Teams that lost offense this offseason?
Giants, Texas, KC, Baltimore, Atlanta. Anyone else?
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Teams that lost offense this offseason?
Giants, Texas, KC, Baltimore, Atlanta. Anyone else?
Why is Gattis still being typecast in LF, Fredi said he would be behind the plate I thought?
The only two positions that a trade partner would want Gattis to play would be C and DH.
Here are the NL teams who need a primary C:
- Arizona
Here are the AL teams who need a primary DH or C:
- Baltimore
- Texas
- Tampa Bay
You could argue that Texas needs help at both DH and C, so it makes sense that they've reportedly had interest in Gattis.
Evan needs to be traded, but only for one or two premium prospects, not guys that have a bench or marginal starter ceiling.
I think Texas is not only the team with perhaps the greatest need for Gattis, but also might be the team with the best prospects that we would want. I propose:
Rangers get: Evan Gattis
Braves get: Nomar Mazara and Jake Thompson
Anything short of a package similar to this and I'd wait until we got one. Evan still have 4 years of control, so we could easily wait until the July deadline in 2015 or next offseason. Do not settle for anything less.
The next person that should be traded is Kimbrel
Because they went him for 17.
But the farm needs repairing and this is the only way!!!!!
Closers are much more valueable at the trading deadline IMO. There could be a big time contendor that either loses their closer to injury or ineffectiveness and you can even have a situation where a team comes out of nowhere and their big hole is closer. I prefer the approach to trade him midseason to a desperate team.
That being said, I wouldn't be that disappointed if Kimbrel is never traded. At some point we are going to be good again and it would be nice to have another legacy Brave.
Kimbrel has about a 0% chance of being a Brave his whole career, barring sudden catastrophic injury.