Comments on: Michael Bourn in Cleveland?

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By: Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:40:02 +0000

Most talking heads were saying that the Mets were the favorites, and they signed Corey Patterson.

Wow.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:52:09 +0000

Bourn is the caliber of player you go over budget for. But can mgmt. convince the owner?

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:20:57 +0000

I’m not going to hold my breath, but I at least like that it’s something that is being discussed.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:20:03 +0000

I honestly think that you may start to see teams try to find ways around this with creative scenarios like that one. I’m not a legal expert though, so I’m not sure what they could get away with, etc. in terms of circumventing the surrender of a draft pick.

This is just my opinion, but with the Carpenter news I think Lohse may end up back in St. Louis. They wouldn’t have to give up a draft pick, and they could probably use the depth.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:17:46 +0000

That’s high praise for me! In all seriousness, I probably should have picked a stronger term.

By: Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:19:49 +0000

If his stock has fallen THAT FAR, and if we can swing it, I don’t see why not! That would be a massive cherry on top of a fun off-season.

By: Chad

Chad — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:02:06 +0000

“Bourn is a decent fielder”??? How about, Bourn is top 3 at his position defensively. That’s the biggest reason why he was a 6 Win player last season.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:24:16 +0000

Why not sign Bourn, give up your #3 pick, keep him for one game and then trade him to the team that wants him but doesn’t want to lose a #1? If you acquire a better player than a 3rd round draft choice would be, you come out ahead in exchange for one game’s salary. That should be legal. Realistically, if they were to sign someone for one year with an eye toward keeping him all year, I think it would be Kyle Lohse. I see one year, five million in his future. That’s affordable and a helluva bargain if he even comes close to last year’s play. The rotation would look pretty deep too.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:18:41 +0000

You’re right about Boras screwing over his other client…I wonder if he didn’t fully realize how reluctant teams would be to surrender that first round pick. I’m not hopeful that the Indians would be willing to fork over the cash and deal with Boras, but you never know! Time will tell.