The Hypothetical TRADE Thread

have at it... :irish:
no reasonable* ideas will be scorned, criticized, laughed at...









*emphasis on reasonable

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this one's from espn, so don't kill the messenger... :lynchmob: :mob:

Let's have some fun: Three-team trade ideas
By David Schoenfield | ESPN.com​

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DODGERS/RAYS/TIGERS​

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Price pitching at Dodger Stadium?​

• DODGERS: Trade Andre Ethier (and cash), Corey Seager, Ross Stripling, acquire David Price
• RAYS: Trade Price, acquire Rick Porcello, Seager, Stripling
• TIGERS: Trade Porcello, acquire Ethier (and cash)

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What, you think the Dodgers are done with the signing of Dan Haren? You know they'd love to add Price to slot alongside Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. Imagine a rotation of those three, plus Haren and maybe either Josh Beckett or Chad Billingsley. To get Price, they give up Ethier and millions in cash to help defray the cost of the minimum $71.5 million owed Either through 2017, their 2012 first-round pick in Seager, one of the top shortstop prospects in the minors, and pitcher Stripling, a fifth-round pick in 2012 out of Texas A&M, where he was a teammate of Michael Wacha.​

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The Rays replenish their farm system with Seager (.269/.351/.473 in Class A at age 19 with 16 home runs) and Stripling (127.2 IP, 115 H, 30 BB, 117 SO, five homers between Class A and Double-A). Even if Seager doesn't stick at shortstop, he has the bat to move over to second and eventually replace Ben Zobrist. Stripling is a polished college pitcher who should be ready in 2015. More importantly, the Rays add Porcello to help them contend the next two years. Get him away from some of that porous Detroit defense and over to Tampa and their infield shifts and watch his ERA drop. He should receive about $8 million in arbitration for 2014, not too expensive for the Rays, and still has another season after that until free agency.​

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The Tigers can play Ethier in left field while moving Drew Smyly into the rotation to replace Porcello, with Ethier providing a left-handed bat to help balance righties Miguel Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Kinsler and Torii Hunter.​

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