12/20/11

Breaking Down – Mets Needs – Oakland A's

Players Under Contract past 2012: LHSP Brett Anderson, C Kurt Suzuki


Free Agents After 2012: LHSP Brian Fuentes, RHSP Grant Balfour, LHSP Dallas Braden


ARB-Eligible Players: 2B Jemile Weeks, CF Ryan Sweeney, SS Cliff Pennington, RHSP Guillermo Moscoso, LHSP Gio Gonzalez


ETA: 2012:
Jarrod Parker RHP - Born: 11/24/1988 - Highest Level Reached: MLB Arizona Diamondbacks (Traded To Oakland Dec 2011) - 2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: 11-8, 3.79ERA, 130.2IP, 55BB, 112K, .236BAA - MAJORS: 0-0, 0.00ERA, 5.2IP, 1BB, 1K, .211BAA
Grant Green SS- Born: 9/27/1987- Highest Level Reached: Double-A Midland RockHounds - 2011 Combined Stats: .291, 33(2B), 1(3B), 9HR, 62RBI

Chris Carter 1B - Born: 12/18/1986- Highest Level Reached: MLB Oakland Athletics - 2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: .278, 18(2B), 2(3B), 21HR, 79RBI - MAJORS: .136 (6 hits in 44 at-bats)
A.J. Griffin RHP - Born: 1/28/1988- Highest Level Reached: Triple-A Sacramento River Cats - 2011 Combined Stats: 11-7, 3.47ERA, 160.2IP, 32BB, 156K, .238BAA
Collin Cowgill OF - Born: 5/22/1986 - Highest Level Reached: MLB Arizona Diamondbacks (Traded To Oakland Dec 2011) - 2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: .354, 24(2B), 8(3B), 13HR, 70RBI, 30SB MAJORS: .239, 3(2B), 1HR, 9RBI
Michael Taylor OF- Born: 12/19/1985- Highest Level Reached: MLB Oakland Athletics - 2011 Combined Stats: MINORS: .272, 16(2B), 16HR, 64RBI, 14SB - MAJORS: .200 (6 hits in 30 at-bats), 1HR, 1RBI


ETA - 2013:
Sonny Gray RHP- Born: 11/7/1989- Highest Level Reached: Double-A Midland RockHounds - 2011 Combined Stats: 1-1, 0.82ERA, 22IP, 6BB, 20K, .241BAA (1st Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)


ETA - 2014+: Michael Choice OF - Born: 11/10/1989 - Highest Level Reached: High-A Stockton Ports - 2011 Combined Stats: .285, 28(2B), 1(3B), 30HR, 82RBI, 9SB

B.A. Vollmuth 3B- Born: 12/23/1989 - Highest Level Reached: Short-A Vermont Lake Monsters - 2011 Combined Stats: .268 (11 hits in 41 at-bats), 4(2B), 1(3B), 1HR, 8RBI (3rd Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)
Vicmal de la Cruz OF- Born: 11/20/1993- Highest Level Reached: Rookie League Dominican Summer League Athletics - 2011 Combined Stats: .318, 13(2B), 5(3B), 1HR, 28RBI, 10SB
Dusty Robinson OF - Born: 9/9/1989- Highest Level Reached: Short-A Vermont Lake Monsters - 2011 Combined Stats: .224, 7(2B), 2(3B), 8HR, 27RBI, 6SB (10th Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)
Bobby Crocker OF- Born: 5/1/1990 - Highest Level Reached: Short-A Vermont Lake Monsters- 2011 Combined Stats: .296, 9(2B), 3(3B), 3HR, 19RBI, 8SB (4th Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)
Nick Rickles C- Born: 2/2/1990- Highest Level Reached: Short-A Vermont Lake Monsters - 2011 Combined Stats: .310, 11(2B), 4(3B), 2HR, 35RBI, 6SB (14th Round Pick 2011 MLB Draft)
Blake Treinen RHP - Born: 6/30/1988 - Highest Level Reached: High-A Stockton Ports - 2011 Combined Stats: 1-1, 3.00ERA, 2 Saves, 30IP, 8BB, 36K, .207BAA
Aaron Shipman OF- Born: 1/27/1992 - Highest Level Reached: Short-A Vermont Lake Monsters - 2011 Combined Stats: .254, 8(2B), 1(3B), 19RBI, 17SB
Research:


Needs: 3B
Thoughts:
-First thing to remember. This is NOT a major league baseball team. It operates as a Little League team. The league needs to take this over and send the owners to GITMO.
-This would be the one team that needs a third baseman.
-Team has history of signing one-year deals with veterans and selling off starters for multiple prospects.
-RHSP Jarrod Parker will head up the rotation.
-All graduating pieces seem to fit, but there will be one too many shortstops and six rotational pitchers.
Summary Suggestion: This could be a perfect place for Daniel Murphy. Could play third, DH, whatever. You throw in a couple of B/C Mets low-level Mets prospects and I bet you could pry away LHSP Brett Anderson.

Now, if you want to shoot for the moon (Gonzalez), it's going to cost you. David Wright would immediately fill the need at third, but Billy Beane would never pay this kind of money. We're back to Daniel Murphy, with (at least) Jeurys Familia thrown in. Lastly, I'd offer Wilmer Flores.

Murphy, Familia, and Flores for Gio.

4 comments:

David Groveman said...

Murphy, Familia, and Flores for Gio

Seems like too much to me.

Murphy + Flores seems like a fair offer and if they NEEDED more I'd add a lesser pitcher. I just don't think Gio is THAT much better than Niese.

Stephen said...

I'm not nearly as high on Gio as the rest of the league seems to be.

You try not to "buy high" and the price for young starters this off-season is absurd. If anything you should be looking to sell (which I think Sandy is).

Charles said...

Yes, if anything, I'm trading to receive multiple prospects. 2012 mets have a chance(in my mind), but I wouldn't be opposed to strip mining them either. Build for 2014? If.thats the actual plan, then why wait. Wright, Davis, And Niese would be my only untouchable mlb starters. Prefer to wait until july to trade Duda, just to see if he could actually become a cheap young slugging outfielder that the early returns are pointing towards. I'm certainly not trading prospects at this point, its the mets' only hope to compete the way things are going in Wilpon Land nowadays.

Mack Ade said...

shut it down...

get all young pitcher and anyone with a ding to Port St. Lucie the day after Christmas...