Buzz: Your Two Best Prospects for Nady
In his most recent report for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal writes that suitors for OF Xavier Nady, such as the Yankees, Rays and Phillies, “continue to balk at the Pirates asking price.”
Earlier this week in the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette, Dejan Kovacevic listed the Braves and Mets as having interest in Nady as well.
Last week, Kovacevic wrote that the Mets and Braves went so far as to recently conduct a conference call with the Pirates to discuss Nady.
…the problem, as i see it, is that the Pirates are rumored to be seeking your team’s two best prospects…also, for what it’s worth, there are few players for whom the Mets will trade Fernando Martinez, and nady is not one of them…
…and so, from what i can gather, for the Mets to have a shot at snagging nady - without giving up martinez - the Phillies, Rays and Braves need to turn their attention elsewhere, or at least get bogged down in talks for other players involving the prospects who Pittsburgh is seeking…this could happen if the Rockies start honestly shopping Matt Holliday…
…if this happens, my sense is that if the Mets give up at least their two best pitching prospects, in the eye’s of the Pirates, and the Phillies and Braves back off, nady could end up back in Queens…but that’s a lot of if’s…
By the way, Rosenthal also reports on rumors involving the Yankees, Bronson Arroyo and Jarrod Washburn, as well as Oakland’s interest in Bay.
