Comments on: Picking The Flesh From The Bones Of The Diamondbacks https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/ Ideas Involving Pittsburgh Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Ron Leighton https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14375 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:26:40 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14375 I don’t think that package is enough to get Robbie Ray let alone Ahmed unless the D-Backs think that Ray is injury prone and unlikely to be effective in 2018. If they think he is going to produce even halfway between 2017 and 2018 he is going to be tough to acquire without sending at least one very good prospect back. Still I like the idea of making a deal for a lefty starter and infield help better than going the free agency route.

]]> By: Joe https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14372 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:03:42 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14372 Guy can’t stay healthy. If you think you can keep him healthy and can get him for peanuts then okay.. but i wouldn’t put more than a B prospect or two.. maybe a bit of cash/international money at him. Pirates need offense more and wasn’t really any better than Mercer at that. Why i say Get a free agent thats around average (should be cheapish) then push Kramer, Newman, Reyes and later on tucker.. if they can’t handle it fall back to the free agent. If you get Ahmed.. well then might as well trade them and still sign a vet cause Ahmed’s injury history…..

If you look back at previous years with the reported budget of 110M (in 2016 i think) I’d think its fair to say that the top end of what the Team would go to would be right around there if they think they got a shot that would be about 30M give or take a couple.

]]> By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14360 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:20:48 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14360 Nick Ahmed is 3 years younger than Mercer and has consistently put up better defensive numbers than Mercer. The bat is a wash, so that makes Ahmed an upgrade for the budget that the Pirates are working with. Once you factor in salary commitments, arb awards, and min-scale to fill out the roster, the Pirates are sitting around $74M. I’m more confident in saying they have $20M, than $30M.

]]> By: Joe https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14357 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:58:42 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14357 no way, if you are going to trade for either position you go for higher quality. id rather resign mercer and put brault back in the rotation until internal options show up.

oh and the farm ist bad, and id guestimate closer to 30m available assuming josh isnt picked up. ( not that theyll use it all )

]]> By: bob https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14356 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:23:07 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14356 Please look at AZ rotation. Greinke isn’t going anywhere with his contract. Walker is returning from injury, so is Shelby Miller. No one will take who two. Zach Godley can put up Nova numbers for less than $1mil. When you rebuild, you trade guys like Ahmed for prospects. Guys like Ray….? He will make half of what Nova makes, is a better pitcher and has several years of team control.

]]> By: Julio Gonzalez https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14355 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:43:03 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14355 Another proposed trade will be acquire J.C.Cron from the Tampa Bay Rays, a right hander power hitter who hit 30 homers last season and will complement with Josh Bell as platoon player. He could play some outfield too. He could be traded for Nova and Moroff. Then the Pirates could get Gray from the Yankees in exchange for Brian Kingman and a minor league player to be named later. The Pirates could sign Sergio Romo to replace Santana for a year until he recover from Tommy John surgery.

]]> By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14354 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:06:06 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14354 The D-Backs would get 2-3 prospects, albeit not great ones, in return for taking Nova. Nova eats 180+ innings for a rebuilding team, they get a chance to evaluate Nick Kingham, Kevin Newman, other prospect. It ?s not like Ahmed is bringing a huge return by himself.

]]> By: Bart https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14353 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:25:12 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14353 The Diamondbacks are not trading Robbie Ray. There is a chance that Zack Godley and Nick Ahmed would be available. It will take one of Kraemer or Newman plus a Sp prospect.

]]> By: Robert L Davison https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14352 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 01:01:55 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14352 LOL. Why would a rebuilding club want Ivan Nova and his $9mil contract? C’mon….is it impossible for you to see the other side of your fantasy trades? This is a typical, “I want something on this team and I am willing to give up crap to get it.”. Try harder.

]]> By: wkkortas https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/picking-the-flesh-from-the-bones-of-the-d-backs/#comment-14323 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:16:25 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=12576#comment-14323 Incidentally, the flesh of a diamondback tastes like chicken.

Ahmed would be a decent cost-effective placeholder.

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