Mancini Trade Package

[Il BuonO]

If I’m trading for Mancini I want him at 1B or DH only.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Il BuonO said:

If I’m trading for Mancini I want him at 1B or DH only.

I don't think many teams would put him in the outfield.

[Philip]

1 hour ago, jgjbanker said:

For those of you more knowledge than me, if ME decides to move Trey, what would be a reasonable package we could expect to get back for him? 

Mancini is hitting well, but I just can’t think that a one dimensional player has that much value. He’s useless to the National League because they don’t have a DH, and anybody who wants a first baseman can get a cheaper and better-if older- one in Justin Smoak. He would bring back something, but I don’t think it would be anything particularly noteworthy.

[Natty]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think many teams would put him in the outfield.

Not a good idea putting Mancini in the outfield. Oh wait...

[Il BuonO]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think many teams would put him in the outfield.

Exactly. So, it doesn’t necessarily hurt his value in any potential deal.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Let's look at it this way, what is his market? What teams would be interested in him?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

My heart skipped a beat reading that headline. I thought Mancini was traded and it was a discussion of what the O’s got in return. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Let's look at it this way, what is his market? What teams would be interested in him?

Teams that need a 1B/DH. Which can be difficult to find a suitor for because a lot of times playoff contenders are already good at those two spots. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

My heart skipped a beat reading that headline. I thought Mancini was traded and it was a discussion of what the O’s got in return. 

Thread would be 30 pages by now.

[wildcard]

The players the O's get would have to 23 years old or younger and there would have to be some starting pitching involved.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

The players the O's get would have to 23 years old or younger and there would have to be some starting pitching involved.

No one that has to go on the 40 this offseason.

 

[Morgan423]

51 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think many teams would put him in the outfield.

Yeah.  Ideally he's a guy you play in the outfield maybe 3-4 games a year for roster flexibility reasons.  

[Enjoy Terror]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think many teams would put him in the outfield.

San Francisco is putting literally anybody with a pulse in the outfield. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Enjoy Terror said:

San Francisco is putting literally anybody with a pulse in the outfield. 

Giants ain't buyers.

[Darkhawk]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

Mancini is hitting well, but I just can’t think that a one dimensional player has that much value. He’s useless to the National League because they don’t have a DH, and anybody who wants a first baseman can get a cheaper and better-if older- one in Justin Smoak. He would bring back something, but I don’t think it would be anything particularly noteworthy.

Do you think that the older, more expensive, less productive, Justin Smoak with less service time remaining is a more valuable trade chip than Mancini?

I think you can wait at least a year on Mancini. Unless I can get a guy I am pretty darn sure will be a productive major leaguer, regardless of top 100 or 10 lists, then I will wait on trading him for another year and hope the trade market is better. He's got 3.5 years of service left, I'm not trading him for Luis Ortiz.