NirvanaNole

I'd love to rip them, but I can't blame them. South FL sucks and has treated them badly. I'd do the same thing. Of course, I would have kept Castillo and Beckett and made trades for non-pitching prospects, but I'd trade off the rest of them. Sadly, South Florida doesn't deserve baseball.

It makes me sick that we traded Beckett. Hanley better be a Hall of Fame SS or this trade will forever suck to me. At least Beckett is going to Boston. I may have to buy his Boston jersey when it comes out. The Red Sox have always been one of my three favorite teams. Hopefully they can lock him up with a long term contract.

Good. It makes me sick to trade Beckett. Trade Pierre and Lo Duca and keep Beckett.

Keep Castillo if he wants to stay. Trade Pierre and Lo Duca if we get good offers.

If we trade Castillo, I'm flying down to Miami to kick Loria's and Sampson's asses! Trade Lo Duca and Pierre, but don't you dare trade Castillo!!!!!!!! :banghead Get your gloves on then cause its going to happen.... As for 2b ANDINO HELL NO!! Kid stinks! I ould deal for a 2b prospect Then it is ass kicking time. :hat

Miami is primed to on a large scale become to the Western Hemisphere what New York is to the Northern Hemisphere. You're post are normally right on, but that is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. If the area is so rich, why can't they fund a stadium? Miami isn't even in Atlanta's league, much less New York. Miami is to blame. Get over it, people. Loria has put a world champion on the field, put up almost $200 million of his own money for a stadium, and cheap ass Miami still can't make it work. The idiots running that area built two arenas for the sorry ass Heat and one for a damn hockey team. A HOCKEY TEAM!!!!! There is no one to blame but the lack of fan support and the lack of competent politicans in South Florida. South Florida supports the freakin' Panthers more than the Marlins. That is the bottom line. I'd move the team to Las Vegas if I was Loria. I wouldn't even offer up the money he's already stated he would spend to build the stadium. Use the one year leases at Pro Player while Vegas builds the stadium Miami should have built years ago. Unless Miami nuts up, this team is gone in the future and I can't blame them.

If we trade Castillo, I'm flying down to Miami to kick Loria's and Sampson's asses! Trade Lo Duca and Pierre, but don't you dare trade Castillo!!!!!!!! :banghead

Well, I still think our natural trading parther is the DRays. They have the best position player farm system and we now likely have the best pitching farm system. Maybe their new owner will realize they can't rape every team like they did with the Mets. They can only play 3 OFers and Upton seems like he's destined for RF or LF. We could make a trade that helps both teams. I'd give up Vargas in a second for Upton, but I doubt the DRays would. I'm a big fan of Gathright as well. He'd look good in CF if we can pull off a trade of Pierre for a solid group of prospects. Baldeli (sp?), Crawford and Young is their future OF. The rest are trade bait for pitching prospects, IMO.

With all our pitching prospects, I can't imagine us not making more deals for position players. With Tampa's overcrowded position player farm system and lack of pitching, I wonder what pitching prospects it would take to pry BJ Uptown from Tampa. He could make a good OF and will end up a great hitter, IMO. Uptown/Cabrera/Ramirez/Hermida could be a good, young nucleus for the future.

The Angels minor league system is stacked. I wish they had interest in some of the guys we're trying to get rid of. I'm sure Vlad would love to have Delgado hitting behind him.

I'm pretty sure it's from the day they were signed. Damn. So much for that dream. I wonder if Hanson is the third player in a Boston deal and they're waiting until he's eligible to be traded. :mischief2

How long must you have a prospect before you can trade him? Is it when you sign the prospect or the date he's drafted? If we've decided to forget next year, it is time to move Delgado. Send Delgado to Boston, Manny to the Angels, and pry away Weaver and some of the Angels good prospects. If the DBacks are serious about contending next year, I'd love to make a deal with them that involved Stephen Drew, but I doubt that would ever happen. He could play the OF or 2B if we do deal Castillo. Delgado may be too expensive for them. I wish they'd take Lo Duca and Pierre for Drew. Okay, I'm done thinking out loud now. :whistle

What does it say about Stephen Drew?

Great article.

Vegas.