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Teams that could/should be interested in Britton

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34 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Are the Braves even in the wild card race?  I think they are a couple of years away from contending. 

I don't know if the Braves would want Britton or not, but they plan to be active at the deadline.  They're scouting Fullmer and Profar according to reports.

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1 hour ago, Cumberbundy said:

Why would Atl trade for Britton? 

Washington is the perfect fit. Houston next and then LAD. Each has great prospects, I'd like to deal with Washington because they need more than one arm and we have 3.

Any team getting Britton will give him a physical, he should be fine. Kimbrel giving up a HR yesterday is another selling point, ZB nearly requires 3 hits to get a run in. Pitch him with regularity until the deadline. Everyone knows he can handle the 9th. The team who gets him gets the best RP in baseball. 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/07/nationals-trying-to-acquire-ryan-madson-sean-doolittle.html?fv-home=true&post-id=97221

And Doolittle is under control through 2020.

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7 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

I wanted to take a moment to look at a few teams that might have interest in Britton.

 

 

 

1)     Dodgers: Has been discussed in the rumor thread about the very subject. The Dodgers are the best team in the National league with Kenley Jensen as their closer. With Jensen and Britton in the back of their pen it would be unfair to their opponents. The question is: Would they be willing to pay the price to make it happen? The Orioles would be asking for a ton if they decided to trade Britton.

 

Their farm system is among the best and has prospects such Buehler, Alvarez, and Calhoun leading the way in a deep farm system. The starting point for the Dodgers would be to better the 4-player package that the Yankees received when they traded Chapman. While there could be some concern about Britton’s health, he does have another year of control over.

 

2)     Diamondbacks: They s are hanging in in the wild card field for the National league despite struggling closer Fernando Rodney (5.85 ERA and 5 blown saves). The Diamondbacks have the 27th ranked farm system and don’t have a prospect ranked in the midseason top 50.

3)     St Louis Cardinals: They have a number of prospects in the top 100 headlined by Top prospect catcher Carson Kelly and 100 MPH hurler Alcantara. The Cardinals have not figured out if they are buyers or sellers.

4)     Nationals: This would be the perfect time for the Orioles to fleece the Nationals. The Nationals are loaded with talent and have a clear need in the bullpen. Robles looks like the real deal and is a 5 tool player with Plus Plus speed. One could argue that both Britton ad Brach could seriously improve the pen in Washington.

Sadly, Peter Angelos’ stubbornness will likely remove the Nationals from consideration.

5)     Braves: The Braves have an old Orioles closer Jim Johnson as their current closer. Johnson has 7 blown saves as of July 7th. He’s 6-1 with a 4.02 and 21 saves, this means he has been bailed out by the Braves offense. The Braves always have a deep farm system and could improve their playoff chances with Britton. They have a pair of 19 year olds tearing up the minors with OF Acuna and SP LH Allard.

 

6)     Cubs: Their bullpen has also recently shown some cracks. The question is do the Cubs have enough left in the farm after recent trades for Quintana?

 

7)     Houston Astros: They could use some bullpen help and Britton would certainly help shore up the pen. While they also appear to have a need at starter they have Dallas Keuchel and Collin Mchugh set tocome  back from the DL.  They have OF Tucker (#14) and SP Forrest Whitley (#45). Whitley has Plus fastball, Curveball, MLB AVG Cutter & Change.

 

Angelos being stubborn probably won't let Britton be traded. If it were up to me I'd trade him to the Nats. I certainly want them to get the best deal.

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5 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Neither do I but it won't be for Britton.

Of course not, even if this team decides to do a hard sell they are way too ponderous to move quickly enough to get ahead of the market.  As well as too shortsighted to make a deal with a perceived rival.

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5 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

I would be really disappointed if that was a return we would have received from Washington.

Outstanding deal for the Nats.

They will improve them, somewhat.  I would not trust Madison myself. He was not good in the playoffs 2 years ago. 

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