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Views from the Top Row - Depth at catcher?

Li_l_rox_girl_tiny by Rox Girl on in Rockpile

What a strange concept coming out of Seattle

All indications, then, are the Mariners will look for a veteran catcher. Again.

Benito Santiago's name will surely surface, but he remains an unlikely solution, since the Mariners have passed on him twice in the past month, once in a trade and again as a free agent. Greg Myers, 39, who was released by the Blue Jays last month, remains available. Colorado has good depth at the position, which could make Todd Greene expendable.

This is the first time I've heard this, and I have no idea why they would think we have enough depth at the position to dispose of Greene, particularly with Closser only beginning to emerge from his funk ahead of him.

I missed Rox Head's quarter season grades when they came out a few days ago, but it looks like Head Bum's higher than the rest of the Rockies blog community on the value of Jamey Wright, and acually it's hard to argue with him especially after last night. As far as trades are concerned it's kind of hard to tell by the grades, but it looks like HB feels that a trade of Preston Wilson will serve us well by leaving with playing time for the farm, but a trade of Joe Kennedy will bring in the most return player value. Judging by his grades, it also appears that we're in agreement that shipping Todd Greene to the Mariners would not be a wise decision at this juncture.

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It's discussion time. Today I want to start making a real consensus about the value of players for trade. I think it will be an interesting exercise. I want my readers to rate as many of the forty man roster as they care to on a scale from one to five, with five meaning we absolutely shouldn't let this player go no matter what, while one means we should trade him for anything at the earliest convenience. Three means you're ambivalent and don't really care either way. I'm just going to post their names in the Comment threads and you could rate as we go or just pick the ones you like. I'm eliminating Marcos Carvajal and Matt Merricks from contention since as Rule Five players they can't be traded without first being offered back to the Dodgers.[editor's note, by Rox Girl] Oops, that was a bad case of memory lapse, we can trade Carvajal or Merricks without offering them back to the Dodgers so long as the next club down the line puts them on the twenty-five man roster. I'll just leave them out still, though since I assume nobody would want to give them up right now anyway. If you do, just add a comment to the bottom.

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by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:11 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Don't see what we could possibly get by trading him.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:13 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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He's not making as much as ESPN says he's making, right? Or, at least not from the Rockies?

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:15 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

No, he's getting 5.9 million of that from...
the Tigers, so don't worry about it coming out of our pocket.

by Rox Girl on May 31, 2005 1:32 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Once again, I don't think we'd get much in return... we're not trying to move guys just for the sake of moving them.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:14 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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One of only two starters I trust. Probably has more value than most of the other players, though.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:19 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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His salary really limits what we would get in return anyway.  And honestly, what guy in the farm system would pitch better than Chacon?

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:15 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Our current best starter.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:07 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I doubt anyone would take him because of his injury, anyway.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:16 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Our ace in a couple of years.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:07 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I'm only half-sure he's not a figment of our collective unconscious.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:28 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Not much reason to keep him, but once again, what would we get in return?

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:17 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I wouldn't mind never seeing most of this year's bullpen ever again. I also wouldn't mind having to eat crow here, either.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:16 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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He's still young, and he was pretty good last year, so let's give him another chance

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:17 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Good stuff, screwed up head from lack of experience.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:09 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I bet we could get some pretty good players for him, though! Then again, we'd be giving up a lot, too.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:17 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Yeah, right... why would we move a guy making rookie salary and pitching this well?

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:18 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Don't ever trade young lefties

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:09 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I don't think we can trick the Giants into believing he's really a closer, anyway. I also don't know what my fascination is with screwing over the Giants.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:30 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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With Tsao out for the season, we need Fuentes around.  Lefthanders don't grow on trees, either.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:18 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Ditto

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:10 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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It really depends on what we can get for him, in my book.

by Rox Girl on May 31, 2005 1:10 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:42 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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His last outing makes me want to think twice about trading him.  Sure, he's no better than a #4 starter, but we need to let him hang around until one of our prospects (U-ball, Morillo) is ready.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:19 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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No way, U-ball stays on until we know what he's got.

by Rox Girl on May 31, 2005 1:10 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Definitely need to find out what he can bring.

by Russ on May 31, 2005 1:13 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Uhhh... why would we move him?  You give up prospects when you're trying to get veteran help late in the season, not when you're trying to get rid of ridiculous salaries because you're hopelessly out of contention.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:20 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Similar to Jennings

by Rox Girl on May 31, 2005 1:11 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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See my thoughts on Jennings... there's nobody in the farm system who's ready to come up and take a spot in the rotation right now.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:21 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Ok, it's alright to trade lefties sometimes. We'll get good return.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:12 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I bet the Giants would trade half of their Double-A team for him!

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:20 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I wonder who would take him.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:21 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Like Ubaldo, he has too much potential to let go at this stage.

by Rox Girl on May 31, 2005 1:12 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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No reason to move him... but he's still at least a year or two off.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:22 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I'm probably biased here, but I just don't like Neal.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:13 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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I doubt we'd get much in return.  Still, what's he done for us?

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:22 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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We don't need to move anybody still making rookie salary, unless a team demands him for helping us dump Wilson on them.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:23 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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A 85 MPH fastball is hittable from any angle thrown.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:15 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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On a related note, he leads my dynasty in MVP Baseball with 19 SVs.

by Russ on May 31, 2005 1:19 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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It's always fun while it lasts, but that arm hardly lasts. On the otherhand, I can see him going to another team and getting completely healthy. Thus ambivalence.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:38 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Too much potential, and his injury history kills his trade value.

by Rox Fan in TN on May 31, 2005 2:24 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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A 100 MPh fastball is not hittable from any angle thrown.

by roxhead on Jun 1, 2005 6:16 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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Hopefully O'Dowd can pull off a trade like the Padres did in 2001 and get a top prospect for him. Hopefully said prospect's career would turn out better than D'Angelo Jimenez's career.

by Lauren on May 31, 2005 1:33 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

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He's been one of the best guys in our pen