs could include in a trade; so could Billy McKinney. The Sox would certainly ask for a major-league player to be included. That could be Javier Baez or Starlin Castro, either of whom could replace the departed Alexei Ramirez at shortstop.

 

I guess it's possible that he confused Adam Eaton with Chris Sale?

 

I've suggested putting a blockbuster package together for Quintana and Eaton. Baez, Almora/McKinney, Vogelbach, Underwood, ????????

Solve CF and SP in one trade.

That may not be enough to get Quintana by himself, let alone Quintana and Eaton.

 

That's why I added the ???????. It's a deal certainly worth looking into to solve a couple of our issues without affecting the budget very much.

[Cubswin11]

I'd rather just sign Span than trade for Eaton and give up only money than any players. They have pretty similar offensive profiles, unless you think Eaton is a mid-teens or more HR player after last year.

[sneakypower]

who even knows, he about halved his GBs in the 2nd half which is pretty unheard of and put up a .335/.418/.486 slash post ASB (with a .412 babip)

 

he's a pretty intriguing target, but his historically poor D coupled with the corner OF situation we've got makes him mostly unrealistic, i suspect

[Backtobanks]

who even knows, he about halved his GBs in the 2nd half which is pretty unheard of and put up a .335/.418/.486 slash post ASB (with a .412 babip)

 

he's a pretty intriguing target, but his historically poor D coupled with the corner OF situation we've got makes him mostly unrealistic, i suspect

 

Make my original trade ( blockbuster package together for Quintana and Eaton. Baez, Almora/McKinney, Vogelbach, Underwood, ????????)

 

Trade Soler for Salazar. Sign Heyward/Upton/Gordon for RF.

 

Rizzo, Castro, Russell, Bryant, Schwarber, Eaton, Heyward/Upton/Gordon, Montero with a rotation of Arrieta, Lester, Quintana, Salazar, Hendricks, Hammel.

Still should have enough money to tweak the bullpen and the bench.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Any interest in the other Upton? The one who had a quiet resurgence last year, albeit in a shortened season? Could put together a blockbuster for him and Tyson Ross.

 

Would something along the lines of

 

They Get:

Castro or Baez

McKinney or Almora

Hendricks

Underwood

1 of Cease/Steele/Sands

$

 

We Get:

Ross

Upton

Something raw and low level

 

Be fair?

[Backtobanks]

Any interest in the other Upton? The one who had a quiet resurgence last year, albeit in a shortened season? Could put together a blockbuster for him and Tyson Ross.

 

Would something along the lines of

 

They Get:

Castro or Baez

McKinney or Almora

Hendricks

Underwood

1 of Cease/Steele/Sands

$

 

We Get:

Ross

Upton

Something raw and low level

 

Be fair?

 

How much money of the $33 million owed to Upton are they sending us?

[Tryptamine]

Any interest in the other Upton? The one who had a quiet resurgence last year, albeit in a shortened season? Could put together a blockbuster for him and Tyson Ross.

 

Would something along the lines of

 

They Get:

Castro or Baez

McKinney or Almora

Hendricks

Underwood

1 of Cease/Steele/Sands

$

 

We Get:

Ross

Upton

Something raw and low level

 

Be fair?

 

That is one enormous overpay.

[StylesClash]

How much would everyone be comfortable giving up for AJ Pollock? Considering Pollock fills the Center Field void for atleast three years, has great range and is a good base stealer, I'd be willing to practically break the bank. Baez, Castro, Almora and a second tier pitching prospect seems like a good start.

 

Baez takes over at Short for Ahmed. Castro could either replace Owings at second, or be a trade chip. I would be willing to replace Almora with McKinney if need be too.

[Backtobanks]

How much would everyone be comfortable giving up for AJ Pollock? Considering Pollock fills the Center Field void for atleast three years, has great range and is a good base stealer, I'd be willing to practically break the bank. Baez, Castro, Almora and a second tier pitching prospect seems like a good start.

