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MLB Trade Rumors: Adrian Gonzalez To The White Sox For Gordon Beckham??

According to CBS Sports Danny Knobler, Jake Peavy is talking White Sox GM Kenny Williams into attempting to deal for Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez in a package including Gordon Beckham. Here is what Knobler wrote:

 

Peavy said he has already discussed the idea with White Sox general manager Ken Williams. Williams didn't really need the suggestion, because the talk in White Sox camp is that whenever the Padres decide to move on trading their first baseman, Williams will be one of the first in line to make a deal.

"That's really what we need, a big left-handed hitter," one Sox person said. "They're saying Kenny would give anything to get him, maybe even [Gordon] Beckham."

Well, I am sure Williams will have to give up more than Beckham to get AGonz. They could also add catching prospect Tyler Flowers, who is major league ready, and pitching prospect Dan Hudson, who has already pitched for Chicago in 2009, albeit only 19 innings. A package with Beckham and two major league ready prospects would be hard to beat.

To sweeten the deal, the White Sox could add their #1 prospect, according to Baseball America, outfielder Jared Mitchell to the deal.

The Padres would put Beckham at 2B, pushing David Eckstein to SS or the bench. But, this would certainly hurt Beckham's value to fantasy owners, moving from a nice hitters park in Chicago to the worst in baseball-Petco Park.

Flowers would slot in as the Padres starting catcher right now, moving Nick Hundley to backup, and Hudson could be the Padres 5th starter as soon as July 2010. Hudson's value would increase as he would be moving to the best pitchers park in baseball.

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Mitchell

Mitchell couldn’t be included in any deal, as it hasn’t been a year since he was drafted.

by snarker on Feb 28, 2010 10:26 AM EST reply actions  

PTBNL

I think that they could do it as a player to be named later.

by Jason Hunt on Feb 28, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions  

Contracts

AGonz for 2010 and 2011 for Beckham for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015? Never going to happen.

I could see Flowers-led package.

by faketeams on Feb 28, 2010 10:40 AM EST reply actions  

Flowers led package

 Its gotta be Beckham . The White Sox, or any team, gets AGonz at waaay below mkt. Either that or he gets several A-B prospects.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 28, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions  

that should have read

Beckham+….and several A-B+ prospects

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 28, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions  

???

I wouldn’t trade Beckham for AGonz straight up. Beckham is under team control for the next 6 years and should be an elite bat at 2B. AGonz has two years left on his contract and plays 1B, where they already have a decent option in Konerko.

by DB11 on Feb 28, 2010 10:40 AM EST reply actions  

well

you are biased, aren’t there DB11? Maybe I am wrong, but I gotta think its more than just Beckham.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 28, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions  

100% biased

but I think replacing Beckham with Jayson Nix makes whatever upgrade you get from AGonz negligible…

anyways to make a different point…how does nonsense like this CBS story get printed? (I’m not giving Ray crap for posting it since it is a good way to start a discussion) The source is a “sox person” whatever that means who says, “they are saying kenny would maybe even give up beckham” whoever they are. How does this get past an editor’s desk? Can we at least get a better description of the “sox guy”? Is it a front office employee? A reporter? A member of the fan club? And who is they?

by DB11 on Feb 28, 2010 2:46 PM EST reply actions  

What a misleading title and opening statement.
According to CBS Sports Danny Knobler, Jake Peavy is talking White Sox GM Kenny Williams into attempting to deal for Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez in a package including Gordon Beckham. Here is what Knobler wrote:

Are you kidding me? The quote from Knobler says no such thing.

by JonBBT on Feb 28, 2010 7:09 PM EST reply actions  

what does this mean???

“They’re saying Kenny would give ANYTHING to get him, maybe even [Gordon] Beckham.”

did you read the rest of the post above? I don’t think they could give up just Beckham for AGonz.

It was MY interpretation of the article, capeche.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 28, 2010 9:04 PM EST reply actions  

??

what don’t you get with the question marks in the title of the article?

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Mar 1, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions  

How does that change anything?

Headline: Roger Clemens coming out of retirement to join Royals???

Answer: Uhh.. no.

Headline: Adrian Gonzalez to the White Sox for Gordon Beckham???

Answer: We have no reason to suspect that he might be.

Let me put it another way. Same quote. “Kenny would give up anything to get him…”

Headline: “Adrian Gonzalez to White Sox for Kenny Williams’ first born son??”

I guess the question marks make it okay?

I have no problem if you want to write about Gonza and Beckham in the same post, but there is no reason to make a provocative headline like that. It’s stuff like this that makes the whole fascination with the rumor mill such a joke. It’s a giant game of telephone where the end result is a giant exaggeration of the original report. “White Sox GM Kenny Williams covets Adrian Gonzalez” — what’s wrong with that? Proposing a blockbuster that we have no reason to believe would ever happen in your headline doesn’t accomplish anything.

It’s not just you or just this post, I’m just frustrated with this type of thing happening all the time. People start freaking out because they get caught up by a flashy headline that is meant to bring in traffic, and then they get so excited that they don’t even read far enough to discover that there is nothing backing up that headline.

by JonBBT on Mar 2, 2010 12:31 AM EST up reply actions  

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