Will the Marlins trade Dontrelle Willis before next season begins?
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not a chance unless someone blows them away with a offer they cant refuse
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It depends if you have depth or not. I would not accept it. only because of these reasons.\n\n1. Willis will not have the same year he had last year. (less wins) his team does not have as much run production as last year. He is still a great picher though gives you K, ERA, WHIP\n\n2. I am still not sure about David Wight and the mets in generaled. He will not give you the same stats as A-rod. The Mets just can not win the division that they are in (Atlanta Braves own that division) \n\n3. A-Rod I think will have a big year he will give you Runs, RBI, HR, a ok steal (Joe Torrie) this spring training has made his team run more then the last few years.\n\nI do think you should think about a while you will get rid of you 6th or 7th pitcher for one of the best in baseball
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The mets have a very good chance of winning the world series considering Albert Pujous is injured and no other NL team thus far have proven themselves worthy. The mets only concern right now is pitching.They have an old pitching rotation and they might break down as the season wears on.\n\nP.S. They should trade for the D-Willis
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Where to start. There are several rumors out there of a three team deal that would send Manny Ramirez to the Mets, whou would then send some pitchers and prospects to the Orioles who would send Miguel Tejeda to the Sox. It seems very unlikely and complicated. There are other rumors that the Sox will be sending Marte, the 3rd base prospect they received from Atlanta in the Renteria trade, and Moto, the set up man they got from Florida with Beckett and Lowell, to Cleveland for Coco Crisp, who would take over CF for Damon, or LF for Ramirez. This may have some legs since the Sox will be desperate for OF if they trade Manny and Damon signs with the Dodgers, but Marte is suppose to be the real thing. He hit 25 hrs and had over 100 RBI's in AAA last season and hit 2 home runs in only 8 AB's for Atlanta as a September call up. Crisp is a pretty good fielder and an ok hitter, Marte and a reliever maybe to high a price for Crisp. Interesting talk involves signing Roger Clemens to a one year deal. If that happenes the Sox rotatio could look like this: Clemens, Schilling, Wakefield, Arroyo, Papplebon.. Not bad. I left out Clement and Wells because I would assume that if they did sign Clemens that CLement would be traded. Wells will either be traded or he will quit. If Clement is not traded look for a battle in spring training between Papplebon and Arroyo to see who gets the last spot in the rotation and who goes to the pen.
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Looks like he was drafted in '00, but hasn't made the majors yet.  He spent most of this past season on the disabled list but had good numbers the previous years at A and AA level in the minors.  I expect he'll start the season with Florida's AAA affiliate in Albuquerque.
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They haven't done enough.  Everyone thought their pickups would be good but they haven't done anything pitching-wise.  Pitching wins championships ... I mean the Marlins did it a few years back and so did Arizona.  Both were teams that were written off as going to lose to the high-powered yanks offense.\n\nBy the way, they can't trade for D-train because Marlins would only take Wright for him.  That's too much to ask for.
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Tim Worrell is the most likely candidate especially if it's a short term injury.  He has some experience closing and is much more effective pitcher than Walker.  Long term if Benitez is out AAA prospect Merkin Valdez is somebody to watch.
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I would definitely keep Beckett over Dontrelle, especially if you need wins.\n\nFlorida is awful and it won't be better anytime soon, plus Willis is struggling so far, SO it's a no brainer I think.\n\nI would drop Wood and keep Clemens, get a good starting pitcher to replace Wood and you should be fine. A good example of a a pitcher that will get you wins without killing your ERA or WHIP and that is probably laying on the FA list is  Woody Williams.
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If you're desparate for someone at third, go for it, but chances are pretty good that there's someone else available. Wiggington has a little power. He hit 17 home runs in 2004 and 7 in 155 AB's last year. And he's entering the prime of his career. And it's Tampa Bay. They're not exactly overrun with talent. When Huff comes back they'll find a place to play Wiggington. So he'll probably get you some home runs and a few RBI since he's batting clean up. But he's not that talented of a ball player overall. His AVG will probably hurt you and he doesn't get on base enough to score runs, even if TB had anyone batting behind him to knock him in. He capable of 25 homers this year, but that probably doesn't make up for the rest of his drawbacks.
