Howie Kendrick or Grant Green to Toronto Blue Jays?

[Tyler]

I'd rather have Sanchez than Stroman. 

 

Trade Howie for SP prospects.

Trade the other Angels 2B options for reliever.

 

Either or.

[NrM]

The difference between a 2 ERA reliever and 4 ERA reliever over the course of 50 innings is 11 runs. Howie should easily make up that difference and much more on Grant Green.

 

And what is the difference between Howie and the player who replaces him? Probably not that big of a gap.

[NrM]

btw Izturis tripped in the dugout and tore his ACL. Out 4-6 months. You can't make that shit up.

[eaterfan]

I'd imagine just the defensive gap between Howie and Green is close to 11 runs over the course of a season.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

I had no clue Izzy was their starting 2B. What the heck happened to Orlando Hudson?!?!

He was terrible in 2012 and he's been out of mlb ever since.

[Erstad Grit]

Hk for buehrle

[Homebrewer]

btw Izturis tripped in the dugout and tore his ACL. Out 4-6 months. You can't make that shit up.

You can take a player away from the Angels, but you can't take the Angels out of a player.

[Inside Pitch]

Since when does Toronto have pitching to offer?   If they are hard up for IFers, offer them Freese, I hear tell he's a legit power hitter who knows when to hit.  BTW, I don't wanna hear how Freese can't play 2B, from the looks of it he can't play 3B either...

 

 

Payback for Kelly Gruber.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[DW711]

There's no way Green would last in Toronto.

[MVTrout]

Green - LOL!

[Richard]

Hk for buehrle

NOPE. Buehrle makes about 14.5 million annually and isn't worth that.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Richard

[NrM]

from a toronto fan on reddit/r/baseball

 

"Yeah, Santos has had health issues, but he is an absolutely elite reliever when healthy, and he seems to be healthy. I am sure the Jays could throw in a long man in Esmil Rogers, or another lower level reliever in Neil Wagner. The Jays have 5 elite relievers in Janssen, Delabar, Cecil, Loup and Santos, so I am interested to see if the Jays and Angels could work out a deal."

[jshep]

Since when does Toronto have pitching to offer?   If they are hard up for IFers, offer them Freese, I hear tell he's a legit power hitter who knows when to hit.  BTW, I don't wanna hear how Freese can't play 2B, from the looks of it he can't play 3B either...

 

 

Payback for Kelly Gruber.

 

I laughed pretty hard at this. Well done.

[Angels]

There is no way in hell you trade Howie Kendrick for a reliever. I'm pretty sure Dipoto would agree. I think. Or hope.

Howie is an above average starting 2B signed for cheap. You don't trade guys like that for a reliever.

[Guest]

btw Izturis tripped in the dugout and tore his ACL. Out 4-6 months. You can't make that shit up.

 

You can take a player away from the Angels, but you can't take the Angels out of a player.

 

 

 

[Brent Maguire]

Stroman would be a pipe dream. I'd at least ask about Sanchez but I'd settle for Tirado and another lower level arm. 

[Docwaukee]

It wouldn't take howie to get a potentially elite reliever.  They got Frieri for Roach and Amarista. 

 

If you are gonna move one of these guys right now, it needs to help us right now.  Howie seems the least likely to go at this point.  At the ASB, it could be a much different story. 

 

I'd move yarborough or green now for the right reliever and then Howie at the break if we are out of it at the ASB or in the offseason regardless.  Get a nice AAA near ready guy similar to Skaggs if you can.  I'm just not sure that's feasible.  I really don't think the Jays part with Stroman for Howie btw. 

[Guest]

This team has a poor track record with trades, so I'd rather not see anyone traded.

[Brent Maguire]

There is no way in hell you trade Howie Kendrick for a reliever. I'm pretty sure Dipoto would agree. I think. Or hope.

Howie is an above average starting 2B signed for cheap. You don't trade guys like that for a reliever.

Yeah the idea of trading Howie for a short term reliever makes me cringe. 

 

You trade Howie with the intent to build up the system a bit. The Jays are loaded with some lower level arms, even after their trade with the Mets last year. It's worth looking into. 

[Mark68]

Ohhh this would be awesome. Stroman would be the guy to get obviously, though I wonder if they could even do it? He's the Jays top prospect. They are loaded with young arms though

 

hell, try to get 2 of them! Stroman and Tirado/DeJong/Labourt/Norris for Kendrick and some mid level spect or something

They almost assuredly would not trade Stroman.

 

Aaron Sanchez, maybe. But not Stroman.

[tdawg87]

Sanchez is the Jays' top prospect.

[Angels]

I don't think the Angels are willing to trade Howie, anyway. They are trying to make the postseason. Every win counts in what is expected to be a really tight division. Who would replace Howie? Green? Green can't play defense and there are legit questions about his bat, too. And while I like Lindsey's potential, that's still a lot to expect from a rookie. I mean, Howie is a good player.

I think the only way Howie gets traded this season is if the Angels are out of the race. Or during the offseason.

[NJHalo]

Do not allow this gm to trade anything for a reliever. It is obvious he has no clue what a good reliever is.

[Stradling]

Like I already said, I would trade Howie for that lock down young reliever. If I could get another Joe Smith type I would pull the trigger. I do it because the difference between Jepsen and This Joe Smith Type Reliever is much greater than the difference between Howie and Green. Plus you save $ 8 million.

[Stradling]

Do not allow this gm to trade anything for a reliever. It is obvious he has no clue what a good reliever is.

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