November 29, 200520 yr George Offman of the Score is reporting that the Sox are shopping Damaso Marte and are interested in lefty Mike Myers. I guess some of us were right about Myers. I wonder if a trade of Marte and prospects for Pierre is coming. Edited November 29, 200520 yr by SSH2005
November 29, 200520 yr This is fantastic news. I still don't trust Marte for next season, but I think he does have some trade value still.
November 29, 200520 yr George Offman of the Score is reporting that the Sox are shopping Damaso Marte and are interested in lefty Mike Myers. I guess some of us were right about Myers. I wonder if a trade of Marte and prospects for Pierre is coming. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Myers was great in Austin Powers, but, can he pitch?
November 29, 200520 yr I'm all for shopping Marte around, but is Myers much better? His career statistics are less than inspiring... Mike Myers
November 29, 200520 yr Author I guess the Rangers and Diamondbacks would also be very interested in Marte considering their bullpens sucked last season. This would make some sense with the rumor that the Sox fallback plan on Konerko leaving could be Troy Glaus or Hank Blalock. I'm all for shopping Marte around, but is Myers much better? His career statistics are less than inspiring... Mike Myers <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Look at his splits against lefties. Myers owns lefties but righties kill him. Ozzie would only use him against lefties. Edited November 29, 200520 yr by SSH2005
November 29, 200520 yr whereas Marte sucks against lefties lately. Plus this should be in trade winds forum. Next, im not crazy about trading even MORE prospects.
November 29, 200520 yr QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 29, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) I guess the Rangers and Diamondbacks would also be very interested in Marte considering their bullpens sucked last season. This would make some sense with the rumor that the Sox fallback plan on Konerko leaving could be Troy Glaus or Hank Blalock. Look at his splits against lefties. Myers owns lefties but righties kill him. Ozzie would only use him against lefties. We hope.
November 29, 200520 yr I guess the Rangers and Diamondbacks would also be very interested in Marte considering their bullpens sucked last season. This would make some sense with the rumor that the Sox fallback plan on Konerko leaving could be Troy Glaus or Hank Blalock. Look at his splits against lefties. Myers owns lefties but righties kill him. Ozzie would only use him against lefties. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Marte for Blalock??? I'm in!!! Too bad Texas isn't that stupid...maybe if Bush still owned the team.
November 29, 200520 yr Author We hope. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He used Cotts and especially Marte the same way. Ozzie seems to think that lefties can only get lefties out. The strategy would work perfectly with Myers because lefties are the only guys he can get out.
November 29, 200520 yr Good call. And being that Ozzie is so hooked up on the matchups, I'm sure he'd use him against lefties. I guess it makes sense now. Should have looked into it a little further.
November 29, 200520 yr Author whereas Marte sucks against lefties lately. Plus this should be in trade winds forum. Next, im not crazy about trading even MORE prospects. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, I thought I was posting it in the Trade Winds forum. Marte by himself isn't going to get a Pierre, Glaus, or Blalock unfortunately. Prospects would have to be included.
November 29, 200520 yr Moved. And all I can say is stay the hell away from Blalock. He seems to be very overrated by some around these parts. He put up a .750 OPS in the best hitters park in the AL...which is bad in itself...but he was also out OPSed by Gary Matthews Jr and Rod Barajas. Glaus is a guy I like a lot, simply because he is a "stat geek's" best friend, but he is probably the worst candiate to acquire right now. He's injury prone as hell, he strikes out a ton, and he has a horrendous contract. The risk far outweighs the reward with him. I think the option may be Pierre...or it may be someone else entirely who we don't even consider an option at this point. It's basically wait and see at this point. I will say I'm going to be a little unhappy if it is Glaus or Blalock though.
November 29, 200520 yr Author George Offman of the Score just repeated this rumor on the news update. It looks like they want to sign Mike Myers first so they can then go ahead and trade Marte.
November 29, 200520 yr QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 29, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) This was all our idea! Hey, I think I was the first...don't you leave me out
November 29, 200520 yr It would be great to move Marte and replace him with Myers. But I sure as heck hope we aren't going for Pierre. He'd be a total waste of money at his salary level. We have a handful of guys ready to move into the OF for cheap, who will likely be bigger contributors (Anderson, Owens, Young).
November 29, 200520 yr QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Nov 29, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) If used correctly( which I think Oz would in this case) Myers and Ozzie were made for each other.
November 29, 200520 yr For as much as I cursed at Damaso Marte this year... I will stand up and say I would still rather keep him over Mike Myers.
November 29, 200520 yr QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Nov 29, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) For as much as I cursed at Damaso Marte this year... I will stand up and say I would still rather keep him over Mike Myers. I'm still thinking about this one, but I'm leaning with you.
November 29, 200520 yr QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Nov 29, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) For as much as I cursed at Damaso Marte this year... I will stand up and say I would still rather keep him over Mike Myers. I feel the same. I felt the same with him and Eyre as well. Marte will be a bargain if he shows any semblance of what he once was.
November 29, 200520 yr Author For as much as I cursed at Damaso Marte this year... I will stand up and say I would still rather keep him over Mike Myers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the point of signing Myers would be to allow us to trade Marte in a package for a #2 hitter or a 1B/DH. That's why this move would make sense. Edited November 29, 200520 yr by SSH2005
November 29, 200520 yr Give it up for Soxtalk! We were all over this one weeks ago. I've been researching Myers moreso than any other player this off-season. Since we came up with this "crazy plan," I swear I must have checked, re-checked, and checked his stats about a hundred times. I'm all in favor of the move. Bring the Arlington Heights boy home and use him nearly exclusively against lefties. Before I go any further, let's all give Neal Cotts a big round of applause for making this all possible. Without his emergence last year at this team's premier left arm out of the bullpen, Kenny would not make possible the trade of a lefty with GREAT stuff and met potential that simply shot himself in the foot and bought his own ticket out of town. The signing of Mike Myers--who, for those of you that aren't aware, is a 3/4s-submarine pitcher...very entertaining to watch--makes possible the trade of Marte, someone who clearly isn't one of "Ozzie's boys" and seemed to talk himself right out the clubhouse door. I'm all for this one. All in. Marte still has tremendous trade value--yup, tremendous...these sorts of left-handers don't grow on trees, despite his recent struggles spanning nearly one and a half seasons--and should net quite a lot in return. Just throwing out this one: Seeing as I'm not one for Pierre on this team, how about a Marte trade for some primere left-handed minor-league talent to help replace the gaping hole left by the departure of Haigwood and Gonzalez? Although I'd love to see some kind of MLB talent netted with his departure, it simply might not be in the cards. Does he have MLB value? Absolutely. Would it be as high as the value he could net if traded for minor leaguers? /Myers mugshot avatar Edited November 29, 200520 yr by AddisonStSox
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