 

Baez takes over at Short for Ahmed. Castro could either replace Owings at second, or be a trade chip. I would be willing to replace Almora with McKinney if need be too.

 

I'm sure Pollock isn't available. If he was, Baez, Castro, Almora and a second tier pitching prospect seems like a good start.

[Tryptamine]

How much would everyone be comfortable giving up for AJ Pollock? Considering Pollock fills the Center Field void for atleast three years, has great range and is a good base stealer, I'd be willing to practically break the bank. Baez, Castro, Almora and a second tier pitching prospect seems like a good start.

 

Baez takes over at Short for Ahmed. Castro could either replace Owings at second, or be a trade chip. I would be willing to replace Almora with McKinney if need be too.

 

You're not getting out of that one without giving up one of Schwarber or Russell. 3 more years of control and last year wasn't a fluke. He was on that same 6.6fWAR pace in 2014 before injury.

[Guest]

Any interest in the other Upton? The one who had a quiet resurgence last year, albeit in a shortened season? Could put together a blockbuster for him and Tyson Ross.

 

Would something along the lines of

 

They Get:

Castro or Baez

McKinney or Almora

Hendricks

Underwood

1 of Cease/Steele/Sands

$

 

We Get:

Ross

Upton

Something raw and low level

 

Be fair?

 

holy [expletive] [expletive] this can't be a real post

 

iirc you or sontensei or someone proposed some monumentally horrific trade sometime around the trade deadline that was widely ridiculed and this one is definitely worse.

[Guest]

OH YEAH it was for matt kemp

[jersey cubs fan]

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[Post Count Padder]

Gonna do my best (or worst) B2B impression:

 

Cubs get:

Pollack

Teheran

 

DBacks get:

Shelby Miller

Baez

Arodys Vizcaino

 

Braves get:

Soler

Chris Owings

Underwood

McKinney

 

 

 

Who says no?

[davell]

Value-wise, I think its fair on all levels. I could see Arizona just saying no to dealing Pollock this year though. I could also see Atlanta just deciding they can't deal both of Miller/Teheran heading into the season, even with them tanking.

 

But value is there on all sides.

[Backtobanks]

Gonna do my best (or worst) B2B impression:

 

Cubs get:

Pollack

Teheran

 

DBacks get:

Shelby Miller

Baez

Arodys Vizcaino

 

Braves get:

Soler

Chris Owings

Underwood

McKinney

 

 

 

Who says no?

 

Certainly not the Cubs.

[Backtobanks]

We might be able to afford bringing Fowler back and then trading Baez for a young pitcher.

[rawaction]

Gonna do my best (or worst) B2B impression:

 

Cubs get:

Pollack

Teheran

 

DBacks get:

Shelby Miller

Baez

Arodys Vizcaino

 

Braves get:

Soler

Chris Owings

Underwood

McKinney

 

 

 

Who says no?

 

I think Atlanta and Arizona say No. I don't think the Braves are getting enough value for Miller and Teheran, especially when they want most of that for just Miller.

[rawaction]

I still want Marcell Ozuna. Not sure what it'll take to get him, but the Marlins don't seem to like him very much. If the Cubs go after Heyward or Gordon (and trade Soler), then Ozuna could be a nice cheap option without much pressure to perform in a loaded lineup. The upside he provides is huge if he puts it together, but he also allows you a guy to mix and match with to get Baez in the lineup, if he's still around.

[Backtobanks]

I still want Marcell Ozuna. Not sure what it'll take to get him, but the Marlins don't seem to like him very much. If the Cubs go after Heyward or Gordon (and trade Soler), then Ozuna could be a nice cheap option without much pressure to perform in a loaded lineup. The upside he provides is huge if he puts it together, but he also allows you a guy to mix and match with to get Baez in the lineup, if he's still around.

 

I'm thinking Heyward and Gordon are way too expensive for our budget. I agree that Ozuna would be a great pickup for CF or RF (if we trade Soler). Keeping Soler, we can put Ozuna in CF and trade Baez for pitching.