Who would you trade for... Uggla/Cantu?

[eastonguy]

I would love to see Uggla on this team.

[Jules]

I would like to have Uggla. At least he shows patience at the plate. The Marlins have shown that they're willing to trade any players making money for anything they can get. If Erbe got it done, why not.

One of Erbe, Hernandez, Johnson and a lesser prospect.

[Sports Guy]

One of Erbe, Hernandez, Johnson and a lesser prospect.

A lot of differences between those 3 players..especially Johnson.

[crawdad]

Maybe you did, but this is all that I could find. Obviously, I have little understanding of this formula, but it seems like the minor league prospects are a little undervalued. How did you come up with 20M for Tillman?

I basically valued Tillman as a top ten prospect and then bumped it up slightly to account for him doing alright when he got up here. 20MM is pretty normal of a guy of his caliber when you include his range from being TOR to BOR to blowing his arm out.

[crawdad]

No way they give up any package resembling that for someone who may only be a bridge to Josh Bell.

Ditto . . . the only way it would happen is if someone believes in his bat and sees him as someone to be with the team for the next 3 or 4 years at 3B and/or 1B.

[paulcoates]

if the Giants are out competition here, what does their "second tier" minor league pitching prospects look like?

[crawdad]

Would you trade any of the players you have mentioned in this thread for Uggla?

I think his swing would play slightly better here than at the normal NL East parks. That may be incorrect.

I could see him being a 260/350/480 kind of hitter . . . which is pretty average.

It might make more sense just to sign a Adam LaRoche, who will give a similar value.

Who would I trade?

Probably something like Hernandez and at most Erbe. I'd hold pretty firm to that. I would rather seek out other alternatives because I do not think the O's are in such need for low cost, immediate performance that they would be unable to afford the same production for at market value.

[waroriole]

if the Giants are out competition here, what does their "second tier" minor league pitching prospects look like?

And where does he play for SF? They have Sandoval at 3B and Sanchez (I believe) at 2B. Is Uggla a 1B if he's a Giant.

[Guest BrettMeister86]

Uggla makes a lot of sense as a relatively inexpensive RH power bat (3 yrs with 30+ home runs in a big home park). Put him in OPACY and stick him at 3B (sacrifice defense for power and boost the offensive output of the club).

Uggla makes a lot of sense if he doesn't cost too much in a trade. He may very well be one of the right handed power bats Andy wants and I don't blame him. Now the question is, what would he cost?

What is the Marlin's area of need? I agree with the Erbe + Joseph projection he won't cost TOP talent but a solid B pitching prospect and a catcher with a lot of upside seems fair. I mean the guy does hit 30+ home runs in a huge home ball park. I could easily see 30-35 home runs playing for Baltimore even against superior talent because the parks are so much smaller. Uggla is a good first step, but there is more offensive work to be done. Add a solid DH option like Matsui and the offense is starting to look pretty good.

2B Roberts

CF Jones

RF Markakis

C Wieters

DH Matsui

3B Uggla

LF Reimold

1B Snyder

SS Izturis

Man... 1 - 7 looks really good. Look at that middle lineup 2 switch hitters and a RH power bat - that combo would plays well against lefties and righties.

[crawdad]

if the Giants are out competition here, what does their "second tier" minor league pitching prospects look like?

Probably Tanner and Barnes.

[tom smith]

So... if I'm hearing you correctly, this guy's a joke?

Very good you can read

[tom smith]

So, what package are you guys willing to give up for Uggla?

I would not give up anything , I think there are better options out there that we should look at first before we even consider anything like this.

[paulcoates]

Probably Tanner and Barnes.

and who are our comparables? and would/should we give them up?

[byrdz]

if the Giants are out competition here, what does their "second tier" minor league pitching prospects look like?

Sickel's List

[JTrea81]

Well the only defensive stats we have on Uggla for 3B are his TotalZone ones from 2005 where he was at a +3 in 18 games.

Fangraphs has him as being worth 2.9 WAR last season. That's pretty decent.

I'd see if they'd be willing to take a package of Sarfate and Hernandez for him.