Cameron for Melky Cabrera? Nick Swisher?

[joepepsi]

Let's trade the entire team for players the Yankees no longer want.

[nate82]

Cano has to hit .300 to have any value at all. I'm not sure he's a good defensively as Weeks.

He isn't with all the advanced defensive metrics I have seen Weeks is ahead of Cano in all of them I believe.

[Pudster13]

Cameron and Hall are two players the Brewers no longer want.

Cabrerea and Cano are two player the Yankees no longer want.

Cano and Cabrera both can bat lefty. Contracts cancel out.

Makes too much sense to me.

[fondybrewfan]

Let's trade the entire team for players the Yankees no longer want.

If they don't want Hughes and Kennedy I will take them, because if it were expanded to Fielder, that is what we would be getting back

[endaround]

How does acquiring Cano make any sense? He isn't the worst player in the world but he's paid like a top flight player. He's owed $27m over the next three years

[yogallardo43]

Also, the Santana deal was last year when the Yankees didn't have Sabathia, Burnett, Lowe/Sheets, Joba and Wang. Whoever said it earlier no young guy is going to crack this rotation. Even if they are more talented than one of them.

[TooLiveBrew]

Yeah -- I am not excited about this deal from a 2009 perspective as it stands today. If other things happen, fine... that could be exciting, but if we stand pat after this trade, it could be a long season.

 

I find it incredibly hard to believe that Melvin would stand pat after this deal. He's talked openly about going after a pitcher via trade.

 

This trade rumor makes me suspicious that there's a possible deal in which the Brewers would receive a SP & 3B... or perhaps a couple separate deals getting worked on. I will once again regurgitate my desire for Adam Dunn.

[PilprinBuddha]

Although this might be a bit of a salary dump, Melky provides a LH bat and some youth. If we can include Hall to get a pitcher...all the better. NY media reports a pither from the 40 man likely will be included with Cameron. All hall, maybe we can upgrade the arm...a little...since he is CC's bud.

[jjfanec]

Some news here in Tom's most recent blog He says there may be snag either in the players coming back or the Yankees asking for the Brewers to pick up some of Cams salary. Tom expresses disbelief that the Yankees would want money back.

[brewmann04]

LOL the yanks want the brewers to pick up some of Cam salary HA , they better include a quality Minor League Pitcher

[fondybrewfan]

That posting makes it sound like Doug wants no part of a 1 for 1 swap, another player has to be involved, especially if any salary is getting picked up by the Brewers. But it seems Cam straight up for Melky is not happening.

[yoshii8]

Should this thread be in transaction rumors?

[JJHardy7]

I have a feeling that if this trade happens many will have to go back through the first few pages and look at their 'sky is falling' posts. Deals with large market teams involve a lot of rumors. I highly doubt it's a one for one deal and part of me thinks this deal was already in place of CC was going to the Yankees. CC wants Cam on the team and the Yankees may have to trade some value to make that happen.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

http://msn.foxsports.com/...anks-trade-hits-roadblock

 

Fox Sports is reporting that the trade has hit a road block. It sounds like Doug has not lost his mind, after all. No way do we give them Cameron and money for anything less than Cabrera and a pitcher.

[TooLiveBrew]

Should this thread be in transaction rumors?

That's what I thought when I saw it... there's already an 11-page thread there on Cam/CF! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Patrick425]

Should this thread be in transaction rumors?

 

I think it was originally put in this forum because the Post basically reported it as a done deal.

[PrimeTime955]

Well the thread was started when ESPN put on their bottom line that the trade was complete.

[Brian the Automator]

I have a feeling that if this trade happens many will have to go back through the first few pages and look at their 'sky is falling' posts.

I hope that's not a setup for an "I told you so". I believe many of use have an asterisk next to our claims that the sky is falling (asterisk being it's not a straight Cameron for Cabrera swap, and for me, that the money isn't used to take on a bad-contract starting pitcher).

[zzzmanwitz]

http://msn.foxsports.com/...anks-trade-hits-roadblock

 

Fox Sports is reporting that the trade has hit a road block. It sounds like Doug has not lost his mind, after all. No way do we give them Cameron and money for anything less than Cabrera and a pitcher.

Fixed

[Tbadder]

I just read on MLB rumors that the quality of the pitching prospect is in direct relationship to the amount of money the Crew kicks in--I guess it's not going to happen after all.

[TooLiveBrew]

So basically they want us to buy our way to Hughes or Kennedy. I guess if they'd take on Hall's contract, I couldn't call them crazy for asking that.

[MillerParkSouth]

I would eat salary to get Hughes, not Kennedy though. I still find it hilarious that the Yankees want anyone to eat salary, especially with the amount of spending they're doing.

[JohnBriggs12]

Melvin has no leverage to get what he wants. Cameron in this market where some very good hitters are still unsigned is not a $10 million dollar player. Other than the Yankees who's out there interested in him? Apparently nobody.

[fleehaw]

I just read on MLB rumors that the quality of the pitching prospect is in direct relationship to the amount of money the Crew kicks in--I guess it's not going to happen after all.

 

Interesting. I wonder who that pitcher would be if the Brewers picked up all of Cameron's salary. I'd imagine that could enter Hughes territory especially if the Brewers sent a reasonable (exclude top 15?) prospect back. The Brewers could definitely afford to pay Cameron's salary if they wanted to. Acquiring a Hughes or Kennedy would effectively take away the need to sign 1 SP, that may very well be worth several million when taking into account the pieces coming back.

[bklynbrewcrew]

Melvin has no leverage to get what he wants. Cameron in this market where some very good hitters are still unsigned is not a $10 million dollar player. Other than the Yankees who's out there interested in him? Apparently nobody.

Cameron has value to the Brewers as a well above avg CF. We dont have to trade him especially for trash like cabrera. If the yankees dont want to give us a viable pitcher meaning Hughes or Kennedy they can keep cabrera and let him be their CF. We have nothing to gain by trading Cameron unless we get a legit pitcher back.