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I wonder if the Brewers would have traded Sheets in '04 would they have gotten the same haul as the Marlins did?

For some strange reason I am stuck on the Dodgers acquiring Prince. If the Dodgers would part with Billingsley, Loney, and Martin that could be a good haul for the Brewers. Loney and Martin would be throw ins to clear some money for the Dodgers. The Brewers could also add in Gomez to that deal. I would prefer Gomez going that way so Cain would be the starter in CF next year. Martin would be a very expensive back up catcher and I am not sure he will ever be able to be a catcher again with the injury he sustained this year. Martin has very little value offensively if he is playing anywhere but catcher.

Somewhat true. Uggla is looking for that 5th year. I think this is what Weeks will want also. I am not sure if Melvin will give Weeks a 5-year deal but whatever Uggla signs for that is what Weeks will be looking at getting.

I don't think any team will give him a 5-year deal. Maybe the Royals or the Pirates will but I don't see anyone else giving him that.

Not to mention he is the left handed version of Suppan.

I would take another Sheets like player any day of the week. I would trade McGehee for a Sheets like player injury concerns or not. Would you trade McGehee for Rogers? Anderson is going to be an Ace like pitcher. I think the Brewers could get more for McGehee than a #3 but I wouldn't be mad at getting a #3 like pitcher for McGehee. After Beltre is off the market there is absolutely no other good FA player for a team to pick up. The trade market for a 3B is rather empty also and if the Brewers make McGehee available and depending on the teams bidding for his services McGehee could actually have more value in the trade market than Fielder. With the Red Sox going with Ortiz at DH I don't see a fit anywhere for Fielder other than the usual suspects. I don't see the Angels being a serious bidder for Prince nor do I see the Rays, Orioles, Yankees, White Sox, Cubs, or the A's as being serious bidders for Prince. I believe the market for a 1B/DH is going to be rather low. It will probably be so low that the Brewers will probably be better off keeping Fielder and taking the draft picks.

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The only player I would not want to give up is Odorizzi. While Rogers and Jeffress are nice they are the two who I wouldn't mind dealing in a trade. Jeffress could become the next Papelbon or Chamberlain they could have been good to great starters but they are really best suited to be a relief pitcher. Rogers has some injury concerns where I would trade Rogers along with Jeffress and I wouldn't be all that concerned about losing those two in the same trade. If anything the Brewers would get a Cliff Lee or Sabathia type of a return in a trade. It is not like you are getting Greinke for 1-year like Sabathia but you will have Greinke for 2-years. I really believe trading a combination of Lawrie, Jeffress, McClendon, Richardson, and Braddock would just about do it and that may even be over paying for Greinke. I don't see the Brewers trading more than one of their top starting pitching prospects in a deal and I don't believe the Royals will get more than two A type of prospects. I believe a more realistic trade would look something like Lawrie, Jeffress/Rogers, Braddock, and a player to be named later. Like the Rangers during the trade deadline when they made Perez unavailable the Brewers would make Odorizzi unavailable in a trade. I am more comfortable in trading either Jeffress or Rogers than trading Odorizzi. You also can not horde your prospects. Well you can but you will turn out to be the Twins and never get to the World Series. The #1 reason that the Twins are being held back from going to the World Series is not the spending that the Yankees do. It is their inability to trade prospects when they have a legitimate shot at landing a player that would put them in the World Series. If the Twins would have pulled the trigger on Cliff Lee it would have been the Twins in the World Series and not the Rangers. You just can not always be hording your prospects you have to pick and choose when to trade them. If you can land an impact player with some unproven prospects you need to make that trade.

Any news on Salome at all?

Any news on Salome at all?

Like the Sabathia trade the Royals would get to pick from a group of players in a group. For example group A would include Lawrie, Jeffress, and Gamel the Royals would get an option of selecting one of these players. In group B it would include Rogers, Rivas, and ???? the Royals would be able to select two from that group. In group C would be the player to be named later. I'm not sure who exactly would be in group B after Rogers and Rivas probably someone like Scarpetta, Braddock, Green, and others would be in there. The package would be similar to what the Indians were able to choose from when they traded away Sabathia to the Brewers.

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All rumors and information that I see point to Manny not returning with the Dodgers. More like Manny is not able to play a whole year in the OF and the NL doesn't have a DH rule so that means he would have to go to an AL team. Manny has stated he would like to play for the Jays because of their recent manager hire.

