Simmons a trade candidate?

[tdawg87]

Those types of trades rarely work out. Remember how upset we were at what we gave up to get Simmons? Remember how wrong we were?

I'd rather lock him up and keep him a part of the core to build around for the next 5-6 years. 

[notherhalo]

https://www.nj.com/phillies/2018/07/the_cole_hamels_trade_3_years_later_who_won_the_ph.html

I'll take any deal we can to get out of purgatory. 

However it's like choosing between:

- winning 78 games and watching a cool player like Simmons for a couple seasons

- winning 74 games with no Simmons on the off chance that we catch lightning on some prospects that take us to the 80s in wins. 

Trout will be Pujols pt 2 (maybe fatter) when he's 35 and clogging up the DH line for years so realistically our window to compete is small

[disarcina]

I would NOT trade Simmons.

We gave up a quality prospect starter to get Simmons (Sean Newcomb - who has run into some issue this year with Atlanta. Newcomb just got recalled from AAA where Atlanta sent him in April after some poor starts - this was to be Newcomb's 'break out' year -- still could be if he turns it around).

Simmons has played fabulous for us. Defense as expected/ advertised - Offense - better than expected/ advertised.

Team leadership - by example - not fully expected but appreciated.

I think he is a team leader and a spark plugs for the Halos