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According to the New York Post, “The Brewers have informed teams they are willing to listen to offers for first baseman Prince Fielder,” in exchange for a “substantial package.”
In a recent report for ESPN.com, Buster Olney wrote, “Rival execs expect the Brewers to consider swapping Fielder for a pitcher, like Matt Cain,” who, at 22 years old, had a 3.76 ERA, while striking out 186 batters, in 34 starts.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old Fielder hit 34 HR with 102 RBI in 2008.
…fielder will go to arbitration for the first time this off-season, and is under contract through 2011…the buzz around baseball is that he is likely to be rewarded a $10 million salary, similar to what Ryan Howard got last off-season…
…nevertheless, if you’re a Mets fan who wants fielder, it sounds like you would need to trade at least Mike Pelfrey to get him……
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no!!! the mets dont need him…hes overrated and not worth he prospects he would cost!! use those prospects to get a solid bullpen
This offseason is easy now. Trade for Magglio Ordonez, Matt Holliday, Prince Fielder, JJ Putz, Kevin Gregg, and Jake Peavy. Sign K-Rod, Fuentes, CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets, and Orlando Hudson.
It’s just that easy. :)
wouldnt that be awesome!! lol
I can’t stand the sight of that fat slob.
Athelete….pfft.
Yeaah.. like we could get Gregg..
Pelfrey is worth far more to me than Fielder ever wood.
Peflrey is the real deal and home grown.
Sure, a 24 year old Fielder is enticing, but I would have to skip it.
woops, would, not would.
This thing should have an edit option.
I would trade him for Jonathan Niese..but not Pelfrey…
Haha, you made another typo, etched in cyber-stone, for all eternity. :D
Or Freudian slip — maybe he wants Kerry Wood. Or another kind of wood. OK, I’ll stop there.
you mean would not wood!!!!!
LOL
Pelfrey’s home and away splits are scary. It’s hard to say whether he’s the real deal yet or not.
His home and away splits are not that worrying to me. Its the lefty right splits that are.
Pelfrey has a few things that should give us pause but overall I think he’s gonna be something.
For example he NEEDS to learn to contol his changeup. Thats the only way he’ll be able to get lefties out. Apparently the change also has a lot of movement on it so if he can learn to control it could be a very good pitch. I saw a really good write-up on metsgeek about pelfrey’s season which is where this info comes from.
he reminds me too much of mo vaughn…ur gonna have to pay him eventually so u might as well fork up the money now for Teixeira if u wanna take that path
I wouldn’t do this trade as rumored right now either, but generally, I certainly wouldn’t complain about getting Mo Vaughn’s 4th-6th seasons, when he was an elite hitter and an MVP…..If we were somehow guaranteed to get those same numbers from the same period of Fielder’s career, I’d take that in a heartbeat.
Sign Delgado and trade him and Neise to Mil. For Fielder. Otherwise.. No.
I think they are doing this because without sheets and sabathia they know they arent going to contend for a while…i wish they would but i highly doubt they would take an old guy like delgado who is signed for 1 year
I think they are doing it because Prince is fat and defensively-challenged at 24…it’s not going to get better. Teams like this can’t afford to wait and see with guys like this…just like the Marlins with Cabrera. His value in a trade will never be higher than now.
And they still won’t want Delgado.
What does this have to do with the Mets?
Oh right, nothing.
Lol this was my exact thought.
Matt Cain is cheaper next year than Carlos Marmol and in most circles, considered the better commodity. And Tidewater said that to even consider another teams player on that level would be moronic on the level of a Heilman and Castillo for Longoria and Price deal. While Carlos Marmol may not get dealt, and Matt Cain may not be touchable, Tidewater considers Buster Ulney and the rival execs morons for even suggesting it was possible!
No, I don’t consider them morons. This was not your fight but if you want a piece too… fine.
Cain makes twice as much as Marmol and is closer to arbitration than Marmol.
The Giants are desperate for improvement, especially at the plate, whereas the Cubs were a powerhouse this year who just got cold in a best of five series.
Cain has been rumored to be available for weeks whereas nobody has said word one about Marmol.
Marmol was actually in the Peavy rumor last week. But who cares.
Please show me that.
I believe Tom Fornelli wrote it. Granted he runs a blog but at this point that’s the only rumors we have since no players on other teams are allowed to be discussed by real sources. Not the most reliable source but none of these bozos know what they are talking about in regards to trade rumors — they are mostly made up.
That’s more likely a “suggestion” than a rumor, which is the same as suggesting that Ridethesnake’s post is a rumor.
I would not trade Pelf no way. Top starting pitching is harder to get and that is what Pel is becoming.
I would trade some minor leaguers for him though and then trade Delgado for some more bullpen help.
But nothing will come of this the Brew Crew will want way to much for him.
No thanks
While I would love to get Prince Fielder, I would never trade them Pelfrey for him.
