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K-Rod Traded To Brewers For Players To Be Named Later

The New York Mets traded closer Francisco Rodriguez late Tuesday night to the Milwaukee Brewers for two players to be named later and some cash. Rodriguez is 2-2 this season with 16 saves and a 3.16 earned run average.

Bobby Parnell is expected to take over the closer role for the Mets. Rodriguez will join a Brewers bullpen that has 14 blown saves this season. The Brewers are currently tied for first place in the NL central with the St.Louis Cardinals.

In the short term this trade helps the Phillies because they are playing the Mets this weekend, however if the Phillies face K-Rod in the playoffs it could be trouble. The Phillies are hitting .194 off K-Rod lifetime.

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DDCar
DDCar
July 13, 2011 9:32 am

F^@K, “K-roid”. He is another, in a long line of overrated “Muts”, who I hate. I know hate is a strong word, but everytime he showed off on the mound, I wanted someone to clean his f^@king clock, or hit a line drive & knock him the f^@k, out. I don’t fear him anymore. He hasn’t been dominant in 3 years.
*******BTW, my cousin called & told me there is a huge rumor in SD today, that a trade negotiation is in the works, & will be done by next week, for Bell & Ludwick*******
I hope it’s true. I might stop ripping Amaro, if he pulls this off. I love Bell, dude is a true Philly type player. 😀 😀

Erock
Erock
July 13, 2011 11:18 am

K-Rod makes the Brewcrew dangerous.Still think we could get em in a 7 game series.

Bell would be a great piece. Your trading Worley for him and there goes a stud of the future.Stutes and Bastardo are off limits to me. Bell would turn our back-end into a nightmare for hitters. Make the studs jobs easier.

Rip Amaro?For what? Getting Cliff Lee.He didnt make the Werth deal,that seems like a bonus right now.

paulman
paulman
July 13, 2011 12:48 pm

Great move/pick-up by the Brew Crew who just sured up their biggest weakness which was their back end of their Bullpen..
The Brewers Starters are not in the Phils Class , but since the Brewers have a much more potent offense, they can afford to get by with their present rototation
of Greinke,Marcum,Gallardo,Wolf and Naverson and win games late with their big bats of Weeks,Braun,FIelder,Hart,McGee (kind of like the Phils used to do)

DDCar
DDCar
July 13, 2011 7:48 pm

I agree PAUL. It gonna be easy for the Phils. MW, ATL & SF are gonna be tough to get through to the World Series. Balls in your court Amaro. Don’t f^@k it up!

hot97x
hot97x
July 13, 2011 9:42 pm

personally im not interested in trading several top prospects for Bell and Ludwick. at some point this team needs to get younger and cheaper, and it will cost an arm and a leg for those two. which will make it almost impossible to slowly incorporate young guys onto the team 2 years from now.

they’ve given up so much in trades already, and really the only guy they got back from trading Lee that looks good is Aumont as a back end of the bullpen guy. Ramirez looks like a fringe starter/middle relief guy so far, and Gillies can’t even stay on the field.

So between Doc, Lee, and Oswalt, they have lost Drabek, Taylor, D’Arnaud, Carrasco, Donald, Marson, Knapp, Villar, Gose, and Happ. that’s a big loss of prospects, and so far their scouting department has done a fantastic job of keeping the system stocked. but eventually it will be too much. they will just be a team stocked full of expensive veterans (like now but worse), with no cheap young guys to bring up, and no moves to make because there payroll will be locked into disaster mode for several years.

hot97x
hot97x
July 13, 2011 9:44 pm

on the other hand they would look fantastic for half a season. but it’s hard to trade top prospects for less than half of a season of Bell and Ludwick. and im really not worried about the brewers getting K-rod. he doesn’t throw very hard anymore, and the phillies already hit him around this year.

vricchini
vricchini
July 13, 2011 10:41 pm

Phillies need to make a trade for another bat. Only 78 Homeruns compared to a 103 Brewers and a 98 Braves. We got rocked by the Brewers and if we face the Braves aces were going to have to hit. Say what you want but the Braves are only 3.5 games behind. This team wants to win now we all know that prospects are only good for the teams who are building and trying to find the next elite players to start a franchise.

