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The Marlins have also discussed Maybin with the Royals, according to Frisaro.

 

The Padres and Marlins are discussing a trade involving Cameron Maybin, tweets MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. It is unclear who or if any other players are involved in the discussions.

 

Maybin, still just 23, has yet to establish himself in the big leagues after coming over in the Miguel Cabrera-Dontrelle Willis trade in December 2007. He's a .246/.313/.380 career hitter in 610 plate appearances, mostly with the Marlins. UZR loves his defense in center, rating him at +5.1 at the position for his career.

 

Maybin is out of options, so he will need to clear waivers to go to the minors starting next season. He does have four years of team control remaining, however. Florida traded Andrew Miller, the other key piece they received in the Cabrera-Willis deal, to the Red Sox yesterday.

 

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no idea but that is certainly the report out there as well as actively talking about trading uggla.

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It's not like we have a surplus of serviceable outfielders on the roster to begin with, and there's no way we have both Coghlan and Morrison in the OF at the same time.

Trade Maybin to the Padres for Heath Bell

 

Trade Uggla for prospects

 

Sign Carl Crawford and have him replace Maybin

 

Move CC to 2B

 

Call up Matt Dominguez and have him hit .300 with GG defense

 

Win the lottery

 

Win the World Series

 

 

This is obviously the train of thought.

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12:25am: The Marlins have also discussed Maybin with the Royals, according to Frisaro (Twitter link).

 

 

Alex Gordon? It just seems like the FO would be more willing to hang onto Maybin for another season giving their committment to defense up the middle. Unless, they're afraid he's on his way to Miller/Hermida-ism.

Um, wow.

12:25am: The Marlins have also discussed Maybin with the Royals, according to Frisaro (Twitter link).

 

 

Alex Gordon? It just seems like the FO would be more willing to hang onto Maybin for another season giving their committment to defense up the middle. Unless, they're afraid he's on his way to Miller/Hermida-ism.

 

FAIL

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12:25am: The Marlins have also discussed Maybin with the Royals, according to Frisaro (Twitter link).

 

 

Alex Gordon? It just seems like the FO would be more willing to hang onto Maybin for another season giving their committment to defense up the middle. Unless, they're afraid he's on his way to Miller/Hermida-ism.

 

FAIL

 

So I'm a bit of a homer...we Cornhuskers have to stick together! :)

I have to say I didn't see this coming.

 

I also don't really agree with making a move like this, considering Maybin's value is extremely low right now.

 

Then again, the Marlins have a tendency to sell low (Cody)....

Perhaps they're looking for bullpen help? I'm kind of hesitant to do anything to Maybin because his value can't possibly go down much more and there's still a big chance of him improving. Either they're confident they'll keep Uggla (and therefore not get the arms they want from a trade) or they're reluctant to trade someone like Gaby Sanchez,, whose ceiling is lower than Maybin but is at the moment performing better.

Why is Alex Gordon a fail? I wouldn't Maybin for him straight up, but he's a similar spec in that he's a big-upside guy, he's shown flashes, but he has ultimately been disappointing.

I had a feeling this may be happening. I posted in another thread that with the possibilities this offseason, one may be to trade Maybin and put Bonifacio in CF. Front office loves Boni. I love him as a utility guy, but this may signal the Marlins feeling that Boni in the starting lineup gives us a better shot than Maybin in the starting lineup.

 

Also, watch out for the name Cory Luebke if we deal with the Padres. Major league experience, 25 years old, very high upside, and with all the pitching the Padres have they can afford to lose him to take a chance on another high upside guy like Maybin.

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention the most important thing...he's a lefty.

Why is Alex Gordon a fail? I wouldn't Maybin for him straight up, but he's a similar spec in that he's a big-upside guy, he's shown flashes, but he has ultimately been disappointing.

 

 

My fail was eluding to the fact that a Maybin for Gordon trade would be effing terrible. Gordon could, I guess, be ok, but a straight up trade involving those two would do way more detriment than help.

Why is Alex Gordon a fail? I wouldn't Maybin for him straight up, but he's a similar spec in that he's a big-upside guy, he's shown flashes, but he has ultimately been disappointing.

 

 

My fail was eluding to the fact that a Maybin for Gordon trade would be effing terrible. Gordon could, I guess, be ok, but a straight up trade involving those two would do way more detriment than help.

 

I'd personally take a straight up deal for Alex Gordon. Royals need an outfielder since DeJesus is gone, and we need a 3B. Gordon has shown a hell of a lot of promise in his minor league numbers despite his major league failure. Maybin and Gordon have actually followed pretty similar careers thus far. If offered, I would trade Maybin for Gordon, put Gordon at 3B for next year, and when Dominguez is ready, convert him to the outfield like the Royals have started to do.

 

I still think both Maybin and Gordon can both be good players.

Trade Maybin to the Padres for Heath Bell

 

Trade Uggla for prospects

 

Sign Carl Crawford and have him replace Maybin

 

Move CC to 2B

 

Call up Matt Dominguez and have him hit .300 with GG defense

 

Win the lottery

 

Win the World Series

 

 

This is obviously the train of thought.

