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Baseball Musings
December 02, 2007
The Trade Turned Down

Sports Illustrated details the Angels offer for Miguel Cabrera that the Marlins turned down:

The Angels' big offer for young hitting star Miguel Cabrera included top young hitter Howie Kendrick, young catcher Jeff Mathis, one of two coveted young pitchers -- Nick Adenhart or Ervin Santana -- plus an additional pitcher prospect described as a "mid-level'' talent, SI.com has learned.

I'm not sure why this is considered just a great deal. Santana can't pitch outside of Anaheim. Mathis has done nothing in his brief stint in the majors and seems to have regressed in AAA. Kendrick doesn't walk. If you're going to trade away Cabrera, the Marlins should at least get a prospect that might turn into Cabrera someday. The Marlins decided they wanted both Santana and Adenhart, and I can't say I blame them.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:15 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

This would have been a great trade for the Marlins.

Too bad they want to stick with the bloating, nonchalant and quite arrogant Cabrera.

Posted by: Tony at December 2, 2007 07:21 PM

I agree with the above poster. That would have been a good trade for the Marlins. Walking is a lot, but it's not everything. Kendrick is a special hitter. I see him as a Roberto Clemente type. High batting average, low strikeout, contact machine, who hits liners all over the place. I think the DOWNSIDE is that he's Bill Madlock.

Santana just had a weird year. It's clear the stuff is there and moving to the NL and a pitchers park with Shea and Washington on the schedule, he would have been great.

Mathis had good minor league numbers. He is a bit of an unknown. I'll say this, he's better than OLIVO!

Posted by: larry at December 2, 2007 09:43 PM

David - his peripherals weren't terrible this year. He just caught Josh Beckett's longball bug from last year. He may not be a sub-4.00 pitcher anytime soon, but he's capable of 4.00 to 4.50. The strikeouts are there, he just needs to cut back on the walks a little more.

Posted by: Mike at December 2, 2007 10:05 PM

How does Mathis have good minor league numbers?
OPS of 840/.760/.670 in 05/06/07.
Thats a HUGE decline.

Posted by: Mark at December 2, 2007 10:23 PM

Wow. Just wow.

Cabrera is the next Manny Ramirez, and this is the love he's shown? Really?

Jeez.

Pinto has it right here.

Those guys are a joke in comparison to Cabrera.

Posted by: Yankee Fan in Chicago at December 2, 2007 10:29 PM

A bad package from the Dodgers looks better than the rumored deals Moreno is outraged about. The decline of the Angels system is proof that prospects are just that; what looked like a limitless bounty of five star kids has yielded a little bit of promise, a little bit of failure, and a lot of yawns.

Posted by: dan at December 2, 2007 10:32 PM

Howie Kendrick is long term a 1B and doesn't have much power or discipline - Mathis looks like a journeymen and Santana's been slow to develop - the Marlins need pitching - and lots of it

Posted by: Bandit at December 3, 2007 09:18 AM
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