What really grinds my gears is fans that would rather keep prospects over all stars. To me its a no brainer.

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 10:17 am

****Trade Alert****

Phils Trade Pitchers V Worley, K Kendrick, OF D Brown and a Pitching prospect in the Minors to the Kanas City Roylas for RF Jeff Francouer and Closer Joakim Soria

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DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 12:04 pm

PAUL, Jeff Francour blows & Soria has the Phils on his no trade list. No way do I trade Worley. You couldn’t trade Kendrick for a bag of used baseballs. F^@K Dom Brown. Sorry, no trade.

jakedog
jakedog
July 14, 2011 12:13 pm

hot97x is correct, phils have depleted their system to be in position they currently are, they think, and I agree, that they have enough right now to compete for their second championship in three years, they will not, will not, bring in some high-priced bat, especially at the expense of the loss of additional prospects, this team is built differently, better than the 2008 team, on the sage premise that good pitching beats good hitting

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 12:31 pm

Jeff Francouers stats for 2011

88 games – 343 At-Bats – 91 Hits .265 average 19 2B 12 HR’s 56 RBI’s
His OBP is .308 and is Slugging % is .443

These overall Stats are better than any current Phillie Outfielder….
Plus Francouer has a cannon of an arm and is an excellent outfielder and even better than Werth was in the Field…

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 12:42 pm

If anyone thinks this lineup is going to win a World Series, I have some land in the Sahara Desert for you. This is not injuries or slumps. We are what we are, an old, mediocre lineup, that needs to be rebuilt in the offseason. Plain & simple.

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 1:08 pm

Francouer can bring home the WS
He can be to the the Phils what “Hidecki Matusi” was for the Yankees a couple years back… Francouer has always batted well at Citizens Bank Park and would be a great addition to the team and who is an overall better ballplayer than Werth is/was…

jakedog
jakedog
July 14, 2011 1:16 pm

ddcar, you have some humorous posts, but you are dumber than a bag of hammers, the phillies have the best record in baseball, beat the sox two of three, beat paulman’s braves two of three, best rotation in baseball since the yonder years of the orioles, the first half was injury-ridden, but they won nonetheless, phils are second half team, bats will heat up, but they really don’t need them to do more than they currently produce with this pitching, bull pen are you dyslexic such that you can’t read the won-loss column, or are you afraid, listen to eskin then and get a dog, or better go find chicken little and hang wth him

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 1:18 pm

Paul, what is this Bromance that you have with Francour? Your showing your Braves love again. Yeah lets bring in another 200 strike out player, who sucks with runners in scoring position, & hasn’t seen a pitch he didn’t like. Also don’t you remember in the offseason when we made him an offer , & he didn’t want to play here. F^ck Francour. Pence, Kemp, McCutchen or Quenton or no one.

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 1:33 pm

Actually my top 2 OF’s for the Phils to pursue have been and remain are..

#1) Adam Jones CF from Baltimore – I think can be an All-Star on the right team and would be a great fit for the Phillies who is just 26 Years old
#2) Hunter Pence – RF from the Astros – is an All-Star who has averaged 25 Hr’s and 85 RBi’s a Season on a bad ball club who is just hitting his Prime

I like both these players for they can stay around and play 5-6-7 years in Philly but it would cost some young players in return and a decent size contract to keep them here

If you want to go on the cheap for 1-2 year option for a Right Handed OF Bat than you have Francouer, Ludwig, A Rowand

