The trading deadline is still two months from today, and the rumors are already beginning. The Marlins will trade 24-year-old lefty Dontrelle Willis to ...
a) the Yankees
b) the Mets
c) the Phillies
d) nowhere
Right now, the Marlins are insisting the answer is D. I'm not buying. Willis will make $4.35 million this season, and the Marlins aren't eager to pick up that whole tab. They can lose 100 games with Willis or without him.
Problem is, they're going to ask for a top prospect or a young, cheap established player. From the Yankees, they'll want 2B Robinson Cano. From the Mets, it'll be OF Lastings Milledge. And from the Phillies, you can bet they'll ask for LHP Cole Hamels.
If you were the Phillies, how much would you give up to get Dontrelle?
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Also, Jon Lieber is scheduled to have an MRI exam today to determine if his injured left groin is torn or merely strained. Either way, I wouldn't expect him to pitch for at least three weeks, maybe even longer.
Check back here or at www.delawareonline.com for Lieber updates.
2 comments:
Give em Hamels. Willis is a twenty game winner at 24, a no brainer.
I agree...Willis is proven, Hamels could be him someday. Could.
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