Dunn Traded to DBaggs

[duan]

sheffield would be a more expensive version of the Moises Alou whirl but with the man in question being a dick too.

[Frayed Knot]

He's also hitting .220 and comes with a $14mil contract for next year.

[soupcan]

How about Castillo for Sheffield straight up?

[seawolf17]

="soupcan"]How about Castillo for Sheffield straight up?

Hey! Eighth in the league in hitting over here. You keep Castillo off my team.

[Centerfield]

soupcan wrote: How about Castillo for Sheffield straight up?

Once we get Sheffield, we could package him along with Bonilla (who we're still paying) and trade him for Piazza and Zeile.

[smg58]

sharpie wrote: Owings is not on the 25-man roster but is on the 40-man roster. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

Yes, because he would then have to clear waivers to get dealt right now.

[Guest AG/DC]

Shef, Eisenreich, and the long-gone Manny Barrios are the only guys in that trade that the Mets haven't eventually acquired.

[smg58]

soupcan wrote: How about Castillo for Sheffield straight up?

As Seawolf pointed out, the Tigers don't need a second baseman. But Jeff Kent is likely retiring, in which case the Dodgers might be willing to talk. I'd be willing to offer Castillo and Schoeneweis for Andruw Jones and Hong Chi Kuo. I can't imagine Kuo would clear waivers, though, so it would have to wait until the offseason.

[soupcan]

Well my thinking was more about swapping bad contracts than the Tigers needing a secondbaseman.

Castillo may be more money and more years but maybe the Tigers want to rid themselves of Sheff in a bad enough way to do it.

Taking an oft-injured and expensive Sheffield would be a risk for the Mets but even if he can't do anything next year, they're trading $18.75 million of lousy Castillo over the next 3 years for Sheffield's $14 million over one.

="smg58"]I'd be willing to offer Castillo and Schoeneweis for Andruw Jones and Hong Chi Kuo. I can't imagine Kuo would clear waivers, though, so it would have to wait until the offseason.

Andruw Jones?! And my suggestion is getting mocked...?

[Guest AG/DC]

Castillo's contract is a bad contract like the S.S. Minnow is a shipwreck.

Jones' contract is the Titanic.

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

AG/DC wrote: Castillo's contract is a bad contract like the S.S. Minnow is a shipwreck. Jones' contract is the Titanic.

Bingo. $22.1 million still due, plus a no trade clause, and Boras. Also small matter that he can no longer hit a lick:

from ESPN: A five-time All-Star, Jones will receive a $12.2 million signing bonus, of which $5.1 million is payable next year (2008), $2.1 million in 2009 and $5 million in 2010. He will get salaries of $9 million next year (2008) and $15 million in 2009, and also will receive a no-trade clause.

[metirish]

Jones receives a private hotel suite while on the road as part of current contract.

[Vic Sage]

he also has his balls washed nightly with Perrier, by 71 virgins from Curacao.

That's what i hear, anyway.

[seawolf17]

Plus there's the whole HE SUCKS NOW thing.

[Frayed Knot]

Vic Sage wrote: he also has his balls washed nightly with Perrier, by 71 virgins from Curacao.

Don't be absurd.
You know you can't find 71 virgins in Curacao.











* The preceding was a joke too juicy to pass up based solely on the set-up and was not meant to question the morals or character of the nation of Curacao or anyone who may be from what I'm sure is a lovely island paradise

[Vic Sage]

Well, certainly not since Wilt Chamberlain played in an exhbition tournament there in 1978.

[TransMonk]

Micah Owings completes the deal. Just in case anyone was holding their breath.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3584426