I like Carlos QUentin as a player but he is a real hot-head and probably not a real good fit for the Phillie Locker room and the make-up of this team..
I don’t see the Pirates looking to move McCutchen

hot97x
hot97x
July 14, 2011 2:06 pm

Paulman, that is one of the most lopsided trades i have ever seen. first of all, Francour does not have better stats than any Phillies OF, Victorino has a .900 OPS to Francour’s .751 OPS. that’s a huge difference. secondly, Brown’s OPS is .735, not far off the pace of Francour, and he’s controllable for 5 years after this one, and 3 of those at the minimum. and he’s going to get BETTER. this would be a disaster of a trade.

on top of that, Soria is not going to want to set up, which is what he would do here behing Madsen. and your giving up Worley, who again will be the cheap #4 or #5 starter they will need the next few years so they can lock up Hamels. they have no other starters that will be ready to come up next year.

vriccini – if you think prospects are only good for teams that are trying to become good from being bad then you are utterly clueless. the phillies need young cheap guys coming onto the team within the next 2-3 years. if they don’t get that, this team will be in last place 5 years from now. the problem with most fans is that they would trade another championship today for terrible baseball from 2017-2022. that’s not a good business model, and the phillies seem to understand that. you need to slowly incorporate young, cheap players onto the team. even the yankees do this because they recognize they can’t just keep buying veteran players endlessly because their payroll would be out of control.

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 2:25 pm

Francouer has played every game and has 20 more games thatn Victorino
and Borwn’s not even played 40 games yet so those OPS are a little bit skewed..
But you right about giving up too much and if the Phils want to pursue a legitimate RH Bat who plays OF and has some pop in his bat, it’s going to cost them more than it’s porbably worth in the long run but the goal is to win it this Season for anything less than a WS appaerance and Victory is a failure with th eStarting Pitching and Payroll that they have.. What yo udo you suggest they do or pursue or make avaialalbe in a trade.. No team rebuilding is going to be interesting in a bloated contract which 1/2 the Phillie veterans all have.. Watch the Cardinals go hot and heavy after Padres Closer Heath Bell and if they obtain him, I would think the Cardinals will be the favorites come playoff time..

PCrow
PCrow
July 14, 2011 2:31 pm

Is it just me or the Bcrew resembles the 08 phillies? Bonafide closer Lidge – FRod; Sluggers Utley/Howard/Burrell/Werth – Braun/Fielder/Hart/McGee; Speed at the top with pop Rollins – Weeks. Par pitching with one horse Hamels – Greinke.

PCrow
PCrow
July 14, 2011 2:49 pm

Out of all the Prospects we have dealt in the past year, how many are even on a MLB roster? Drabek – started off strong, but is coming back down to earth now abeit playing in a tough division. Happ is 3-11 with 5.76 ERA. Carrasco is 4.28 ERA. Michael Taylor has gone backwards. So either the Phillies do a good job of hyping up their farm, or they are good at evaluating them. Look at our current roster including closer, setup, starting pitching, utlilty, RF, were all occupied by rooks at one point or most of the season.

paulman
paulman
July 14, 2011 4:07 pm

The BrewCrew do remind me of the Phils from a few yars back, as do the Reds, who have really under acheieved this year..

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 6:18 pm

PCrow, that’s what they do best. They over hype all their players. You would have thought Brown was all ready a Hall of Famer. That’s why I say f^@k prospects. That’s what they are, prospects. If you can get good proven players to help win you a World Series, no one is untouchable. No one!

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 6:24 pm

Paul, I can say the same thing about Adam Jones, that you say about McCutchen. They are building a future around Adam Jones. He ain’t going anywhere. But I would love to have him, he is a for real 5 tooler, not a 5 tool mirage that Brown is so-called to be.

hot97x
hot97x
July 14, 2011 8:45 pm

what i suggest is they don’t go after a big time right hand bat. you try and go get Ludwick for a mid level prospect or two. this team doesn’t need a big move. the Cardinals getting Heath Bell in no way makes them the favorite. they have a better lineup but the phillies have the better rotation, and assuming Madsen is healthy which should be a safe assumption, im completely satisfied with the phillies bullpen.

yes Francoeur has played more games, but since an extremely hot start in April he is hitting in the .230’s. he just had a good month. he’s never been a great player, he’s a terrible situational hitter, and is an average player. he has been his entire career. and there is ZERO chance that Domonic Brown gets traded unless it is in a package for a young, cheap, superstar. if they wanted to trade Brown he would have been dealt last year. you are only looking at this year. the phillies are not. they want to win this division for the next 10 years. they can’t do that if they trade the major league ready guys (worley, brown).

