InvincibleCakeEater wrote:jwill182 wrote:Garcia, Adams, Wong, Wacha, Rosenthal, and at least 1 top 5 prospect (except Reyes) should all be fair game in trades.
Wong and Rosenthal should be nearly untouchable. Extending Rosenthal because of his bad year should be done ASAP.
Rosenthal wants to start, he's not done extremely well as a closer, he's coming off an injury and horrible season, and we have another closer on the roster and could theoretically add Jansen/Melancon to the mix since we have so much money (which then puts Oh back to 7/8th inning role and GREATLY improves our bullpen). He has a ton of trade value right now, and I don't think he's the right guy for the job here. To me, now is the time to deal him before he worsens his value next season in a role he wants even less than being a Closer.
As for Wong, how long do we have to wait on this kid? He has been with the big league club for huge chunks of the past 4 seasons, getting significant playing time, with and without decent competition to push him... and he's still not put it together. I'm sorry, I wanted him to do well just as much as the next guy did... I even have his freakin jersey in my closet... but I'm tired of waiting on him only for him to play the exact same way every year. Low average, bone-headed errors, poor base-running... it never changes.
We have some players that should be untouchable...but Wong and Rosey aren't on that list, in my opinion.