25 Reasons to Trade for Casey Blake

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1. Free Agent to be, perhaps even type A, and reasonable salary.

2. Versatile: Can give Wright a rest at 3B, play 1B vs. LHP, also play the corners, good arm

3. Righthanded

4. Likely to cost less in a trade than Nady

5. Already has a beard

6. Wears No. 1 -- though that belongs to Castillo, Blake is more of a "No. 1" ish guy, with No. 1 qualities (dirty uni, hustler).

7. His name is Casey

8. 11-58-.287/.363/.464//.827

9. That's a 118 OPS+ (career 109 OPS+)

10. We're all in agreement Tatis is going great guns right now and he's only at 110 OPS+

11. Endy Chavez = 62 OPS+

12. Blake>Tatis>Endy

13. "the Indians probably would be willing to pay Blake�s whole salary for the rest of the season, as long as the prospect we�re getting back is legit."
--Indians Blog guy

14. I think that would be the preferred strategy of the seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians", but the Mets could always say, "No, we'll pay. And have Anderson Hernandez!"

15. Legit = Carp? Parnell? (sorry, boy) Murphy?

16. Name = Casey

17. His beard isn't a neatly trimmed Piazza-type beard; it's a full, Jeff Reardonesque, Grizzzly Adams, Veteran Leadership kinda beard.

18. Went to Wichita State, just like Pelfrey

19. Homered off Tim Wakefield in ALCS last year & hit 346 overall in the series.

20. Has that clutch reputation.

21. Cheaper than Bay

22. Cheaper than Nady

23. Won't come with Nady's outsized expectations

24. seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians" fans can't wait to get rid of him -- not because he sucks but because he's "blocking" that Andy Marte guy they got from Atlanta.

25. We need more legitiimate hitters.

[metirish]

I'm sold on him.

[Guest AG/DC]

That could lessen the sting of losing Casey Hodges to the Braves.

Hold it. Let me think. No, it can't.

[Guest attgig]

if it's a low level prospect/AAAA guy, i'm sold.

mlbrumors just posted a couple hours ago that the mets aren't hot on him... not sure what their source was...
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/rosenthals-la-7.html

]The Mets may not consider Casey Blake even of a difference-maker, though Blake is popular on the trade market.

the mets ARE scouting Texas:
http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/07/tradewinds_cost_of_holliday_wo.html

]The Mets had a scout at last night's White Sox-Rangers game to watch Texas. The Rangers likely would move outfielder Marlon Byrd but are unlikely to deal Milton Bradley. The Mets also might be checking out available Texas bullpen arms and could be interested in available starting pitcher Vicente Padilla, but Padilla wasn't pitching last night, so the scout wasn't there to look at him.

i wonder who they were scouting.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

From the Star-Ledger:

]the Mets looked into Holliday and were turned off when Colorado asked for Carlos Beltran and top prospect Fernando Martinez in return

Is Dan O'Dowd on fucking crack?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, really! Why would he want the guy who strikes out looking in every at bat and hasn't driven in a run since the 2004 NLCS?

[metirish]

O'Dowd is a real piss taker.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dodgers read this thread before Omar did. ESPN sez Blake to LA for 2 minor leaguers.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

And the Dodgers continue to acquire veterans in their thirties when they have younger, cheaper alternatives available. They're like the anti-A's.
Jon Meloan + Carlos Santana ≈ Eddie Kunz + Fransico Pena
Would anyone do that trade? I think I would.

[MFS62]

To carry over an Edgy thought from another thread:

If Omar could get anyone to take Anderson Hernandez, for anything, he will have fully demonstrated the power to cloud men's minds.
Hernandez is currently hitting so far below the Mendoza line in AAA, he is in danger of having the new, lower, line named in his honor. Last time I dared to look, he was hovering around .180.

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