DDCar – nobody overhyped Brown. EVERYONE in baseball sees the same thing. tall, speedy, rocket arm, hit for average tool, power tool. you only think he’s been overhyped because you live here. this happens in every city with that teams best prospect. that’s what makes prospects exciting. if they didn’t think he was going to be great, he wouldn’t have been one of the best prospects in baseball. you act as if he is a great prospect because the phillies said so. it doesn’t work that way. other teams scouts don’t just say “oh well the Phillies say he’s great so he must be great.”

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 9:35 pm

Well hot97x, I hope everyone is right, & i’m wrong. Because I want them to win a World Series, & I just don’t see it right now with Brown. I hope he makes an idiot out of me. I’ll be a man & be the first to eat crow if he does. I just don’t buy into this five tool crap. He is an awkward outfielder, isn’t hitting at all, let alone power. But he is fast with a howitzer arm. Hopefully he grows quick, because right now he isn’t ready. You can’t depend on a guy growing in season if your vying for a World Series. It’s Amaro’s fault. If he put together a good lineup, & did not rush Brown, things could have been different for the kid.

DDCar
DDCar
July 14, 2011 9:50 pm

Jakedog, that hurts. Bag of hammers, I prefer bag of rocks. I can’t ignore the obvious because they are in first, blah blah blah. This team better heat up offensively, because if Manual keeps burning out the starters the way he is, with this injured BP, it is going to be a long second half.

hot97x
hot97x
July 15, 2011 7:46 pm

DDCar, i guess the problem i have with your problems with Brown are that you are really quick to give guys like Valle, Cosart, and Colvin the benefit of the fact that the phillies scouts love them. yet Domonic Brown, who actually had a much better minor league career than any of them, AND the phillies and every other scout loved, just gets trashed. yes he is an ackward outfielder. but to be fair, i have never heard anyone in the organization or outside, say that he is a good outfielder right now. all i ever hear is that he needs to work on his route running and reading balls off the bat.

and as far as his hitting, it’s just unfair for people to assume he’s going to come up to the majors and rake. that rarely happens. the phillies were/are fully aware that young players go thru struggles. heck even veterans go thru slumps.

paulman
paulman
July 16, 2011 9:00 am

To DDCAr
I believe Orioles CF Adam Jones will be a Free-Agent next year so the Orioles will probably end up getting losing him and get nothing for him for he’s very likley to test the Free-Agency Market for bigger bucks and a chance to play on a winner.. He’s 26 Years old and just hitting his Prime.. ORioles have Pitching needs as well as needing a 3B and a B.. The Phils could maybe Package 1B M Rizzotti (who won’t see any playing time anytime soon with R Howard around) with 2 promising young Pitchers (Schwimmer and De Fratus) or/and maybe 1 MLB ready player now like a Kendrick or Worley..

DDCar
DDCar
July 16, 2011 4:11 pm

hot97x, I hope i’m wrong, I honestly do, but this guy has shown next to nothing offensively, & is an awkward defensive liability, right now. Mayberry has played better, which isn’t saying much. So if Amaro doesn’t get a good right handed bat, I think Brown & Mayberry have to platoon. Just because someone is a great specimen & athlete, doesn’t mean he is going to transition into a good MLB player. IMHO, Right now he isn’t close, & may never be.
GO PHILS!!

DDCar
DDCar
July 16, 2011 5:04 pm

Paulman, I would love to have a for real 5 tooler like Jones, roaming CF, at the Bank. You can then put Victorino back at RF, where he can really gun dudes out. But Baltimore isn’t going to trade their only franchise player. Nice dream, though.