Comments on: Rumors: Vazquez, Chapman, King Felix

By: Cru11

Cru11 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:50:27 +0000

I agree with Mark. I don’t know why Chapman is supposedly running the market? Hes a young kid who has blown away 19 yr old Cuban amateurs. Am I missing something?

By: Mark Runsvold

Mark Runsvold — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:09:11 +0000

It’ll be truly nutty if Chapman gets more money than Strasburg. From what I understand, he has one plus pitch (the not-actually-100-mph heater) and spotty command. He has barely any track record against high-level competition and has all of the red flags that come with being a Cuban defector. Yet people speak of him like it’s just a matter of getting him signed and plugging him into somebody’s rotation. I don’t get it.

By: D.J. Short

D.J. Short — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:19:48 +0000

If you’d click on the link, you’d see the supposed list of players that was offered to Seattle for Hernandez. Buchholz was one of them. This article is talking specifically about potential front-line starters, of which Buchholz has an equal chance of being, if we are comparing him to Chapman, but at half the price. Obviously he would cost more than Buchholz. That wasn’t the point.

By: hop

hop — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:14:33 +0000

Trade Felix for Clay Buchholz? Who is writing this garbage a redsuk fan? Come on! That would be a horrible trade for seattle, there is no doubt they can rake in a LOT more than just Clay buchholz if they wanted! I dont believe seattle would be so stupid to seattle for that deal, no way.

By: Mark Runsvold

Mark Runsvold — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:27:11 +0000

I think the Braves would be making a mistake by trading Vazquez. Sure, he won’t have another season better than this last one, but he’s been consistently good for years. I don’t think 200 innings of 3.5 FIP pitching would be at all unrealistic for Vazquez going forward.
Derek Lowe, on the other hand, took a nosedive this season. He was worse in basically every way. I say the Braves should trade Lowe before he falls off a cliff and they’re stuck paying him for another 3 years. He still has upside as a top-flight number two starter (or an ace on a weaker team) so it wouldn’t be the worst idea for somebody to take a risk by trading for him (provided they don’t give up too much and the Braves eat some salary).