Reds Serious About Lee!!
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From: john smith on 30 Jun 2010 18:55 Just heard Peter Gammons on the MLB network report that he had a conversation with a guy in Reds management yesterday. Gammons said Lee is the guy they really want...He said it would take Alonzo, Wood and maybe a another prospect. I believe Alonzo is back to playing first base full time in Louisville. They say he caught everything when he played the outfield but it looks like he just doesn't have the foot speed to be a major league outfielder. So with Votto here, Alonzo is never going to see the light of day in Cincy. So I am now aboard on this deal. I wonder if the Reds could coax the Mariners into throwing League in? Imagine bringing in Lee, Volquez and Chapman for the second half. You would have to just say wow as a fan. Then there is still Homer Bailey. What pleasant problems the Reds have now that they have players and pitchers of quality to trade. Things could get mighty interesting around here in the next two weeks...... Just don't tank this road trip..
From: tom dunne on 30 Jun 2010 19:58 On Jun 30, 6:55 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > Just heard Peter Gammons on the MLB network report that he had a > conversation with a guy in Reds management yesterday. Gammons said Lee > is the guy they really want...He said it would take Alonzo, Wood and > maybe a another prospect. > > I believe Alonzo is back to playing first base full time in Louisville. > They say he caught everything when he played the outfield but it looks > like he just doesn't have the foot speed to be a major league > outfielder. So with Votto here, Alonzo is never going to see the light > of day in Cincy. So I am now aboard on this deal. > > I wonder if the Reds could coax the Mariners into throwing League in? > Imagine bringing in Lee, Volquez and Chapman for the second half. You > would have to just say wow as a fan. > > Then there is still Homer Bailey. What pleasant problems the Reds have > now that they have players and pitchers of quality to trade. Things > could get mighty interesting around here in the next two weeks...... > Just don't tank this road trip.. I think the Reds still have too many question marks to make a trade like this. That's gambling a lot of chips that this offense stays hot all summer. Regardless of how wise it is, I would love to see it happen :) With Votto at first and plenty of rotation candidates, I won't miss either Alonzo or Wood, and it sure would be nice to see Cincinnati make a big move to win the division!
From: John Kasupski on 1 Jul 2010 03:07 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:58:51 -0700 (PDT), tom dunne <dunnetg(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Regardless of how wise it is, I would love to see it happen :) With >Votto at first and plenty of rotation candidates, I won't miss either >Alonzo or Wood, and it sure would be nice to see Cincinnati make a big >move to win the division! I was mistaken in my previous post to this thread, the club option in his original contract with the Indians was for this year...he's in that option year now. So this would be a half-year rental. It also occurs to me that after next year when Lee hits the free agent market, he's probably going to be a Type A, so the Reds would get a first round pick from whoever ended up signing him - unless that team's pick is one of the first 15 picks in the first round, in which case the Reds would get a second round pick instead - plus a supplemental pick no matter what. So basically, the Reds would get a year and a half of Cliff Lee plus two draft picks between number 16 and around 60. Then there's the value on attendance. Make the playoffs this year, you probably tack $4 million onto next year's payroll. Anybody else get the feeling Wood is being auditioned tonight? JK
From: Gregg on 1 Jul 2010 17:03 On Jul 1, 3:07 am, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:58:51 -0700 (PDT), tom dunne <dunn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Regardless of how wise it is, I would love to see it happen :) With > >Votto at first and plenty of rotation candidates, I won't miss either > >Alonzo or Wood, and it sure would be nice to see Cincinnati make a big > >move to win the division! > > I was mistaken in my previous post to this thread, the club option in his > original contract with the Indians was for this year...he's in that option year > now. So this would be a half-year rental. > > It also occurs to me that after next year when Lee hits the free agent market, > he's probably going to be a Type A, so the Reds would get a first round pick > from whoever ended up signing him - unless that team's pick is one of the first > 15 picks in the first round, in which case the Reds would get a second round > pick instead - plus a supplemental pick no matter what. > > So basically, the Reds would get a year and a half of Cliff Lee plus two draft > picks between number 16 and around 60. > > Then there's the value on attendance. Make the playoffs this year, you probably > tack $4 million onto next year's payroll. > > Anybody else get the feeling Wood is being auditioned tonight? > > JK I don't know about being auditioned, but if that's the case - he sure did "Wow them".
From: JustTom on 2 Jul 2010 08:37
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:55:14 -0700, eddygdvd(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: >Just heard Peter Gammons on the MLB network report that he had a >conversation with a guy in Reds management yesterday. Gammons said Lee >is the guy they really want...He said it would take Alonzo, Wood and >maybe a another prospect. > Alonso fine, I guess, but they don't get Wood much less anyone else of consequence for a blatant rental who only plays ever 5 days.. We haven't had a LHer worth spit in a long time, so to me 6 years of Wood > 3 months Lee Haren or another long termer, yes. |