Ok, so I'm mulling over two deals here. Which should I take?
We have a slight weakness at chater, a weakness at second base, a weakness at third base, a weakness in right fied, a slight weakness in the rotation and a weakness in the bullpen.
Our farm system is rated #3 currently and I'll profile those kids later, but among them they are a 2nd baseman, a left fielder, two pitchers and a 1st baseman are our 'top' prospects.
I'd send Michael Love (SP), Alfredo Longoria (1B) and Diego Cruz (MR) to the Mets for:
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19-year old OF Jacob Snow (potentials: 87/100/88/67/95)
18-year old SP Ralph Oliver (pot: 57/56/76)
20-year old 1B Randy Francis (pot: 58/81/90/30/35)
18-year old 3B Ken Davis (47/85/53/48/37)
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So of them, I'm most excited about Snow (who was the one they offered me in a straight deal for Love, I negotiated the rest of the deal on my own) and I think Oliver might be a solid middle of the rotation guy. The rest of them I'm afraid might flop, but at this point...who knows?
But anyway. Here is the other deal on the table. It's with San Jose.
I'd deal Love and Longoria for:
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20-year old 1B Tim Lee (pot: 79/87/49/87/81)
19-year old OF Billy Krause (pot: 46/66/64/44/51)
22-year old 3B Jared McCoy (pot: 45/78/61/60/30)
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Lee and McCoy are on the major league roster already for San Jose, so the difference on paper in the two deals is that the kids from San Jose are more "ready", but I think the potential in the New York is worth pulling the trigger on.
I might see what else I can do, even possibly packaging the two in separate deals to maximize what we can get.