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Joe Blanton trade idea


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Since the A's are looking for a DH or leftfielder, what about offering Jenkins or Mench and maybe Zack Jackson for Blanton?

 

He is 26 and is coming off a 16 win season in 06', and a 200 inning with a 3.50ish era in 05', and hes only 26. It says in the A's winter meetings checklist on MLB.com that he could be available. I think he would be a very solid #2 or #3 in our rotation for a long time.

 

Then we could sign someone like Craig Wilson or Jose Guillen to play in left for us.

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Why would it take way more than that? Jackson is considered a future middle of the rotation starter and Jenkins would be an upgrade over Jay Payton.

 

What if we picked up some of Jenkins contract and added a reliver, maybe Turnbow for example, would that make it more realistic, or would that be too much?

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[ Jackson is considered a future middle of the rotation starter and Jenkins would be an upgrade over Jay Payton. ]

 

"future" is the key word. There's a lot of guys who were supposed to be a lot of future things...

 

To even be considered, I would think the Brewers would have to pick up ALL of Jenkins's salary... but even then, I don't think the A's are going to give up one of their building-block pitchers for a guy in his FA year, and another guy who's still making his living with potential.

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How is Jenkins considered a lousy outfielder, he is a very good defensive outfielder, and has hit over 25 home runs in 3 out of the last four years and has a career .849 ops. I actually wouldn't mind keeping him, but it is fairly obvious that he will be traded.
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Blanton's possibly being available was a suggestion in a Ken Rosenthal bit today. He said it may be that the A's would consider trading one of their pre-arby assets for a bevy of even younger assets who could be blooming when their new park opens, then suggested Blanton could be one of those guys.

 

It would seem very unlikely, but I wouldn't put it past Melvin to pull off a trade like that.

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Blanton is a player I'd be thrilled to see the Brewers aquire. I think a combination of Zack Jackson and Corey Hart could get it done, and I would striongly consider doing that, especially if the Brewers are considering putting Hall and/or Braun in the outfield
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