Angels discussing trade for Freese

[nate]

Ken Rosenthal verified

Sources: #STLCards, #Angels have discussed a trade that would send 3B David Freese to Anaheim.

 

Doesn't fix the pitching but definitely a trade I could get behind... as long as we aren't giving away everything.

Edited November 21, 2013 by nate

[mtangelsfan]

That is great and all, but this team needs pitching.  That is what we should be dealing with first and foremost. 

[Marsaka]

you guys aren't afraid every time the angels are involved with trade talks?

[Scott34]

Yeah would be alright if we don't give up a lot. Freese has had one really good year.

[Cdaniel]

I get worried and excited.

[Angelsjunky]

Freese is pretty much the definition of average, which would probably make him an improvement over Nelson/Jimenez and free up a Kendrick trade so that Green can play 2B, but doesn't excite me in any way.

[nando714]

Id rather trade for one of their arms. Maybe they throw in Lynn depending on what we hand them

[tdawg87]

Doesn't fix the pitching but definitely a trade I could get behind... as long as we aren't giving away everything.

This makes sense if Lynn or Kelly is involved. Maybe Aybar and Bourjos for Lynn/Kelly and Freese? I'd be happy with that. I'd be happier with Freese and Miller but that isn't happening unless the Angels give up all their trade pieces and prospects in one deal.

[xboom28x]

Freese would monetarily be a better option to replace the bats we need to trade to get pitching than signing McCann. I could get behind this.

 

I'm assuming Aybar would be the centerpiece involved in a deal. Maybe him and Grichuk and we get a bullpen arm too?

[nando714]

This makes sense if Lynn or Kelly is involved. Maybe Aybar and Bourjos for Lynn/Kelly and Freese? I'd be happy with that. I'd be happier with Freese and Miller but that isn't happening unless the Angels give up all their trade pieces and prospects in one deal.

What i was thinking as well

[tdawg87]

I think Freese is closer to his 2011 self than 2013. Granted he only played in 97 games that year but he put up a respectable 118 OPS+. I'd expect something along those lines from him in an Angels uniform.

[gotbeer]

Wasn't Freese a butcher at 3B?  

[Jammer36]

Hopefully this is just a starting point for Jerry to try and get one of their young pitchers.

[Scott34]

Freese is pretty much the definition of average, which would probably make him an improvement over Nelson/Jimenez and free up a Kendrick trade so that Green can play 2B, but doesn't excite me in any way.

2012 was awesome. Nearly 4 WAR. Maybe Jerry sees that Freese can rebound to that kind of production. Good buy low option.

[HaloCory22]

I'd be stoked to have Freese as long as we get Siegrist and/or Martinez.

[KevinStockerIsGod]

Considering Freese is a potential non-tender for STL, the return for him may be small, but if you include Kelly/Lynn, maybe you send Bourjos, which would seem to fit their thinking.  If the Cards are pulling the trigger on Aybar, maybe more, who knows.

[Chuck]

If we get him for cheap, I'm good with it.

 

Then there's this, from a Cardinals fan....

 

Freese parties waaaay too hard and doesn't focus on baseball. His 2011 WS heroics made him a god in STL and he let it all go to his head. I even have have a friend that knows his dealer. Freese is done as a useful baseball player. Which he barely was in 2011. Soon he'll be on the radio with his buddy Chris Duncan. Another has been/never was.

 

Perhaps reuniting with Pujols will set him straight if the above is true. I do like his 2012 enough to give up a moveable piece to land him. Just not a Bourjos or Trumbo unless we're getting an arm in return as well.

[tdawg87]

Does his friend play Xbox with his dealer?

[Stradling]

Am I the only one that struggles giving that quote any credibility? The quote is from the friend of a drug dealer, sounds legit. I'm guessing it's more likely the guy is like the guys here that make shit up about Albert because he hasn't played well.

[405z06]

The Cardinals already have two 1B better than Trumbo, I can't see a match there at all.

 

If it's just Freese coming from STL, I don't imagine it would cost a whole lot. I think their plan is to move Matt Carp back to 3rd and give prospect Wong the 2nd base gig. Freese will be eligible for arb again this year and should fetch between $4-4.5M, and that's too pricey for a guy you don't see as a starter. 

 

If the trade get's bigger, than you could possibly see an Aybar and Bourjos for Freese + Lynn or Kelly. I have never seen the potential for the Angels to get one of the elite young arm like Miller, Martinez, or Wacha. 

[Angelsjunky]

Yeah, I see St. Louis trading Kelly or Lynn before Miller, Martinez, Rosenthal and Wacha. Kelly and Lynn are both very good and would slot nicely into the Angels rotation as the #3 starter, but neither has the upside as the younger pitchers.

[HaloCory22]

Three team trade- Angels, Cardinals, Rays

 

Angels get-

 

Price

Freese

Siegrist

 

Rays get-

 

Miller

Green

Cron

Wong

 

Cardinals get-

 

Aybar

Bourjos

Shaffer

[KevinStockerIsGod]

If they could get Kelly too, local kid from Corona, only 25, not arbitration eligible until 2016, could be a great fit for 3/4.

[HaloCory22]

Back to dream land I go.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I like.