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Ken Davidoff of Newsday quotes an official from a National League club who believes the Brewers could seriously contemplate trading RHP Ben Sheets.
The Mets have reportedly asked about Sheets before, but were told he was not available.
Sheets was 12-5 with a 3.82 ERA in 24 starts last season. It was the third consecutive season he failed to make 25 starts.
Davidoff notes that the Brewers have depth in their starting rotation and Sheets has one year left on his contract valued at $11 million, with a limited no-trade clause.
…sheets has suffered a series of bizarre injuries and ailments since signing a team record contract with the brewers, so there is reason to proceed with caution here, however, this is just the type of name who may pay off big if he is truly available…the question is, why would the brewers do this…they will certainly compete next season, and if healthy, sheets is a bona fide ace…his contract will be off the books after next season so the brewers can sign some of their younger players to long term deals should sheets walk…my gut tells me they would have to be bowled over to move him, but they will ‘kick the tires’ on a discussion, as they should…
I think most of what we’re hearing this offseason are “kick the tire” discussions. Peavy, Willis, and Sheets… the whole lot of them. They are bonafide aces and there’s no real reason to trade them. (OK, willis is not, but you know what I mean.)
mets should really try to trade for santana is he becomes available; the thing is, the Mets don’t really have the farm system to get him, and i’d really prefer them not to trade Reyes…the Yankees, with Hughes, Chamberlain, Kennedy, Cabrera, Tabata, Horne, and the Dodgers with Kershaw, LaRoche, Kemp, and Ethier can easily sway the Twins’ mind more than the Mets, with some combo of Milledge, Maine, Perez, F. Martinez, Gomez, Pelfrey, and Humber…my dad did tell me that I heard the Twins were interested in Oliver Perez, Fernando Martinez, and Phil Humber for Santana…thoughts?
Dont trade OP. He is going to be an ace in the next few years. Just my gut, but I REALLY don’t want to trade him.
Sorry to be a DOWNER, but the only way that Santana will be on the Mets, is if we get him in ‘09 as a FA. The Mets do not have what the twins want. Santana is the BEST pitcher in baseball with a closet full of Cy Youngs. He will not be traded for a Pletra of Mediocre players. If you want Santana, you would have to give up a Reyes Caliber Player
my dad told me that HE heard, not I heard haha sorry mb
Is your Dad’s name Bill Smith?
Ben Sheets is to 2007 as Brett Saberhagen was to 1992….a stud pitcher who is never healthy.
here’s a solution: get sheets, a.j. burnett and rich harden. Use one when the other goes down. That way you get 32 starts out of these clowns/
It’s pretty obvious that in this weak free agent pitching market, teams are just putting out their guys to get a feel for what the market is like. If there’s guys who teams were thinking of trading/not resigning in the next few years, they me be realizing that this may be the time to do it instead of waiting.
If the Mets can this kind of quality starting pitcher in a package that includes Carlos Gomez, Heilman and Humber I would make the move in a second. Giving up any more than that, however, would be difficult to do