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Yes he will, most certainly.  He will get some chances when Jones pitches too much at the least and will sometimes get reliever saves (more than one inning).  If you are asking long term, Rodney won't get saves unless Todd Jones goes back on the DL or has a horrible season (think Keith Foulke from last year).\n\nIf you are talking from a fantasy perspective, I would still hang on to him.  I have him too (but not Todd Jones) but am going to see what happens over the next few weeks.  If Jones does well from the start, drop Rodney.  If he falters, Rodney will take over.  He's the closer of the future.  They only want Jones now because they forked over so much money to have him close.
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I will guarantee that this season will be better that last season. Last season wasn't really that bad, but they were  missing a few key parts that they really needed. There are no initially visible major problems, except maybe shortstop, which might be filled soon with Alex Gonzalez. Manny and Ortiz is such powerful combo. When they lose either one, the team will need a few years to recover their powerful offense. Pitching looks better is Foulke gets back to his prime condition and if Schills can go strong the entire season. Not a bad outlook, considering Coco Crisp fills a huge HOLE the Red Sox had.
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brian roberts: is he going to be able to go for the first part of the season?  you could shift freel to 2nd and grab another outfielder (one with power... are raul ibanez or geoff jenkins available?)  cabrera is a great hitter, so is his teammate jeremy hermida.  but the marlins will struggle to score... LOVE mike young and aramis ramirez.  sean casey could surprise!\n\ni like your pitching staff, rodriguez is going to be the best in the game very soon. valverde... hmm, we'll see. i do think vazquez and zito will bounce back... in fact the whole A's team feels good to me.  take a look at dan haren if he's available.\n\nhope they work out for you... 1 more day!
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I think the Yanks are going to trade for a starting pitcher, maybe Jon Garland of the White Sox or maybe Dontrelle Willis of the Marlins. They have some young arms that they just received for Sheffield that they may use for trade bait.
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Dunn is great for HR's and RBI's, but he will kill your average along with no steals.\nWhile Dunn has 6 HR's and 11 RBI's in June, he only has 12 hits 21 K's.\nUnless he can snap out of this Rob Deer, Cecil Fielderesque homerun-or-nothing slump, I would look for another hitter.\nI would still look to trade Patterson though, as he hasn't done much since that streak of 9 straight games with a steal.
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Yes, for USA in the World Baseball Classic.  After that -- he hasn't decided, but my prediction is he will retire.  His manager recently said he is leaning that way. \n\n(He has many options, including returning to the Astros, but he'd have to wait until May 1 to do that.  My guess is that is the second most likely.)
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I wouldnt do it either.  I like Hawpe i have him on my team.  Bonds is inconsistent and takes many days off. Hoffman also closes for San Diego who is not gonna win a lot of games.  He will have a low era though.
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I'm going to go against that grain here and say that unless you need steals - don't do it. Let’s start off with Beckett- he is now 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA, 1.25 WHIP after the Tribe kicked the snot out of him the other night. Everybody knows that Beckett, the 2003 World Series MVP, has talent. The question, as always, is his durability. He'll be just 26 in May and already has 100 starts in the bigs. BUT he's never thrown more than 200 innings or made 30 starts in a season. What happens when his first blister pops up -- on the front pages -- in Boston? How will he handle the heat? How will he get his road ERA (4.25 since 2004) down? How will he handle a full season with the DH? Not this well, that's for sure.\n\nSo...now you're talking Jones for Damon. Andruw is the back bone of the Braves lineup and he has had an awesome April (.284 8HR 23RBI's 17 runs). Project that out and he's looking at a 45+HR and a 100+RBI season. Damon on the other had has a slower start (.275 1HR 10RBI 16 runs). He's gonna have to find a way to settle down in NYC (which he may do just fine) but how far back in the standings will you be when he does?\n\nStick with Jones, go out and look at Ryan Freel (Cincinnati) for steals and grab whatever pitcher is hot on your waiver wire.