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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Possible Sanchez trade coming


We've heard this in years past, but the Pirates are again trying to trade MI Freddy Sanchez (h/t Rotoworld). Apparently, the Giants and Rockies are two of the interested teams, though there are "as many as four or five more". If Sanchez were to be traded, IF Ramon Vazquez would gain the most and would make a good NL-only pickup. Mixed leaguers could safely ignore him. IF/OF Delwyn Young would probably see some starts at 2B backing up Vazquez, which could give each of the OF (Brandon Moss, Garrett Jones, Steven Pearce) a few more at-bats as well.

If Sanchez were traded to the Giants, he'd slot right in at 2B and Juan Uribe would likely lose a lot of playing time (though the team could move Pablo Sandoval back to first, Uribe to third, and send Travis Ishikawa to the bench, although Ishikawa has been playing relatively well this past month). I doubt he'd bat in the middle of the order for the Giants as he is for the Pirates, so the net change in value might be a bit on the negative end.

If Sanchez went to the Rockies, things would be much less clear. SS Troy Tulowitzki has been playing well of late, 2B Clint Barmes has been playing well all year, and 3B certainly wouldn't be an option with Garrett Atkins and Ian Stewart already battling for time there. The team could view Sanchez as a super-utility type, or they could have him split time with Tulo and/or Barmes. Whatever the case, unless they decide to bench Barmes outright, Sanchez's value would likely fall.

Posted by Derek Carty at 1:05pm


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