This week’s question to the RDMB staff:
Which players on the current active roster would you be willing to part with at the trade deadline? Who must you keep?
Here are the answers:
wmays600:
Can Jason Bay leave lol who cares if he does well anywhere else he won’t get better here!
Kingman26:
In order to buy you must trade guys away…
Must keep RA, Johan, Niese, Parnell, Wright, Wheeler, Harvey, and that is probably it….if the right deal came along I would even part with Tejada, Ike, or Duda.
Anyone else can go to get Beltran back.
Bryan:
It seems like they’re going to be buyers at the deadline so I imagine they’ll try to trade prospects, but some teams might be after a player already in the big leagues. If that’s the case I could see teams asking about Justin Turner, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Bobby Parnell, and Dillon Gee, or perhaps even Jeremy Hefner. Hefner would be easy to part with of course. Trading Parnell makes no sense b/c they’ll be looking for bullpen help unless they’re getting back a bona fide proven closer. Turner would be tough to part with but you might have to for bullpen help if somebody really wants him. I’m sure teams would ask about Nieuwenhuis and he may be the best chip they’ve got of the major leaguers they’d consider trading, but that would be pretty risky with the sketchy play of Torres and Bay and the health of Bay and Baxter; you’d really have to ride Duda and Hairston a long way in the outfield if you did that and hope Torres can at least give you good defense. Gee is another guy teams will ask about who you could think about trading. If you think Matt Harvey is ready to step in than Gee is easier to trade if you’re getting bullpen help in return but then you’re asking Harvey to immediately come up and be part of a playoff chase, and you’re also losing your rotation depth, which may not be wise with the shoulders of Young and Santana and Niese’s history of not finishing seasons. So trading Gee is possible but plenty risky.
Spencer:
I wouldn’t give up any prospect above a C- type guy. All we really need is a few relievers, but I wouldn’t even do that unless we can pull what Texas did last year (Adams and Uehara). Relievers are too volatile.
Daniel Stein-Sayles:
On the active roster I wouldn’t trade Dickey, Niese, Santana, Davis, Tejada, Wright, Duda and Nieuwenhuis. Everyone else I would consider dealing. I would also not trade any top prospects and most second tier prospects. Unless the Mets a trading for someone else’s young talent it is not worth giving up major leaguers or minor leaguers with a lot of potential for a quick fix.
Paul Festa:
By roster, I’ll interpret that as the 40-man roster, and by player, I’ll interpret that as any player who could actually return some value (i.e., not Mike Nickeas)
I would be willing to part with Jenrry Mejia or Jeurys Familia. Prospects are often most useful as chips for a trade. Mejia has been mishandled by both the Minaya and Alderson regimes – is he a starter? Is he a reliever? I don’t know, and neither does Jenrry. I think a move would benefit him, but more importantly, we could get legitimate, help-us-now-and-maybe-in-the-near-future player(s) in return for him. Familia’s been erratic in Buffalo. I’m not willing to give up on him, but he could return a lot the same overhyphenated value that Mejia could.
I’d also be willing to part with Valdespin, Murphy, and Torres. Unlike most fans, I believe each of those three can still be major contributors to this team, especially Murphy, who is breaking out of his slump. But, other teams would view them as valuable which means we can get something (wait for it) valuable in return.
As the deadline approaches, I think Sandy should look for a reliable bullpen arm without mortgaging too much of the future. I realize it looks like I’m mortgaging the future in my Sunday Shot, but I’m not willing to part with ALL of the players I mentioned, just one or two. The Mets are doing better than anyone expected this year, and are a legitimate playoff contender. But let’s not forget what this is. Even while we have an eye on the 2012 playoffs, we should remain focused on 2013 and 2014.
Connor O’Brien:
I would be willing to part with anyone except the rotation, Wright, Duda, Davis, Harvey, Wheeler, Mejia, and Flores. There are others that I would only part with if the perfect situation came along. For instance, I would hesitate to trade Michael Fulmer and Collin McHugh, but if the team got a great return, it would be alright. The players I listed, however, I wouldn’t touch.
15 comments
Sylow59
7/1/2012-12:16pm at 12:16 pm (UTC -4)
I think Kirk and dD contribute as CFs and possibly as RFs, but not as LFs. I could live without one of them as they are pretty much the same skill set and both have similar holes. dD probably has better upside, but Kirk is more proven. The haul back would be similar to the Colby Rasmus deal last year.
I’m assuming Duda moves to LF. If not then replace him in the above dD/Kirk comment.
I could live without Familla, but I’m guessing a lot of teams could do that. He’s probably worth more in a bundle then as the center of the deal.
