The Rockies should trade Carlos Gonzalez?

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:hardballtalk

That’s the thinking of New York Post columnist Joel Sherman. His belief: the Rockies might be better off having more young parts than having the duo of Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez tied up at $36 million-$40 million from 2015-17.

Personally, I’m not sold.

For one thing, Gonzalez is likely more valuable in Colorado than he would be anywhere else. Look at his home-road splits the last three years:

2010: 1.161 home OPS, .775 road
2011: .999 home, .757 road
2012: 1.174 home, .847 road

In general, players with significant splits who have left Coors have tended to fare quite a bit better on the road with their new teams. Gonzalez, though, is just so awesome at Coors Field it’d be a shame to take him out of it. Also, his excellent range in left field is more useful there than it would be just about anywhere else (though another team could try putting him back in center).

For the other, $40 million doesn’t seem all that excessive for two players of that quality. And in the meantime, they’ll cost a combined $20.5 million next year and $26.5 million in 2014.

Sherman, of course, puts Gonzalez in play with the Yankees, noting how prospects Manny Banuelos, Gary Sanchez, Eduardo Nunez, Mason Williams and Dante Bichette Jr. could be made available (he even mentions how Bichette’s dad was a Rockies star). And Gonzalez would look nice in pinstripes, just as he would any uniform in the bigs.

The Rockies, though, would need a huge bounty to even consider letting Gonzalez go. It’s doubtful it’s something they’d give serious thought to anyway. If longtime GM Dan O’Dowd ships off Gonzalez now and commits to a full rebuild, there’s a good chance he won’t survive to see the fruits of it two or three years down the line.

 

[elcheato]

There is no way I'm trading Cargo if I'm the Rockies.

 

[Elite]

Plug him into RF and the 6-hole

Jeter SS
Grandy CF
A-Rod 3B
Cano 2B
Teixeira 1B
Gonzalez RF
Swisher DH
Martin C
Gardner LF

Instant erection

 

[RipCity32]

The 6 hole? lol. He'd probably be the best hitter in your lineup.

 

[elcheato]

The 6 hole? lol. He'd probably be the best hitter in your lineup.

:thumbup:

 

[Elite]

Tex and A-Rod aren't being moved down for contract/ego/loyalty reasons, I wouldn't move Grandy out of the 2-hole, and the line-up that puts the best hitters in the 2-3-4 spots wouldn't work because Grandy, Cano, and CarGo are all lefties.

You have righty Jeter, lefty Grandy, righty A-Rod, lefty Cano, switch Tex, lefty CarGo, switch Swisher, righty Martin, left Gardy.

 

[RipCity32]

IDC about any of that. He would be the best hitter in that lineup. Hit him 3.

 

[Mexi]

CoorsGo

 

[Elite]

IDC about any of that. He would be the best hitter in that lineup. Hit him 3.

Outside of Coors he isn't, that title would belong to Cano.

 

[snipezo]

I'm sure he'd mash just as well in NY.

 

[Mexi]

yeah he'd be fine in New York.

 

[Gtown81]

if he ends up in New York, I've officially given up on baseball

 

[.infamous]

if he ends up in New York, I've officially given up on baseball

was gonna say that at some point lol

 

[Elite]

It's not like we're signing him as a free agent, we'd be trading prospects that we developed through our minor league system, something people always claim that the Yankees can't do and always knock them for it

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

He better not go to New York, if that's the case, stay in Colorado!

 

[cruzg24]

Cargo needs to stay in CO, the Yankees dont need another overpaid player on their team.

 

[Yankees2772]

.335/.394/.629, 156 OPS+, league leader in runs, 17 HR, 51 RBI, 2.8 oWAR (unreal this early) and a great versatile defensive outfielder... Overpaid?

 

[snipezo]

.439 wOBA is pretty amazing.