Article: The Trade Market For Trevor Plouffe

[kab21]

 

What if you could get the Angels to take on Nolasco in a trade for Plouffe.

 

Plouffe & Nolasco for Trevor Gott & Cam Bedrosian?

Absolutely.  That is 20M that could be spent somewhere else (like Jordan Zimmerman)

[laloesch]

 

What if you could get the Angels to take on Nolasco in a trade for Plouffe.

 

Plouffe & Nolasco for Trevor Gott & Cam Bedrosian?

 

That would be the angle I would pursue as well.  You want Plouffe but carefully…..push Nolasco into the deal.  Because of the shortage of available 3rd basemen this offseason, I think now is the prime opportunity to get something for Trevor.  Ryan absolutely should deal him.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Again, Nolasco has negative trade value right now.  If you include him and his any part of his $24 mil remaining, you'd basically have to give Plouffe away.

[Otto von Ballpark]

MLBTR projects Plouffe to get $7.7 mil this winter in arbitration, could push $10 mil next winter.  Probably the same as Todd Frazier will earn (guaranteed $7.5 mil in 2016, then arb eligible for 2017).

 

They also predict Freese to ultimately get 3/30 from a market including the Angels, White Sox, and Indians, although they note the third year as possible due to the lack of a qualifying offer -- maybe 2/24 is in play if the QO effect is overblown for him...

 

Would it be better for us to see our division rivals shut out at 3B upgrades, or to see them to take the top FA option off the board for the Angels?  I'm not sure we get any strong offers for Plouffe as long as Freese is on the market.

[Vanimal46]

I'd much rather see the Angels get shut out in order to prevent having to trade Plouffe to an AL Central team. 

[diehardtwinsfan]

I have no problems trading Plouffe to an AL central team.  As stated everywhere, he's an average 3B, to slightly above.  He hits well in TF, which I suppose could be an issue, but this isn't hte type of player that can burn you later.  I suspect it will be AL central teams who are less likely to hand over a nice prospect for him than it will be Ryan trading Plouffe.  If the WhiteSox gave the best deal, I'd have no problems taking it.  As it is, we already got Escobar for 2 months of Liriano.  I wouldn't mind fleecing them for years of Plouffe.

[laloesch]

 

Again, Nolasco has negative trade value right now.  If you include him and his any part of his $24 mil remaining, you'd basically have to give Plouffe away.

 

 

I disagree.  With Plouffe as the primary commodity in any deal and Nolasco as ancillary, all the TWins need to do is sweeten the pot to get something worthwhile in return.  Maybe part of his salary and or a lower level prospect.  You won't be giving Plouffe away for free.  Someone will bite if for the only reason that Nolasco is a proven innings eater, only has two years left on his deal and Plouffe is icing on the cake.  

Edited November 13, 2015 by laloesch

[Otto von Ballpark]

Nolasco clearly has negative trade value.  To unload him, you have to eat most of his salary or sacrifice talent with him (or accept less in return, if paired with Plouffe, that's the very definition of negative trade value.

 

Also, Nolasco is not currently a proven innings eater, he has failed to do so for two consecutive years and is coming off ankle surgery.  Even aside from the guaranteed $24 million that someone has to pay, taking a flier on him also occupies a 40-man roster spot at a time of year when those spots are critical (either for protecting your own players or claiming interesting players forced out on other teams).

 

If we are willing to eat a ton of cash, we might be able to move Nolasco somewhere this winter, but his name almost certainly torpedoes any deal where you hope to get talent back.