Bryan
7/1/2012-1:23pm at 1:23 pm (UTC -4)
If Den Dekker is a starter he’s going to be in CF, no question about it. Kirk could start or platoon at any of the 3 positions, and I think he has a bit more upside because he has more power potential. Den Dekker is far superior defensively but I don’t think he could ever hit as many homers as Kirk is capable of hitting. I think Nieuwenhuis is tradeable b/c it would lessen the overload of lefties a little bit. It’s not impossible, but it’s hard to foresee a future with Duda, Den Dekker, and Kirk as the starting outfield plus Davis at 1B, it’s just a lot of lefties.
Paul
7/1/2012-12:17pm at 12:17 pm (UTC -4)
I wouldn’t move David Wright or R.A. Dickey, because the players coming back couldn’t possibly offset the PR hit.
Everyone else in the organization should be available in the right deal.
srt
7/1/2012-12:46pm at 12:46 pm (UTC -4)
I’m assuming the 40 man roster. And given the fact that the 40 man will likely change at the end of the season (couple more you have to protect who are eligible), then I would deal anyone who is likely to be removed first.
I’m not really good at this type of speculation. It all depends on the haul back.
Right now, Havens looks like he’s on his way back but too early to tell. Given that, either he or Spin can go in a packaged deal. I think Flores is the 2nd baseman of the future they’re currently grooming.
If they deal Murphy, then I’d have a tendency to keep both Spin and Havens for now.
Starting rotation I’m leaning towards keeping as is. I think if Young has a good July they could probably get something back for him but then we would have to roll the dice on Harvey. If we’re still firmly in this race come trade deadline, do we take that chance?
I want to keep Wright, Duda, Davis, Tejada.
I’d like to see a deal for a solid BP arm.
Bryan
7/1/2012-2:09pm at 2:09 pm (UTC -4)
Young would only be traded if they’re sellers. If they’re buyers maybe they consider trading Gee if they think Harvey is ready, but if the rotation stays as is the rest of the season they should be in good shape.
Stick
7/1/2012-2:15pm at 2:15 pm (UTC -4)
thing is, you almost never see a team that is a buyer trading someone from the ML roster.
srt
7/1/2012-1:15pm at 1:15 pm (UTC -4)
OT:
Sandoval as the NL starting 3rd baseman in the ASG?
Bah….what’s wrong with Met fans?
srt
7/1/2012-1:25pm at 1:25 pm (UTC -4)
David Wright is on the reserve list so he’s going.
Bryan
7/1/2012-1:36pm at 1:36 pm (UTC -4)
That means he’ll probably finish the game, which is probably better for the NL’s chances. I can’t remember the year but a few years ago when the game first started to “count” the manager used David and Scott Rolen early and at the end of the game was playing Miguel Cabrera at 3B, by far the worst of the 3 defensively and got burned on a hit down the line in which both Wright and Rolen might have been able to make a play (especially Rolen in his prime).
NJstuckinTX
7/1/2012-1:49pm at 1:49 pm (UTC -4)
There really isn’t anyone on the major league roster that can be moved who have no value. The crap in the BP has zero value. I guess Murphy can go, but not sure how much of his value has come back after his little hot streak.
To me, you are going to have to move valdy and familia. They have value and upside and you are going to have to trade value to get value. While totally a pipe dream, I’d want them to get Quentin and Street plus one othe BP arm maybe.
Stick
7/1/2012-2:03pm at 2:03 pm (UTC -4)
I agree about those 2 guys being movable, and it should not put the future at risk.
and if Havens continues his resurgence for another 3 weeks or so, 2B is less of a risk. They have it covered this year anyway.
and if Spin is really an OF now, much more competition and depth.
Stick
7/1/2012-1:59pm at 1:59 pm (UTC -4)
active roster? if that is the 25 man + DL, the guys that could go (depending of course on what is coming back) are IMO:
murphy, Kirk, torres, Bay (duh!), rauch.
this of course depends also on what happens in the next month with guys that could potentially replace them.
I am also assuming the mets are still in the race, and looking to reinforce for the stretch run, but not looking to put a serious hit to the building for the future.
Much harder to see them doing, but possible if they are going for a much bolder move, you could move Duda or Gee. Both should have some real value.
But, trading any SP depth is one hell of a risk .
Of course, if they fell completely out of the race (not seeing this in the next 3 weeks!) you could see Young, Hariston, Franky all being shopped.
Connor O'Brien
7/1/2012-1:59pm at 1:59 pm (UTC -4)
I meant anyone in the organization sorry
Stick
7/1/2012-2:01pm at 2:01 pm (UTC -4)
once you are getting down to A ball, maybe even AA, it is much more of a crapshoot.
Stick
7/1/2012-2:00pm at 2:00 pm (UTC -4)
oh, for the 40 man or high end minors?
The guys that I would trade if they brought something valuable back?
Valdespin and Familia.