I wanted to expand on it in more of a ‘who do we give up / is it worth it’ direction.

But let me jsut say that if the Braves were to offer Jayson Heyward or the Dodgers said something like Matt Kemp plus some of their other prospects we would not have a shot

The “news” is that the Cards are out (whew!) and the Braves have a more detailed trade package in detail: Yunel Escobar, Kelly Johnson, and Tommy Hanson. That’s a king’s bounty there.

Tommy Hanson was recently named the #9 prospect in the Southern League, just ahead of the Rays’ Wade Davis. Jose Ceda and Jeff Samardzija were eligible for this list and did not make it. So, to beat the Braves, we’re going to have to make up somewhere else in the deal.

Yunel Escobar got on base as well as Theriot (while healthy), but also managed to get XBH and play defense, so we’re short at the SS offering, too. Kelly Johnson’s like a LH Escobar with more SLG.

If the Braves are really offering something like this, we’re in trouble.

But that would bankrupt what little we have in terms of tradeable prospects……so if this was to happen, they could use Dempsters money for another hitter I suppose, either that or trade Lee.

I guess if the Pads play hardball with the Braves and they pass and the Dodgers resign all their key FAs, we might get lucky if San Diego is really intent on trading him and Peavy is really particular about where he goes…..so who knows.

I dont know, I suppose I’m excited at the prospect but mostly indifferent b/c its far fetched….Peavy, Zambrano, Harden, Lilly, Marquis/Marshall/Samardzija/Hill would look pretty good too.

is ours I gotta believe. He has a monster contract for what he is thus far.

There are a number of other teams with more pressing starting pitching need AND the ability / willingness to send San Diego a king’s ransom.

He said it’s unlikely, but they are trying.

When Kenney said that he doens’t expect much of a rise, adding a guy like Peavy wouldn’t be a huge rise, because we lose about 6-10 mil with our guys we lose to FA.

He also said that he’s going to leave it up to Hendry and Randy Bush.

I also believe that we somehow get Peavy. Somehow.. They’ve coveted Pie for some time now, and Hendry and Towers have hooked up on some deals in the past.

Maybe they want Ceda to come back?

But a Peavy/Zambrano/Harden/Dempster/Lilly rotation would rival any rotation EVER.

BTW, I dont have an inside source, but I know someone close to Dale Sveum and he said C.C. is pissed about Sveum being gone and isn’t coming back.

In the right circumstances, the braves are willing to trade Escobar? How could the Cubs pry him away?

Can someone tell me this because that’s a bad bad contract

we are extolling the merits of Andruw Jones? …so that we can somehow unload Soriano to a team that has a plethora of young exciting outfielders? Coletti will not sign another journeyman to share space on the pine with Pierre, Jones, Kent, etc., much less at that price. Furthermore, he already has a solid lead off hitter. They have made some bad acquisitions in the past, but they would/will never take on Soriano and his carnival of frustration.

I believe it is Manny or bust for those guys out there. They would be happy to give us Jones, but not for Soriano.

They do have a lot of young talent to go along with Ethier and Kemp, namely Xavier Paul, Delwyn Young and Jai Miller in no particular order—if they wanted to go that route. You can’t deny that they have been grooming pretty nice outfielders in LA of late.

Peavy has mentioned the Cubs as one of the teams that he’d be willing to play for, so I’m sure Hendry as at least looking into it.

How about, though, offering Fukudome as part of a package. The Pads were one of the teams interested in signing him last winter, and he would definitely suit a need for them — both on the field and from a marketing standpoint.

I can’t remember off hand if Kosuke has a NT clause in his contract, but even still he might consider the deal. He is obviously in Lou’s doghouse, and might take the chance to play in more of a low-key atmosphere after this past year. Additionally, SD has a (relatively) higher Japanese population than Chicago, and travel arrangements between SD and Japan are marginally easier.

You’d probably have to include cash and prospect in the deal (Marshall, Ceda, ?) but better to “lose” the cash and get Peavy back than to “lose” it in a buyout (like Al suggested yesterday), though I don’t find the buyout to be very likely.

Seriously, it’s worse than reading Phil Rogers for trade talk. mlbtraderumors floats up trial balloons and the crap spreads and becomes gospel. Case in point is Jake Peavy to Atlanta. The Braves are finally in extreme rebuilding mode with sensitivity to payroll. Why on earth would they get into the derby for Jake Peavy? And what in heavens would compel them to trade away two cornerstone pieces to their future in budding star Yunel Escobar and Kelly Johnson?