Mets Have Moved on From Drew, Looking for SS via Trade

[Cdaniel]

Maybe I'm dreaming

[VariousCrap]

I'd love to see the Angels trade Aybar for Neese if it meant getting Choo.  I just don't think it will happen.

[Cdaniel]

If they take Blanton off our hands we would have the money. He does ok in the NL and will eat a lot of innings for them. Buys them time for Harvey to come back next year.

[HaloCory22]

Trade Aybar, Jepson, Blanton to NY for Niese and another player.

Sign Stephen Drew for SS.

Trade Howie for some pitching prospects

Sign Choo.

 

Get the banner ready.

 

Rotation-

 

Weaver

Wilson

Niese

Richards

Skaggs

 

Bullpen-

 

Frieri

Santiago

Smith

DDLR

Burnett

Moran

Salas

 

Lineup-

 

Calhoun- DH

Choo- RF

Trout- CF

Pujols- 1B

Hamilton- LF

Freese- 3B

Drew- SS

Conger- C

Lindsey- 2B

 

annnd I wake up from my dream.

[bloodbrother]

Not sure I'd want Niese. He's a solid pitcher but this past year he dealt with a partially torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder. Shoulder woes are a huge red flag for pitchers, moreso than elbow issues. The fact that he rehabbed/rested rather than get surgery on it worries me of it completely giving out at some point...possibly this upcoming season

 

Of course, if they were to get Rafael Montero in the deal as well....then I'm all for it. Good upside and would help add depth in case Niese does get hurt

[Chimi]

I would love to see Choo and Trout hitting ahead of Pujols. Would be hard for Pujols to NOT have a monster year.

[Lhalo]

I would love to see Choo and Trout hitting ahead of Pujols. Would be hard for Pujols to NOT have a monster year.

It would be... in a word...ridiculous.

[Cdaniel]

Do you guys think what I presented is doable? I like adding to the package with Jepsen to help get Montero. Money seems to work and it would prevent Choo going to the Rangers, Astros or M's.

[Mauch Won]

Good things happened the last time we traded a beloved SS to the Mets

[WallyWorld]

I want Aybar gone more than any other Angel player, but I just don't think we have a serviceable in-house replacement.

[Michael Pellicciotti]

Don't trade Aybar unless you get overwhelmed.

Why? Aybar is far from overwhelming. Solid to very good defense, a marginal bat, doesnt steal a lot of bags and is prone to mental lapses. I really dont think we lose all that much Romine at short except for 8 or 9 million in payroll.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Choo hitting leadoff would be stellar.  Another .400+ OBP, good baserunning, table setting (along with Kole Calhoun) for Trout, Pujols and Hamilton.  Would he cost us a pick?  With this type of offense in place, you could sacrifice Howie and Aybar (or one or the other) for kids up the middle.  A defensive-minded SS like Romine could easily be covered with a strong 1-7  or 1-8.  Have a competition for the SS and 2B jobs in my opinion.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Two other points. 

1.  If you trade Howie and Aybar now for minor league arms, you save nearly $18 million.  That is money that can immediately be given to Mike Trout.  That is money well invested.

2.  We don't have to win immediately.  We want to, no doubt.  But this isn't a sprint.  By obtaining strong, high upside arms, we create a minor league pitching reservoir that should start funding the major league team within the next year or two.  If we can get to the playoffs with the team we've created in the interim, great, but at the same time we create more potential for the future.  This is the balance that the Angels should be striving for.

[Brent Maguire]

Stephen Drew would cost a draft pick. Not sure he's the type of player you forfeit a 1st rounder for. 

[Jim]

While I can't imagine us trading three big parts of our offense, we still do match up well with the Mets considering they just signed Colon to a two year deal and Jeremy Hefner. 

 

If Aybar + Kohn/Jepsen could net us Niese, Rafael Montero, and Ruben Tejada would you do it? Imagine then signing Matt Garza. Something would have to be done about SS, but even a platoon there between Romine and Tejada would be well worth Niese and Montero IMO. Tejada is not a bad hitter against lefties (career .296/.367/.368)

 

1. Weaver

2. Wilson

3. Garza

4. Niese

5. Richards

 

Skaggs

Santiago

Montero

As long as we're throwing things out there.

 

Forget Niese. Arm troubles a coming. 

 

Forget Tejada. Let them take out their own trash. 

 

 

 

Aybar, Kohn and a decent PTBNL for Gee and Montero or forgetaboutit

 

Don't start off insulting them with the Blanton/Jepsen crap. We need to take out our own trash. 

 

 

Weaver

 

Wilson

 

Gee

 

Garza

 

Richards

 

 

Frieri

 

Santiago

 

Montero

 

Smith

 

DDLR

 

Burnett

 

Moran

 

Skaggs and Salas start in AAA.

 

Or how about Aybar and Freese for Wright?

Edited December 14, 2013 by Jim

[SigBaby]

Mets need bullpen arms, want to move Eric Young back to second, and most importantly need a SS.

 

How about looking at a slightly bigger trade:

 

Aybar, Lindsey, Rasmus, Kohn for Daniel Murphy, Niese, Montero. Murphy seems to be a Scioscia player: he's versatile, plays hard, and has speed. Plus he's not a bad hitter: Shuck but with 15 homer potential. Also if Aybar were to get traded, would a Romine/Jimenez platoon work? Jimenez can't be that bad at short seeing as he's a good fielding 3b and Sosh shifted him to SS a couple times last year.

 

Then sign Garza and this team would be set

 

1. Trout CF

2. Calhoun RF

3. Pujols 1b

4. Hamilton LF

5. Kendrick 2b

6. Freese 3b

7. Murphy DH

8. Conger C

9. Jimenez/Romine SS

 

Ianetta, Green, Jimenez/Romine, Shuck

 

1. Weaver

2. Garza

3. Wilson

4. Niese

5. Richards

6. Skaggs

7. Montero

8. Santiago

9. Blanton? If this scenario played out I doubt he would be on the team

 

 

Frieri

Smith

Burnett

De La Rosa

Jepsen

Moran

Santiago

Edited December 14, 2013 by SigBaby

[YouthofToday]

The reason I would insist on being overwhelmed to trade Aybar is we simply do not have an in-house replacement.

We don't have a farm system capable of getting a competent SS mid-season if/when our other internal options fail.