June 15, 200521 yr The Astros believe Brad Lidge is expendable and could move him before the trade deadline, says the Arlington Daily Herald. Should the Marlins make run at Lidge? YES! no question about it The Phillies need another starter and their best bargaining chip is Triple-A 1B Ryan Howard, says the Philadephia Inquirer. Oakland's Barry Zito seems to be best available pitcher, but the newspaper said it will cost the Phillies a lot more than Howard. Zito for a package of Stokes or Willingham? if they take Leiter, hey the Marlins might pay half the salary :cool The Nationals have turned down a Rockies proposal that would have sent outfielder Preston Wilson to Washington for rookie outfielder Ryan Church and RHP Zach Day, says the Rockie Mountain News. It seem I wasn't the only one thinking about that package , now can the Marlins offer something with Juan and a prospect to entice the National to bite? :mischief
June 15, 200521 yr Explain to me why the Nats would want to unload Church and Day. It makes no sense.
June 15, 200521 yr GET ME LIDGE!!!! I'd like to see a long-term dependable closer...For years, when you play the Padres you know Trevor Hoffman is coming if you don't score enough by the 9th inning. Braves for years, you had the threat of Smoltz and again you had to score runs or face him. I'd like to have an identifiable closer for years that other teams know THEY will face if they don't score enough runs. Wanna see other teams' fans go: "Damn, we gotta score in the 8th or we're getting ?????????? - game over!"
June 15, 200521 yr Author Explain to me why the Nats would want to unload Church and Day. It makes no sense. 811401[/snapback] well they want to get rid of Day and they want another OF with power. Church doesn't fit there GM plans, thats why they are looking at Juan and P-Funk
June 15, 200521 yr YES!!! on Lidge YES! on Zito NO!!!!!!!!!! to Preston, unless somehow we can end up with Zach and send Preston to someone else. But Zach is hurt, so I don't see this happening... WAIT AND SEE!!!
June 15, 200521 yr hopefully well be able to pll of some moves like the zito deal, but im not too sure about the other trades other than the lidge one
June 15, 200521 yr Lidge is a great pitcher, but why is everyone sounding like we're in desperate need of a closer? Not that I'm putting Todd Jones in the same class as Lidge, but I think he's done just fine so far.
June 15, 200521 yr Lidge is a great pitcher, but why is everyone sounding like we're in desperate need of a closer? Not that I'm putting Todd Jones in the same class as Lidge, but I think he's done just fine so far. 811455[/snapback] See 2003 Season, Ugueth Urbina and Braden Looper. :cool
June 15, 200521 yr Having Lidge and Jones strengthens the team...I think we need Lidge (Lidge/Jones > Urbina/Wagner???), a decent 4th or 5th starter in the Moehler mode (good cheap arm who gives innings and doesn't give up a lot of runs), and a good dependable high average hitter (dont need a long ball threat - just someone who gets hits, puts the ball in play, and gets on base a lot)
June 15, 200521 yr The cost for Lidge may be prohibitive. Unless we're becoming a big market team over night, Lidge won't be worth the price. I'd love him, but unless we're locking up AJ, Josh and Willis, it's stupid to give up Olsen, Johnson and a PTBNL...
June 15, 200521 yr I don't know if Lidge is really available or not, none of us do, but if he is you have to believe Admin B. will be in there working as hard as he can to land him. He's cheap, and he will be for a couple more years, he would fit in well here and provide us options for other trades.
June 16, 200521 yr Lidge is a great pitcher, but why is everyone sounding like we're in desperate need of a closer? Not that I'm putting Todd Jones in the same class as Lidge, but I think he's done just fine so far. 811455[/snapback] See 2003 Season, Ugueth Urbina and Braden Looper. :cool 811457[/snapback] Huh? We clinched the wild card and won the world series in spite of those two.
June 16, 200521 yr Getting Lidge opens up the possibilities of making so many other trades. 811712[/snapback] really?.... like what?
June 16, 200521 yr Bring me Zito. 811518[/snapback] Please don't. He isn't worth nearly what it would take to get him.
June 16, 200521 yr Getting Lidge opens up the possibilities of making so many other trades. 811712[/snapback] really?.... like what? 811714[/snapback] Unloading Mota is what I think he means. Not sure though.
June 16, 200521 yr Zito had a terrible April, but has been improving since with a 3.00 ERA so far this month. He'd be a nice addition to the rotation, particularly now with Josh's recurring blister problems and the disappointing perfomance of Leiter.
June 16, 200521 yr yea, if we are able to get lidge, we really open up to be able to trade mota for mabye a good bat or another bullpen guy
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