 

i like your style

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Why is Alex Gordon a fail? I wouldn't Maybin for him straight up, but he's a similar spec in that he's a big-upside guy, he's shown flashes, but he has ultimately been disappointing.

 

 

My fail was eluding to the fact that a Maybin for Gordon trade would be effing terrible. Gordon could, I guess, be ok, but a straight up trade involving those two would do way more detriment than help.

 

Unless Gordon turns into the .321/.438/.578/1.016 hitter he was in the minor leagues...

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Why is Alex Gordon a fail? I wouldn't Maybin for him straight up, but he's a similar spec in that he's a big-upside guy, he's shown flashes, but he has ultimately been disappointing.

 

 

My fail was eluding to the fact that a Maybin for Gordon trade would be effing terrible. Gordon could, I guess, be ok, but a straight up trade involving those two would do way more detriment than help.

 

I'd personally take a straight up deal for Alex Gordon. Royals need an outfielder since DeJesus is gone, and we need a 3B. Gordon has shown a hell of a lot of promise in his minor league numbers despite his major league failure. Maybin and Gordon have actually followed pretty similar careers thus far. If offered, I would trade Maybin for Gordon, put Gordon at 3B for next year, and when Dominguez is ready, convert him to the outfield like the Royals have started to do.

 

I still think both Maybin and Gordon can both be good players.

 

The only problem with this is that Gordon played the majority of his major league innings in LF last year. So, the Royals would be trading another OF'er to fill DeJesus's spot with Maybin. And he's not the greatest at 3B defensively.

Looking at Gordon's minor league numbers, and then looking at his major league numbers and you would swear they were two completely different players. I mean Gordon has never had an OBP below .427 and has OPS'ed over 1.000 every season (with more than 30 games played).

 

Gordon can still be an absolute monster in the majors if he figures it out, and he should.

Perhaps they're looking for bullpen help? I'm kind of hesitant to do anything to Maybin because his value can't possibly go down much more and there's still a big chance of him improving. Either they're confident they'll keep Uggla (and therefore not get the arms they want from a trade) or they're reluctant to trade someone like Gaby Sanchez,, whose ceiling is lower than Maybin but is at the moment performing better.

 

 

Upside ???? I am gonna go off on a rant........(probably to be knocked down by some here - but I don't give a crap)

 

I always see this term used to either prop up a guy who is failing, or used against a guy that is performing well. Who the hell decides who is what and where ? Some scout who sees them playing against nobodies ???? Just because so and so says they are worthy doesn't mean crap. I use my eyes and I see a Maybin that has shown nothing to me of being a clutch big league player. Then I see Gaby Sanchez and he meets the eye test. He hit his butt off last year, and his defense improved (or at least it seemed it did) during the season. If I am putting together a team some guys just seem to get it and some don't. We have been waiting for Maybin to "get it" for three years now. We waited for Hermida "to get it" and he never did. Again all these amatuer experts on this board said "but Hermida will breakout, just wait and see". Well this is another scenario with Maybin that I see developing. From what I saw last year, Gaby has the goods to play at least decent in the big leagues and Maybin is still out there....a real Hermida-esque unkown.

 

I see a lot of guys on here do the same with Uggla, they just as well throw him away with the bathwater. Dudes, he has been damn good for this club for 5 years, and is not just as easily replaceable as you may think. He owns that clubhouse. Not Uncle Wes, its Uggla. You can tell how those guys respect and look up to him, and react to him. If you can't see that you are blind. You take him away from this team and they will be lost for a while, I believe. There will be a vacumn. Someone will step up for sure, but how long will it take ? Who knows, but Uggla is just not a throwaway player.

 

There......(big sigh) I feel better now. :thumbup

I'll take Adrian Gonzalez thank you :mischief

Looking at Gordon's minor league numbers, and then looking at his major league numbers and you would swear they were two completely different players. I mean Gordon has never had an OBP below .427 and has OPS'ed over 1.000 every season (with more than 30 games played).

 

Gordon can still be an absolute monster in the majors if he figures it out, and he should.

 

 

He was also one hell of a college player at Nebraska. One of the best I have ever seen. I saw too much of him when he played my Miami Hurricanes in a Super Regional back in like 2004 or 2005.

Moving Maybin shouldn't be too much of a surprise, and I was beginning to worry that they weren't going to. When Beinfest was interviewed about letting Cody go, he said Maybin needed some full time playing time at the ML level to show whether he was ready to be a starting CFer, which translates to whether he could learn to hit ML pitching. He didn't seem to be hitting much better by the end of the season and I was hoping they didn't plan to give him the whole 2011 season to work on it. I think (and hope) we'll see Cousins and others get a shot at CF, but I'd be surprised if Boni was more than a last resort. They need a better bat in CF than either Maybin or Boni, and Boni's getting more and more useful coming off the bench.

Maybin and somebody for Greinke :-)

Maybin and somebody for Greinke :-)

 

 

Maybin and Uggla for Grienke and some prospects!

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