At least, that's who I see when he steps in the box.
If Pudge caught for 25% of his games and DHed for 75% he'd still have plenty of value. The Yankees are gonna have to figure something out, though, because A-Rod is gonna be DHing shortly and for the next half-dozen years, so that's not an open slot for the Yanks. They could use him as the backup catcher, I guess...
I wanted V-Mart so it's not like that DH/C package is one I'm against. But you're not getting Montero for anything short of a ML pitcher at this point - no Campos type of trade of a pitcher 3-4 years away to get him. Pineda or Paxton for Montero, and that's not a deal I make - we don't have any more plus-ML arms to spare at this point.
Too bad we don't still have Fister... *rubs salt in wound*
F-Mart better be good. I like Furbush, don't like Wells (in RF at least), and Ruffin's a reliever. F-Mart is gonna be the one that hinges the deal on Fister and whether it's profitable, but this is why I hate giving up the best player in a trade. $1.00 of pure performance is worth more than $1.08 in potential performance. Especially when the value of that $1.00 is still climbing daily.
OTOH, it's always possible that Jack trades Wells (or plays him in CF, freeing up Trayvon for another trade) and we get back a better sum of parts that way. Collecting all these parts is great, but we're still one of the worst offenses in the DH era for the second year in a row.
The ones who can't stay have got to go - while they still have value.
I don't really see us doing that, however. I think Wells and Trayvon both stay. I think Carp, Smoak and Seager all stay, at least for a while. Seager might get moved as he'd have a ton of value as a cheap 2B if we can get Vinnie or F-Mart or Miller or Nick Franklin playing 3rd, but we're still a year or two off on that. Think of it like the Angels trading Kotchman because they had Kendry in system.
On the whole though I think Jack traded for guys he wanted for us, not ones to spin off to other teams for yet more unproven guys.
~G
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