129 replies to this topic

[PcolaMarlin]

Obviously the return would have to be enormous for the Marlins to consider this....

But what if Texas offered Profar and Olt? Thoughts?

[knglover]

I honestly think it takes way more than that

[EricWiener]

Right now, the only response I can think of is: "Die in a fire"

[squall]

I would send all offers for stanton back with a severed finger. Tell them if they ask again you will send them a head.

[Piazza31]

I think you should shut your mouth!

Shut it.

[Bret Hart]

No.
I think "LoMo + @" package could be realistic than Stanton for Olt and more.

[yokofox33]

Profar and Olt? We might need to throw in Anderson Perez to sweeten the deal.

[mrchainsaw]

I hate to say this but we might as well trade Stanton while he still has tremendous value. What happens if in 2013 he either:

A. has an injury-filled season and misses a ton of time
B. we get no good bats to protect him and his numbers fall wayyy down.

Then how the heck are we going to get anything good for him in the future?

The FO completely blew this team up. Might as well not dilly dally on the inevitability of losing Stanton.

[BenderRobot]

A. has an injury-filled season and misses a ton of time
B. we get no good bats to protect him and his numbers fall wayyy down.

Well, he's already had A. People still want him.
As for B, he'll still be wanted. His home run numbers will probably go down [like Cabrera in 06 going from 33, 33 in 04 and 05 to 26 in 06] but his average, OBP will go up a bit. However, chances are, even getting pitched around, he may still hit 30-35 homers. Man is that strong.

His value can only go up, unless he tears his ACL in March, of course.

[Entendu101]

Profar and Olt? We might need to throw in Anderson Perez to sweeten the deal.

And 4.1M

[MarlinKidd101]

I'm no GM...

[Bret Hart]

BTW, Nov 30th is last date to tender the contract. but now we have listed only 33 players on 40-man roster.

How can we fill 7 spots?
With Garbage or preparing for massive pickup at Rule-5 draft?

[BenderRobot]

6 crap spots and 1 rule-5 I say.
Then again, that's the 40-man roster. The 25 man could possibly be set already. Possibly.
In which case, we just have to make 7 crap spots.

[squall]

We will probably pickup a few of these dfas

[Piazza31]

6 crap spots and 1 rule-5 I say.
Then again, that's the 40-man roster. The 25 man could possibly be set already. Possibly.
In which case, we just have to make 7 crap spots.

Livan Hernandez, Gary Sheffield, Jeff Conine, Andre Dawson, Pudge, D-Train, and Piazza.

Livan is game ready,
Gary loves the marlins and wants to play
Conine said he could hit better then buck today
Dawson is jacked, he can hit behind stanton
Pudge couldn't let go
Dtrain is still young
Piazza can stand to play 5 more games before he's traded to the mets.

[Piazza31]

The should sign Manny Ramirez, seriously. He was never given a fair chance in Oakland and he might still be able to play and cheap.

Sign Livan too- and offer DTrain a ST invite and put him on the 40 man.

In all seriousness- all three might pan out.

[marlins1994]

Stanton for Profar, Olt, Martin Perez, and Leonys Martin would be pretty fair.

[BenderRobot]

Stanton for Profar, Olt, Martin Perez, and Leonys Martin would be pretty fair.

Throw in Adrian Beltre and make Olt a second baseman until Beltre's contract runs out.

[canada-marlin24]

The fact that we are even talking about trading Stanton is just f***ing pathetic. Only the marlins could manage to take it to this.

[Puma]

Trade him. He's not signing here long term anyway. I would rather see Giancarlo playing for a contender.

[mrchainsaw]

Whoever he gets traded to will instantly become my favorite team.

[Mr. Man]

I hate to say this but we might as well trade Stanton while he still has tremendous value. What happens if in 2013 he either:

A. has an injury-filled season and misses a ton of time
B. we get no good bats to protect him and his numbers fall wayyy down.

Then how the heck are we going to get anything good for him in the future?

The FO completely blew this team up. Might as well not dilly dally on the inevitability of losing Stanton.

You know we are not here just to watch players get traded away when they get to their highest trade value. That's going nowhere.

[mrchainsaw]

I hate to say this but we might as well trade Stanton while he still has tremendous value. What happens if in 2013 he either:

A. has an injury-filled season and misses a ton of time
B. we get no good bats to protect him and his numbers fall wayyy down.

Then how the heck are we going to get anything good for him in the future?

The FO completely blew this team up. Might as well not dilly dally on the inevitability of losing Stanton.

You know we are not here just to watch players get traded away when they get to their highest trade value. That's going nowhere.

You are right, but the probability of the Marlins fielding winning teams over the next several years is extremely low. If some of these prospects do pan out in a few years and we have a competitive team, there's no way Stanton will sign long term with us after we lose club control.

[marlins1994]

The fact that we are even talking about trading Stanton is just f***ing pathetic. Only the marlins could manage to take it to this.

Hey, none of us want Stanton gone. Especially me. In all honestly, if the Marlins trade him, I may not be a fan no longer. However, this forum is completely hypothetical.

[mystikol87]

I think the best argument for trading him now, in addition to that we're going to suck this year no matter, is the same reason that we should sign him long-term this offseason: this is the best year to get a significant discount. If we wait until next offseason, for example, teams will offer us less because they will expect less added value from Stanton, given that at that point he'll likely demand something much closer to what he'd get going year-to-year.