The Dodgers need to replace Ramirez bat. After Dunn there really isn't anyone in free agency who can replace Ramirez. I have the Cubs ahead of the Dodgers in getting Dunn. That means the next logical place the Dodgers would have to look would be in the trade market. Fielder makes sense for the Dodgers. The reason why Billingsley would be available is because they can replace Billingsley with Kuroda and Lilly and if anything the Brewers could always put Narveson into the deal which would give the Dodgers a #5 starter. The Dodgers rotation without Billingsley would be Kershaw, Kuroda, Lilly, Padilla, and then a #5 starter. With the signing of Lilly it can make one of either Kuroda or Billingsley available. Kuroda is a free agent but I believe the Dodgers will resign Kuroda which makes Billingsley expendable. The Dodgers could also get a #4 or a #5 starter by trading Loney to the Nationals. The Nationals are really high on Loney and I could see them giving up a #4 or #5 starter for Loney and possibly even more maybe a #3 type of a starter for Loney though that is probably stretching it for Loney. Ramirez is basically gone and I could actually see the Dodgers trading both Loney and Martin this off season. Loney or Martin should yield a return of a #3 starter at best but they will probably receive a #4 or a #5 type of a pitcher in return for either of those players.

I still wouldn't count the Yankees out of the running for a Fielder trade. Though I am not sure what the Yankees could offer the Brewers that would be realistic. I don't see them trading Hughes and I am not all that interested in Chamberlain. I also wouldn't count out the Red Sox and the Dodgers make some sense especially with the Lilly signing. The Rangers could also be a real strong possibility along with the White Sox and Blue Jays though I think the Jays will go with Manny Ramirez as DH and move Lind to 1B. The Tigers are also a very strong possibility. The teams that I think make sense the most are 1) Tigers 2) Red Sox 3) Dodgers 4) Yankees 5) Rangers/White Sox/Jays. A surprise team could be the Nationals or the Orioles though I don't think the Orioles are close to competing yet but I do expect the Orioles to go hard after Fielder once he hits free agency. The teams I like the best personally would be the Tigers, Rangers, and Dodgers. With the Dodgers you could probably pry Billingsley away from the Dodgers which would be a fair deal for both the Brewers and the Dodgers. The Rangers and Tigers have some really good young pitching prospects in their farm systems so they are obviously favorites to target. I would prefer Billingsley over prospects for Prince since I believe the Brewers could lock up Billingsley to a contract similar to what they gave Gallardo.

Sveum is coming back as a hitting coach. These guys get fired if the wind blows the wrong way in the GM's face.

And they would have to replace Manny's production. Trading for Fielder would be the second best option behind signing a free agent to replace Manny.

I agree. Which would make Billingsley available and the Dodgers probably would then resign Kuroda in that scenario then. I'm not sure though if the Dodgers would be able to financially afford that.

No way the Giants trade Sandoval for anything less than a Braun type of a player.

Yes and no. It would be nice to replenish the farm system with the picks that you would get for Prince leaving. Two first round picks would be really nice to have if you are going to do a big trade like this for Greinke.

Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Royals, and Pirates.

I wonder if this makes Billingsley or Kershaw available in a trade? Possibly a Prince for Billingsley or Kershaw deal could be worked out. I really like Lilly and I wouldn't have been mad if Melvin would have signed Lilly for a 2-3 year deal though that third year would have had to of been a team option for the deal to work.

If the Brewers have a legitimate shot at getting Greinke they have to go for it especially if the Brewers feel as if they would be a legitimate contender with Greinke in the rotation. Prince definitely returns if the Brewers deal for Greinke and I agree the Brewers would have enough to resign Greinke after Prince leaves.

Just a fill in piece and flier on a player to see if he can turn it around. Though I think the Dodgers would have more interest in Narveson than Parra.

I wonder if a 3-team deal with the Nationals and the Dodgers could be worked out. The Nationals would get Loney, the Brewers get Billingsley and prospects from the Nationals, and the Dodgers receive Fielder and Parra/???? (depending on a physical though for Parra). Not sure who else the Dodgers would be interested in maybe Narveson and Fielder to the Dodgers. The Nationals are showing interest in Loney along with Kemp. I believe this trade would help out all three teams.