Would you guys do this trade?

[WallyWorld]

Just about everyone in baseball thought that Beltre go over paid.  Including everyone on this board.

 

since when did that stop the Angels though? 

[Stradling]

Do you think people in the baseball world thought we overpaid Hamilton? Weaver? Wilson? Hell even Pujols was probably paid the going rate and was even offered more money from Florida. Blanton was an overpay and not getting more money from Toronto for Wells was an overpay as well.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Just imagine if we had given to Adrian Beltre the money that was instead wasted to acquire Vernon Wells.  We'd have no dead money on the books, a comparable payroll, and a hall-of-fame player at a position of need. 

 

Few transactions (or non transactions) really bother me, but that one still kills me.  The last three years could have been radically different but for that series of terrible moves.   

 

I can't tell you how many times I have rehashed that. This would be a completely different team. Those two moves (the one that was made and the one that wasn't) sent the franchise on a downward spiral that has yet to abate.To further aggravate the problem, if Beltre had been signed it is unlikely that Pujols and Hamilton would have been, because those were likely byproducts of the lack of production out of the Wells deal. That money may well have been spent on pitching instead.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Vegas Halo Fan

[VariousCrap]

Boston would have to add two good prospects to make that deal worth it.

[Second Base]

The only reason Middlebrooks was regarded as a prospect was because he plays for Boston. Way over rated. The same goes for Dubront.

[SoWhat]

Matt Barnes and Middlebrooks would do the trick. I heard Phil Rogers on MLB Network the other day saying Boston had interest in Bourjos and Conger.

[YouthofToday]

Was talking to a friend of mine last night who is a Red Sox fan (the non a-hole variety), and this is what he proposed:

Trumbo & Bourjos for Doubront & Middlebrooks

I still think it favors Boston slightly, but on the other hand it does fill 2 gaping holes for the Angels - young SP and 3B. I think it comes down to how much one believes in Doubront's future. Both of us said we'd have a tough time parting with those players, which probably means it's a pretty fair trade.

No.

[YouthofToday]

Just about everyone in baseball thought that Beltre go over paid. Including everyone on this board.

Not everyone. I was adamant Beltre received market value and the Angels should have at least matched the final offer.

[Scott34]

Middlebrooks is not good.

[Brent Maguire]

Middlebrooks is basically a younger and worse version of Trumbo so I'm not sure what the point of getting him would be. 

[Mark68]

I asked my Chowd wife if she would be OK with this trade, and she said she would. So, no, I would not be OK with this.

 

Disclaimer: I was not OK with it before I asked her.

[Corona]

Middlebrooks and Doubront are both cans, so no.

[Oz27]

Hell no, I wouldn't do Trumbo for Middlebrooks and Doubront alone. Don't have any faith in Middlebrooks and I certainly wouldn't give up two awesome position players for one "meh" one and a decent starting pitcher

You think other teams are going to view a slugger with a career .299 OBP who plays every position he attempts rather badly and someone who has compiled a total of 1.9 WAR over the past two seasons as 'awesome'? Gee, talk about rose-colored glasses.