Rizzo or Anderson

[SCM33]

.413 OBP. Might be worth a decent reliever at the deadline.

 

LOL....

 

 

To get a decent reliever at the deadline, teams overspend.....most times a top 5 minor leaguer, not insult them with players like Lars.

[Station 13]

Rizzomania is spreading like wildfire in San Diego.

[Will617]

Depends on a lot of factors, including reliever salary, number of years left on the contract, etc etc. IMO, no good relievers were traded around the deadline last season, and the Twins drastically overpaid for Matt Capps, whereas the Yankees got someone like Kerry Wood (who isn't that far from Capps in terms of talent, IMO) for next to nothing. The Sox could probably flip Lars to the Mets for a reliever like K-Rod. It became pretty obvious last season when the Blue Jays asked for Iglesias and Montero for Scott Downs, that they were out of their minds and weren't going to get that sort of package.

So it depends, but I really doubt that you'll see a lot of top-5 prospects being moved for relievers.

[snydersminipretzels]

Depends on a lot of factors, including reliever salary, number of years left on the contract, etc etc. IMO, no good relievers were traded around the deadline last season, and the Twins drastically overpaid for Matt Capps, whereas the Yankees got someone like Kerry Wood (who isn't that far from Capps in terms of talent, IMO) for next to nothing. The Sox could probably flip Lars to the Mets for a reliever like K-Rod. It became pretty obvious last season when the Blue Jays asked for Iglesias and Montero for Scott Downs, that they were out of their minds and weren't going to get that sort of package.

So it depends, but I really doubt that you'll see a lot of top-5 prospects being moved for relievers.

 

The Wood trade is what I had in mind. I don't expect the Red Sox to get K-Rod for him, but they could get a useful 7th inning reliever for Lars.

[Palodios]

Depends on a lot of factors, including reliever salary, number of years left on the contract, etc etc. IMO, no good relievers were traded around the deadline last season, and the Twins drastically overpaid for Matt Capps, whereas the Yankees got someone like Kerry Wood (who isn't that far from Capps in terms of talent, IMO) for next to nothing. The Sox could probably flip Lars to the Mets for a reliever like K-Rod. It became pretty obvious last season when the Blue Jays asked for Iglesias and Montero for Scott Downs, that they were out of their minds and weren't going to get that sort of package.

So it depends, but I really doubt that you'll see a lot of top-5 prospects being moved for relievers.

 

The difference with Downs was that he was a Type A free agent. They were going to get two elite prospects for him to begin with, so that needed to be their starting point.

[Will617]

I think K-Rod could be an ideal target if the Sox can free up some payroll/get the Mets to eat money/still need a reliever - the Mets are in deep financial trouble, not close to contending, and saddled by that terrible contract. If they could give up K-Rod and his contract for free, I think they would.

I forgot about Type A free agents - that would really increase certain relievers' value. Still, it would depend upon the reliever in question.

[redsoxrules]

K-rod = overated