You want to trade for a known clubhouse poison who's hitting a notch above .250 with an OPS below .700?

Okay, hootie.

ROFL

LMAO I wonder what it would take to land Starlin Castro. He's having a down year, but he is inked through 2019 with a 2020 club option... He could play 2B and our middle infield would be set for a huge window.

more than we have to offer

and we need power...Castro makes no sense.

The Royals need serious power, it may cost us Ventura but they have to do the best they can to bring a power hitter here, maybe 2 new hitters

Castro makes a ton of sense long-term. Moose/Hos/Perez start hitting for power and we are going to be looking for a #2 hitter.

Gordon
Castro
Hos
Butler
Moose
Salvy
Cain
Dyson
Escobar


If we are selling out to contend now, Utley still makes the most sense. The Phillies are 8 GB and Utley is in the last year of his deal.

I am unsure if Dyson is part of the long-term picture (as a starter, anyways) a RF with power would make more sense, IMHO.

I really think Dyson makes a ton of sense in CF long-term. He has the bat speed to stick, imo. He may lack pop, but in terms of getting on base and getting extra bases, he has been great this year. His defense is also a plus.

Remember when a lot of people thought John Buck was going to win the homerun title this April?

.217/.274/.406

I think this line-up needs a true power hitter. At this time, the jury is very much out on Moose's productivity long term.

We have to wait another month to see where we are. We just had a 4-19 stretch once. There's no point trading for guys until we have a good idea where we are. We have to be within 5 of Detroit or the wild card to do anything

If moose doesn't pan out long-term then you look to fill your 3B slot with a true power hitter. If you're in win now mode you go after Utley.

If you get Utley, I think you can look at sending moose down to AAA and platooning Tejada and Johnson at 3B.

Moose may be helpful if they actually let him get his confidence back in AAA and get some success. he's currently being benched here and there and just playing awful offensively.

Ah my post was just a minute slow. I agree, fwiw. Though he is starting to hit with better contact again (as is Hosmer.)