If the Dodgers Trade Matt Kemp for Jack Wilson… « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

If the Dodgers Trade Matt Kemp for Jack Wilson…

July 5, 2008 at 9:49 am | In C.C. Sabathia, Jack Wilson, Matt Kemp, NO |

…well, you won’t even get an analysis here. You’ll just get the .gif of the head-exploding guy from Scanners posted here about 40 times, and then no more MSTI posts ever since I’ll have broken my laptop by bashing my face into it. Be happy I just presented you with the still, because the motion one is way more gross, and that’s what you’re going to get if this deal goes down. Anyway, this story’s popped up everywhere, but I can’t help but comment on this one section of it. Let’s go with 6-4-2 for the link, originally from Ken Rosenthal:

To get Wilson, the Dodgers would need to trade the Pirates some of the same players that the Indians want for Sabathia, leaving Los Angeles with a choice of one deal or the other.

Please tell me that I didn’t just read that the asking price for a mediocre - at best - shortstop is going to have anything in common with the asking price for the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner. Jack Wilson is 30 and has a career OPS+ of 79. C.C. Sabathia is 27 and has never once in his career (and for all the hype over Clayton Kershaw, don’t forget that when C.C. was age 20, he was going 17-5 in 33 starts) had an ERA+ of below 100. So please, tell me, on what planet are we trading the same guys for these two players?

If we needed a pitcher - which we don’t - then yes, by all means, Sabathia is worth some top-shelf talent. Jack Wilson should be a player the Pirates are dying to give away. He’s not all that good, and he’s still got some sizable cash left on his deal ($7.25 million next year, plus a $0.6 million buyout of an $8.4 million team option for 2010). The Pirates should be begging the Dodgers to take him off their hands, no?

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Rosenthal is making shit up again

Comment by Damon — July 5, 2008 #
Clearly we have seen the problem, and his name is Ned.

This team is such a weird collection of parts, but a skilled executive could probably make them into something for next year.

Comment by Erich — July 5, 2008 #
Yup, trading for either of them would be dumb as hell.

Comment by Fire Ned Colletti Now — July 5, 2008 #
How many times can our heads explode?

Comment by Shmolnick — July 5, 2008 #
[...] are still alive and well, which if the price is right, I’m okay with. (I stand strong on my threat to implode the internet if Matt Kemp is dealt for him, though.) I figured it’d be interesting to see what [...]

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Matt Kemp mas Chad Billingsley y Rusell Martin
por Jack Wilson y dinero ? es algo bueno para poder cubrir la vacante de Rafael Furcal. Pregunto Puedo ser gerente de los dodgers ? Como vas a desprenderte de Matt Kemp que te lo pidieron en primavera por Santana y ahora lo sueltas por un mediocre paracorto …Colleti no vendas a un equipo…usa talento de AAA

Comment by Guillermo Lliteras — July 7, 2008 #
The Angels are chock-full of shortstops.

And I’ll leave it at that.

Comment by Rob McMillin — July 7, 2008 #
[...] a relief, if true. Hopefully all the hand-wringing over Matt Kemp getting dealt was just overblown media speculation. On the other hand, Tony Jackson has some very intriguing news [...]

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ask billy beane to run the organization

Comment by dumpling — July 13, 2008 #
[...] rumors floating around, and at least this is a little more palatable than when we’d heard Matt Kemp was involved over the summer. But come on, three players for Jack Wilson? He’s known to be a good defender [...]

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