Starlin Castro?

[PrinceEatMeat]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/05/cubs-will-consider-offers-for-castro-others.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

Apparently he could be available for two impact prospects. It would be awesome if Doug could get a trade like this done. Obviously it's a long shot, but that would be huge. Not sure if the Cubs would even consider a trade like that with the Brewers, but worth a call.

[AZBrewCrew]

Not sure who we have that would fit the criteria of "impact prospects", I wouldnt want to deal any pitchers named Thornburg or Peralta though.

[Glennron]

I really wouldn't want to give up whatever it would take to get him, provided the Brewers even had whatever that was.

[torts]

he's only 22 though and he'd be a lock at SS for years to come, i wouldnt hold back on prospects on him, but im sure other teams have better chips to throw at the cubs

[3and2Fastball]

I really don't see the Cubs trading Castro within the division

[TooLiveBrew]

he's only 22 though and he'd be a lock at SS for years to come, i wouldnt hold back on prospects on him, but im sure other teams have better chips to throw at the cubs

This. Castro is a guy for whom I'd be willing to just let the Cubs pick their return... but plenty of other organizations would probably be able to match & beat whatever the Brewers could offer.

[TheCrew07]

Well the Cubs do have another SS coming but I'm surprised they are willing to part with Castro, he's someone you could sign long-term and make part of your core.

 

From the Brewers' perspective the problem would be who do we actually trade to acquire him? All of our impact talent above rookie ball is pitching and no way am I trading young pitching within the division in an effort to win a couple of more games in 2012.

 

The best fits for the Brewers would be teams looking for MLB talent between now and the deadline, not teams looking to pickup impact prospects to rebuild with.

[KCBrewerfan34]

I'm not sold on Peralta I would put him in a deal for Castro as long as we didn't have to give any of the other top pitching prospects.

[Kelbysdaddy]

Theo says there is no way he is tradeing castro.

[Dollarbill13]

Not sure it makes sense to trade for Castro at this point. I'm guessing the Cubs would want two top 100 prospects, which we don't really have unless we gave them Thorny and Jungmann. At that point we'd be pretty much screwed if Greinke and Marcum left anyway.

[NievesNoNO]

I doubt they move Castro, although I'm sure there's a price for everybody. Seems a bit like sticking a big sale sign up in the store window with a high-def big screen next to it with no price on it.

[TooLiveBrew]

Theo says there is no way he is tradeing castro.

This makes complete sense, so was the 'he would be available for two impact prospects' so-called rumor just a writer making stuff up?

[RockCoCougars]

The only way that they would trade Castro is if the Red Sox or Padres had some hotshot young talent they were willing to part with....

[Oldcity]

Aren't there serious doubts as to whether Castro can stick at shortstop? I'm not sure how his bat will play at another position, at least any time soon. He has five walks this year.

[endaround]

Castro might not stick at SS and is about to hit arbitration

[HiAndTight]

Well, I'd CONSIDER it for even Bradley and Jungman IF you could turn around and get Greinke to sign an extension by saying, "see, we're improving our team substantially at SS and picking up a #3 caliber hitter."

 

If Greinke's worried about our ability to compete, this would certainly go a long way to solving that problem.

 

Next years lineup could be impressive. Assume Weeks bounces back.

Aoki

Castro

Braun

Aram

Hart

Lucroy

Weeks

Gamel

 

With

Greinke

Gallardo

Fiers/Thornburg/Peralta(the only reason people aren't sold on him is because of a couple starts)/Narveson/Estrada

 

That'd be a potentially very good offense.

 

 

Of course I doubt the Cubs make that trade, and I'd want to make sure before we traded for him we could get him to sign a 8 year 80 million dollar deal or something in that range. He could play SS until Aram's gone, move over and who knows, by then Arcia may be in HiA/AA tearing it up and we might just need a short term fix.

 

You could also trade Hart and play smaller with Aoki in RF and Gamel at 1B saving money and getting a nice prospect back in return.

 

 

 

But this is never going to happen. Cubs wouldn't trade a young player like that in the division only to haunt them for the next decade and they'd need ELITE prospects, not guys like Bradley/Jungman, etc..etc..who are in the 60-70 range at best in most rankings.

 

And we'd be selling our top prospect low in Peralta as he's had three terrible starts, two back to back that have made his stock drop a great deal.

 

It'd be one thing if we still had a guy like Brett Lawrie playing in our minor league system as he'd likely be the #1 overall prospect right now(though of course we'd never have signed Aram).

 

That's what it'd take to pry him loose though.

[HiAndTight]

The only way that they would trade Castro is if the Red Sox or Padres had some hotshot young talent they were willing to part with....

 

 

Is this meant to be in blue? I'm guessing Hoyer and Theo are willing to deal with teams that they haven't previously worked for.

 

 

Not trying to be a jerk here....just curious if you were being serious or not?

[RockCoCougars]

The only way that they would trade Castro is if the Red Sox or Padres had some hotshot young talent they were willing to part with....

 

 

Is this meant to be in blue? I'm guessing Hoyer and Theo are willing to deal with teams that they haven't previously worked for.

 

 

Not trying to be a jerk here....just curious if you were being serious or not?

 

I was being about 50% sarcastic. Outside of the Zambrano gift, almost every trade that the new regime has made has been with the Red Sox or Padres. I'm willing to cut them some slack, because pretty much every GM does this sort of thing, but I'll admit that I don't subscribe to the school of thought that Theo is a genius.

[ELCABALLO45]

Would you trade Gallardo for him? Just a question. Not a serious one, just wanted to see the reactions.

[Invader3K]

Would you trade Gallardo for him? Just a question. Not a serious one, just wanted to see the reactions.

 

I wouldn't. If you deal Gallardo, you literally have a completely unknown starting rotation next season. Gallardo would be one of my three off limit players in trade talks, along with Braun and Lucroy.