Nick Swisher for Ubaldo Jimenez ?

[Can_of_corn]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-nick-swisher-done/

[weams]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/is-nick-swisher-done/

I'm cutting edge once again.

Even though we both know Swisher is done?

Let's see, One guy is a great teammate who has shown evidence of working through a mechanical flaw. The other is a despised teammate who has fallen off the mid thirties cliff that looms for the post PED era hitters.

No way to become a crafty low bat speed hitter.

[weams]

"...a rough 2014 together with his 2013 season suggests a player in decline. just not as steep as he fell off last year. The uptick in strikeouts — and subsequent drop in walk rate — is the ledge upon which his entire bounce-back teeters."

As Mike Petriello noted earlier this month, no team needs an upgrade at DH more than the one that already employs Swisher: the Cleveland Indians. No team can better assess his health, working closely with the training staff to build a rehab plan as he did. No team is better positioned to make an informed decision as to his ability to contribute in 2015 and beyond.

[AlbionHero]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/indians-notes-swisher-bourn-masterson-hamels-bullpen.html

Bastian downplays a Nick Swisher-Ubaldo Jimenez swap of bad contracts. Cleveland could afford the move (Jimenez is due $38.75MM through 2017 while Swisher is owed $30MM through 2016 with a 2017 vesting option worth $14MM), but Bastian feels the odds of Swisher rebounding in 2015 is a better bet than three years of Jimenez.