Howie Kendrick or Grant Green to Toronto Blue Jays?

[WallyWorld]

Howie, much like his double play partner Aybar, has one of the lowest baseball IQ's of any player I've seen.  8 years in the league now and he has zero pitch recognition, no plan at the plate, and a penchant for making mistakes in critical situations.  He's a guy that the more you watch him play, the more you realize how little he helps the team.  All this coming from a guy who considered Howie his favorite player a few years ago.  I once was blind, but now I see . . .

[ettin]

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.

I still believe Howie has more value than obtaining one high-end projected reliever. How much more than that is certainly up for debate but Howie still has 1 1/2 years of team control left at a reasonable price. He's suffered from a very low BABIP (.293 in 2014 vs. career .339) so far in this very young season and is projected by both ZIPS and Steamer to finish out the year around 2.5 WAR.

That would still net a top flight prospect or a high-end prospect reliever plus something else if we were to consider moving Kendrick. I agree with you Stradling that we need to get some better quality, young bullpen arms in our system. I think Dipoto has been trying to bridge the gap between now and when some of our farm system arms appear. Unfortunately we need it now, not later.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I'm a huge Howie guy, but if I could get a shut down reliever for him, someone that could close the door in the 7th, I would do it. It would also free up money.

 

We'd be 1/4 of the way towards a bullpen with shutdown guys.  Still need a shutdown 6th, 8th, and 9th.

[Jimmag]

Like Howie solid defense and offense. If we can get a couple solid arms you make the trade.

[WallyWorld]

Bumping this in honor of Howie's last AB tonight.

[Guest]

Blow the team up. I don't want to see Howie