MLB Trade Rumors: Prince Fielder To The Rockies??
by Ray Guilfoyle on Jul 6, 2010 10:00 AM EDT
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PrintThere have been some recent discussion about whether the Brewers would make first baseman Prince Fielder available in a trade, and just today we learn that the Brewers were deciding whether to become buyers or sellers at the trade deadline.
Should they become sellers, it would make sense to me for the Brewers to talk to the Rockies as the Rockies are having problems scoring runs, and don't have a consistent power bat in their lineup with Troy Tulowitzki on the DL. We have also heard recently that the Rockies would look to trade for an upgrade at first base by the trade deadline as Todd Helton is dealing with back issues again.
Dealing Fielder to the Rockies would make sense for the Brewers as they are desperate for pitching and the Rockies, of all teams, are pitching heavy with six legitimate starting pitchers on their major league roster including Ubaldo Jimenez, Jeff Francis, Aaron Cook, Jhoulys Chacin, Jason Hammel and Jorge De la Rosa. JDLR could come off the DL this week, but after getting roughed up for 8 runs on 10 hits in his AAA start on Sunday night, his return could be pushed to after the All-Star break.
The Rockies could offer one of Jhoulys Chacin or Jason Hammel and one of their minor league starting pitchers Christian Friedrich or Tyler Matzek in return for Fielder. Fielder would easily become the cleanup hitter for the Rockies and fantasy owners have to wonder how many bombs he would hit at Coors Field during the summer.
The Brewers could replace Fielder with once promising prospect Mat Gamel who is hitting well in AAA since coming off the DL. He is hitting .281-.380-.431 with 4 HRs and 26 RBIs in 153 at bats at 3 different levels this year. Gamel is two years removed since going 20-99 at AA and AAA in 2008.
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I have to think the Brewers would be interested in moving Fielder, although a slugger like him does not come along for a small franchise that often. It seems to me that the Brewers have kinda put themselves in a bad position by making some bad moves- going back a ways. We could go with some of the more recent moves of Milwaukee- sending Carlos Lee and Nelson Cruz to Texas for Francisco Cordero. They did not get to retain Cordero as he was granted free agency and Cruz has blossomed into an exceptional player.
Then there was the CC Sabathia trade where they give up LaPorta, Brantley and a couple others. Then they lose out on trying to re-sign CC. Yes Milwaukee got compensation picks for losing Cordero and CC but it seems like, for a small franchise, they put quite a bit on the line and did not get much in return.
I realize also they have done a pretty decent job finding talent on the waiver wire and a large portion of their current MLB roster is made up of players Milwaukee drafted. And it probably takes a lot of guts for a small market franchise to really go after some big name fish, like CC was. It seems like it’s been a while since the Brewers were sellers- maybe I am forgetting some recent moves? But I have to go back to the Richie Sexson, Lyle Overbay days- maybe even back to the Jeromy Burnitz time.
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Can’t see Milwaukee moving Fielder for Hamel and Matzek. There just isn’t enough oomph.
Never mind the Rox signed Todd Helton to an extension through 2013.
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bad back, no power, what’s to like? That lineup needs the oomph that Fielder brings….so Matzek and Chacin could get it done, no? Chacin is younger and cheaper.
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Jul 6, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Giants let Prince go to the Rockies I will be terribly vexed.
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Helton’s contract only comes into play if he doesn’t decide to retire. I think that he would rather stay with Colorado and retire rather than be a bench player, which could very well happen long term.
That said, I think that the Rockies are a better fit for prospects than the Giants at this point. The Giants seem like they would have to include Madison Bumgarner and Thomas Neal to get in the ballpark for Fielder, and I don’t know if they have enough to compete. The Rockies could offer a package that includes some of the following: Dexter Fowler, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Matzek, Christian Friedrich, or Eric Young Jr.
My question is whether or not there is a way that the Mariners could involve themselves in a trade like this to get Cliff Lee somewhere else and get Brett Lawrie out of the Brewers.
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