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Thursday, July 09, 2009Possible Sanchez trade comingPosted by Derek Carty at 1:05pmWe'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. Derek Carty, 23, has also been published by NBC's Rotoworld, Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, and USA Today. This season, he'll be contributing to FanDuel and will be linking to all of his work at DerekCarty.com. In his three years competing in expert leagues, he has won 2 titles with 4 top three finishes, including a LABR NL title in 2009, making him the youngest person to ever win a major expert league title. Derek is a proud graduate of the MLB Scouting Bureau's Scout Development Program and is a firm believer in the importance of combining stats and scouting. He welcomes questions via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter.
Derek Carty said...
FOX’s Jon Paul Morosi seems to agree with Troy Renck that it doens’t make much sense for the Rockies to acquire Sanchez. He thinks a reliever is a more likely target. I concur. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9791890/Sources:-Twins,-Giants-still-keen-on-2B-Sanchez Posted 07/10 at 01:46 PM
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There’s an ongoing thread about this at MLBTR: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/07/rockies-interested-in-freddy-sanchez.html
It looks like the Rockies might be the frontrunners, which I still consider to be very strange. The Pirates might want Eric Young Jr., who could make a huge second-half fantasy impact if traded to the Pirates. Troy Renck of the Denver Post also appears to think the move is strange, and says Young could go for Capps instead.