Would you be OK trading Middlebrooks for Peavey and Crain?

[Dojji]

LOL how is Peavey a has-been? As lately as last year, 2012, he posted 219 IP with a 3.37 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in the AL and made the All-star team.

 

And that was literally his only fully effective season in the last 5 years. He had a good half year in 2009 but then got hurt. The other two years were miserable. He's pitching to a mediocre level in a softer division this year. I'm not seeing all the rage to get this guy -- I'm sorry I'm just not. If we want a guy who's capable of great things, but inconsistent in performance when he's even on the field at all, we don't need to trade for that -- Clay Buchholz fills that niche nicely.

 

The fact that both times Peavy made the playoffs even in his prime, he imploded spectacularly, doesn't exactly help my opinion here.

 

So sure, great 2012. Fully noted. Wonderful even. If I'm trading talent for a guy and clogging up my roster and salary space for 2 more years I want more than a 25% chance that he's going to be able to do his job, thanks.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Dojji