He is a beast, but we have nowhere to put him. Teams will rob us of Delgado if we make this deal.
ESPN is reporting that the Mets just traded Luis Castillo to the Brewers for Prince Fielder and Solomon Torres …. I guess Castillo is worth something after all.
Im kidding by the way …. I just really hate Castillo and I really have a bad feeling this scum bag is going to be on the team next year which means he will at least start the season playing 2nd base because there is no way he will be on the team and start the season as a bench player. I HATE CASTILLO!!!!
I’m right there with you. I was saying this even after the deadline deal. I can’t stand having a guy on the team who bats .278 and slugs .279. Outfielders play at little league depth for this guy, which causes him to not be able to drive in a runner from 2nd base with less than 2 out on a single. He would probably even have trouble with 2 outs. Let’s not forget the odds are stacked against him from even getting the ball through the infield. He is horrible and has no place on this team. I can honestly say if Omar Minaya was fired and the Wilpons cited this signing as the reason, I would understand (not like he has a 2 yr deal…he. has. 3!!!!! years left)
Only thing we can do as fans is boo him all the way to Buffalo.
Don’t start posts with “ESPN is reporting that the Mets just traded Luis Castillo to the…”
You got me really excited for a second!
next year the mets have 3 options for first base….delgado (keep him), Tiexiera (sign him and trade delgado…like to see it but probably wont happen), or put evans/murph there (which most likely wont happen….
they are not gunna be searching for a first baseman… i really think delgado will be there next year
also, what are the mets planning on doing with murph?? i kno they wanted him to try 2nd now hes playing left…if hes gunna play left next year, y are we even looking for a leftfielder?? did they say he will play second, cuz i dont think they wanted him there
I don’t think you want Evans or Murphy there. There is no way they will give you the power or production that Delgado will give.
IF Delgado is bye bye you need a big big bat to replace him. I am talking a Manny bat to put into that lineup or the Mets lineup will be bad next year.
If you get an offensive production from another position it will even out. You don’t have to have a power hitter at 1b, you just need to have a power hitter somewhere. If we brought in someone like Manny or an Adam Dunn, not saying we should but if we did, then we could put a Murphy @ first or platoon him with Evans and our offense would still be upgraded.
Except for the fact that you’re supposed to get offense from LF in the first place. You really only offset a lack of power at a power position by getting it at a non power position.
If we had a power hitting catcher or second baseman, then you can sacrifice power at a “traditional” power position.
That’s the reason Piazza was even more potent than his raw stats suggested: he did it from a position where one doesn’t rely on top-notch offense.
That’s why Beltran is so key too — look around at CFers — it’s not 10 yrs ago when CF had power like Junior, Bernie, Andruw…
Exactly. People who have a problem with Beltran must have expected Willie Mays or something. Beltran is good in the field, at the plate, and on the base paths. I think fans thought he’d hit 40 homers and bat .330, but you can’t ask for much more than what he’s given.
Now if he’d do something about that mole…
Its going to be an interesting offseason thats for sure
It sure is, new rumors everyday …. you have reports saying the Mets are going for Manny then other reports saying no …. I jsut no of 2 things. There will be new faces in that bullpen and the Mets will try to dump Castillo.
I doubt they will be able to but they will try.
Other then that nothing they do or don’t do will shock me this offseason.
3-way
Milwaukee gets: Niese, Evans, Jeff Clement
Mets get: Fielder, Putz, M. Batista
Seattle gets: Delgado, Heilman
Benefits:
Milwaukee gets three young players with strong upside in Niese, Evans (who will play 1B), and Jeff Clement as a catcher of the future.
Seattle gets out from under the Batista’s contact, gets more offense for the DH position in Delgado, and a pitcher with a lot of upside that they can try out as they rebuild, with Heilman.
The Mets get: 1B for the next 3 years in Fielder, a closer in Putz, and a veteran #5 starter that you can role the dice with and hope he’s healthy in Batista
So basically Seattle gets nothing for their top prospect and one of the best closers in the league coming off a bad season.
Ok, so maybe Clement is too much. Take him out of the deal and it looks a lot better.
Now why would the Brewers do it. That’s not enough to get back for Prince.
that trade makes no sense? so seattle gives up one of the better catching prospects in MLB, and a once amazing closer for a mid 30 first basemen that came off a lucky year, and a 30 year old relief pitcher with 0 conifidence?
Since when is Murphy playing LF? He played 2B all through the AFL until he got hurt in the All Star Game and hasn’t played at all since. He’ll probably start at 2B as early as Friday.
I’m not giving up on Murphy at 2B until Murphy gives me a reason to, and he most certainly hasn’t yet.
No thanks, slim fast!
If you’re a Mets fan and you want Fielder, well then you are an idiot
Pelfrey is worth more than Fielder.
Much more, actually.
MUUUCCCHHHHHH MORE
Yeah, right, like he’d be willing to live in Bloomberg where McDonalds has