Basing suggestions solely on Preacher's list...
Adams - IF you're going to move him (and I'm not convinced they will either), the Yankees seem to make the most sense with Bird's disappearance. He just looks like a great fit there since they could platoon him with Carter at 1B and Holliday at DH. For whatever unknown reason, they just don't seem willing to give Dustin Fowler a chance. I'd love to have him as our Markakis replacement - sooner than later, of course.
Garcia and Johnson - Bowden and Duquette were just discussing on XM that the Rockies would be a candidate to try to swing a deal to do all their shopping in one place: a veteran SP with playoff experience that doesn't have to be a TOR arm and another really good pen piece so they can start protecting Holland down the stretch. They obviously don't want to move their TOP guys Rogers or Pint, but McMahon's an obvious trade candidate since he's seemingly blocked at every position there. Offer them Garcia and JJ for McMahon and another real far off prospect like Tyler Nevin or Pedro Gonzalez. They could use Johnson and that sinker to rest Holland fairly often, maybe only using him on back-to-back days in the second half (never three in a row). Of course they could probably aim higher and work something out with Oakland to get Gray and a pen piece if they were willing to move McMahon, Tapia, and another piece.
Phillips - Wouldn't he seem to be the kind of clubhouse presence that might help the Dodgers? They still don't seem to have an "answer" at 2B there, and he'd probably help them keep Puig from melting down and becoming a big distraction. Would love to be able to get someone like Will Smith from them. Maybe they feel like they want an extra arm for their pen as well and you can also send them Vizcaino for Starling Heredia.
Dickey - If the Os are actually interested in Dickey, I'd have driven him to the airport yesterday for Tanner Scott and his triple-digit fastball. He apparently doesn't have anything else, but I'd love to see Newcomb and Sims in the rotation the rest of the way to find out what they're going to be moving forward and see if our coaches can eventually turn Scott into a pen piece.
Adams - IF you're going to move him (and I'm not convinced they will either), the Yankees seem to make the most sense with Bird's disappearance. He just looks like a great fit there since they could platoon him with Carter at 1B and Holliday at DH. For whatever unknown reason, they just don't seem willing to give Dustin Fowler a chance. I'd love to have him as our Markakis replacement - sooner than later, of course.
Garcia and Johnson - Bowden and Duquette were just discussing on XM that the Rockies would be a candidate to try to swing a deal to do all their shopping in one place: a veteran SP with playoff experience that doesn't have to be a TOR arm and another really good pen piece so they can start protecting Holland down the stretch. They obviously don't want to move their TOP guys Rogers or Pint, but McMahon's an obvious trade candidate since he's seemingly blocked at every position there. Offer them Garcia and JJ for McMahon and another real far off prospect like Tyler Nevin or Pedro Gonzalez. They could use Johnson and that sinker to rest Holland fairly often, maybe only using him on back-to-back days in the second half (never three in a row). Of course they could probably aim higher and work something out with Oakland to get Gray and a pen piece if they were willing to move McMahon, Tapia, and another piece.
Phillips - Wouldn't he seem to be the kind of clubhouse presence that might help the Dodgers? They still don't seem to have an "answer" at 2B there, and he'd probably help them keep Puig from melting down and becoming a big distraction. Would love to be able to get someone like Will Smith from them. Maybe they feel like they want an extra arm for their pen as well and you can also send them Vizcaino for Starling Heredia.
Dickey - If the Os are actually interested in Dickey, I'd have driven him to the airport yesterday for Tanner Scott and his triple-digit fastball. He apparently doesn't have anything else, but I'd love to see Newcomb and Sims in the rotation the rest of the way to find out what they're going to be moving forward and see if our coaches can eventually turn Scott into a pen piece.
