11/20: Carlos Delgado
Posted by: Patrick
Sources: Marlins close to fire sale:
Wonder if there is any truth to that. What would we do with Delgado? Have him split time with Giambi between 1B and DH? I wonder what we'd be trading for him. Would we be giving up some "bad" salary (but less than they are)?
Delgado is owed between $48 million and $60 million dollars for the final 4 years of his deal (final one is a mutual option for $16 million with a $4 million buyout). During those years he'll be 34, 35, 36 and 37 years of age. So, yeah, they need to pony up some dough or we need to be dumping someone. Giambi, Posada, Pavano, Wright are the guys that would come to mind. Of course, they'd have to be clearing money, so it's not gonna be Giambi. I'm not sure I'm interested in trading Posada or Pavano for him (of course, Pavano might want out), but I guess Wright would be alright. Still, it seems odd to me, so I'm not sure that it's true. If we sign Giles and trade for Delgado, what's that lineup look like?
(With 2005 numbers).
SS - Derek Jeter (.309 AVG, 122 R, 19 HR, 70 RBI, .389 OBA, .450 SLG)
LF/CF - Brian Giles (.301 AVG, 92 R, 15 HR, 83 RBI, .423 OBA, .483 SLG)
3B - Alex Rodriguez (.321 AVG, 124 R, 48 HR, 130 RBI, .421 OBA, .610 SLG)
1B/DH - Jason Giambi (.271 AVG, 74 R, 32 HR, 87 RBI, .440 OBA, .535 SLG)
RF - Gary Sheffield (.291 AVG, 104 R, 34 HR, 123 RBI, .379 OBA, .512 SLG)
DH/1B - Carlos Delgado (.301 AVG, 81 R, 33 HR, 115 RBI, .399 OBA, .582 SLG)
CF/LF - Hideki Matsui (.305 AVG, 108 R, 23 HR, 116 RBI, .367 OBA, .496 SLG)
C - Jorge Posada (.262 AVG, 67 R, 19 HR, 71 RBI, .352 OBA, .430 SLG)
2B - Robinson Cano (.297 AVG, 78 R, 14 HR, 62 RBI, .320 OBA, .458 SLG)
Um.
Via Brian MacMillan.
The Marlins have not made any trades yet, but they have been actively shopping their players for the past two weeks, starting with first baseman Carlos Delgado (owed $48 million over the next three years), who has received attention from the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and New York Yankees.
Wonder if there is any truth to that. What would we do with Delgado? Have him split time with Giambi between 1B and DH? I wonder what we'd be trading for him. Would we be giving up some "bad" salary (but less than they are)?
Delgado is owed between $48 million and $60 million dollars for the final 4 years of his deal (final one is a mutual option for $16 million with a $4 million buyout). During those years he'll be 34, 35, 36 and 37 years of age. So, yeah, they need to pony up some dough or we need to be dumping someone. Giambi, Posada, Pavano, Wright are the guys that would come to mind. Of course, they'd have to be clearing money, so it's not gonna be Giambi. I'm not sure I'm interested in trading Posada or Pavano for him (of course, Pavano might want out), but I guess Wright would be alright. Still, it seems odd to me, so I'm not sure that it's true. If we sign Giles and trade for Delgado, what's that lineup look like?
(With 2005 numbers).
SS - Derek Jeter (.309 AVG, 122 R, 19 HR, 70 RBI, .389 OBA, .450 SLG)
LF/CF - Brian Giles (.301 AVG, 92 R, 15 HR, 83 RBI, .423 OBA, .483 SLG)
3B - Alex Rodriguez (.321 AVG, 124 R, 48 HR, 130 RBI, .421 OBA, .610 SLG)
1B/DH - Jason Giambi (.271 AVG, 74 R, 32 HR, 87 RBI, .440 OBA, .535 SLG)
RF - Gary Sheffield (.291 AVG, 104 R, 34 HR, 123 RBI, .379 OBA, .512 SLG)
DH/1B - Carlos Delgado (.301 AVG, 81 R, 33 HR, 115 RBI, .399 OBA, .582 SLG)
CF/LF - Hideki Matsui (.305 AVG, 108 R, 23 HR, 116 RBI, .367 OBA, .496 SLG)
C - Jorge Posada (.262 AVG, 67 R, 19 HR, 71 RBI, .352 OBA, .430 SLG)
2B - Robinson Cano (.297 AVG, 78 R, 14 HR, 62 RBI, .320 OBA, .458 SLG)
Um.
Via Brian MacMillan.
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