Buzz: Tigers, Schoeneweis and Thames

by Matthew Cerrone on July 28th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

According to Nick Cafardo in a report for the Boston Globe, citing a team official, the Mets would be willing to part with RHP Scott Schoeneweis if they could obtain an outfielder.

Cafardo, who provides a ton of information regarding the trade market, believes the Tigers could be interested in Schoeneweis.

That said, the Tigers are looking for help in the bullpen, reports Jon Paul Morosi in the Detroit Free Press.

In a post to his blog during March for ESPN.com, Jayson Stark wrote: “The Mets love Marcus Thames, but they’re not going to trade Aaron Heilman for him.”

Thames, 31, is batting .250 against left-handed pitching and .269 against right-handed pitching, while hitting 20 HR and 43 RBI in 70 games for the Tigers this season, during which he has played left field, right field and first base.

…like SNY’s Ted Berg just said to me, ‘Thames is like Adam Dunn, but without the walks,’ which is a good point…

…my problem with thames, for all of his power, is that he is so inconsistent…his year-in and year-out stats are all over the road…he could hit 20 home runs in 60 days for the Mets, or hit five…neither would surprise me…

…personally, i just don’t think it would make sense to weaken the bullpen for a .260 hitter…unless, of course, the Mets can upgrade the bullpen, from schoeneweis, in a separate deal, and then get thames, who can play every day in right, allowing them to solidify their bench…

For what it’s worth, yesterday in a post to Baseball Prospectus, John Perrotto wrote that the Mets have made trade proposals for A’s RHP Huston Street and Rockies RHP Brian Fuentes, while also checking in on M’s LHP Arthur Rhodes and Rangers LHP Eddie Guardado.

Additionally, the Mets have also expressed interest in Jays LHP Brian Tallet and Giants LHP Jack Taschner, according to Dan Graziano in a recent report for the Star-Ledger.

…hmm, so maybe the play is to trade for a guy like tallet or tashner, and then trade show for an outfielder, like thames…

…i’m always skeptical of these ‘moving parts’ type rumors, but who knows…

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