After yesterday’s analysis of the Mets pitchers, I did a quick run-through of the prospect hitters from the Met organization to see if anyone jumps out as a “fit” for a Nick Franklin trade.
As with the pitchers, I tried to run the numbers without preconceptions (although I obviously had looked at the prospect rankings after running the pitching stats).
Anyway, here’s what I came up with:
Full article at Mariner Brainstorm: here.
who doesn't like the odds on Puello :) Out of curiosity if you have a chance, how badly does your system rank Lagares? He'd be my favorite Met player at a position of need with excellent defense. Any chance his bat gets to league average? Thanks for these profiles Spec, fun to read!
Lagares didn't have enough minor-league PAs to register in my batch processing.
I don't like much of anything the Mets will be willing to give up. I would send him to AAA before I would just give the guy away.
I would just as soon keep Franklin. Let him play shortstop at AAA for half a season and see where his value goes.
If Franklin owns AAA pitchers again while playing a decent shortstop, he'll be a highly coveted player for some team(s). The kid is only 23 for heaven's sake. Great makeup, excellent left handed power, major league experience...yeah, let's get something we can really use in return. Most likely, the best deal could come around mid season, when a team or two is out of it and wanting to unload costly but solid talent and rebuild. Or a contender who could really use a young major league talent at second or short and is willing to part with a lower minor league stud or two. Take your time, Z, and get the best return.
Young high talent players who are considered "blocked" are generally looked at with more esteem by other ball clubs. I won't try to delve too deep into the psychology of the situation, but it goes along the lines of; Oh yea man, he's useless to the Mariners now! Go get him while he's cheap! The M's blew it!
I don't think I'd accept anything less than an MLB ready player, and it would have to include the M's giving up a package of players for a pitcher. Maybe just maybe an outfielder.
I'm not really excited about prospects for prospects.
Don't give the kid away over circumstances,
I think the tricky part is if the team decides that the package, or trade values weren't in the cards for Nick Franklin, and they decide to keep him. Then how do you go about maximizing Nick Franklin's trade value until mid-season or next year?
AAA or a 25 man roster spot?
AH AH AH AH!
Does he actually beat Miller out of the position.
To be continued.
Problem being that with the wild card, very few teams are actually out of contention at the trade deadline.