Time to trade Drew?

by GrayBack on Nov 10, 2011 1:53 AM EST

With the logjam in the infield with Bloomer, McDonald and possibly Hill returning, is anyone else thinking that Stephen Drew is on his way out? The DBacks went 42-18 without him -- and seemed to play with more heart and emotion. While Drew's been solid, he rarely wears his heart on his sleeve. Throw in he's a Boras client, free agency nears, and he's coming off a bad injury. Seems like Towers is lining up his options for a Drew-less 2012, which would be OK with me.

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I don't think he's on the way out

We’ll at least let him come back and rebuild some value. If we’re in a position to sell at mid-season, that’ll be the time to do so. As Furcal showed this year, even a struggling, injury-prone shortstop can fetch a non-zero return.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Nov 10, 2011 2:23 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

I agree with Dan

It’ll be hard to get even good prospects right now. Honestly what would we have gotten in return for the season Drew had last year. Not very much. The best thing to do is sit on our hands and Drew returns to some kind of form he had prior to last season.

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by blank_38 on Nov 10, 2011 3:02 AM EST reply actions

It seems

like his value would be at its lowest right now.

Tomorrow is another day.

by soco on Nov 10, 2011 8:55 AM EST reply actions

Really bad time to trade Drew now

Doesn’t mean the D-Backs won’t do it, though. SIgh.

by Craig from Az on Nov 10, 2011 1:54 PM EST reply actions

I really don't see

exactly how players like Bloomquist, McDonald, and Hill can push Stephen Drew of a team

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by CaptainCanuck on Nov 10, 2011 9:39 PM EST reply actions

+bajillion

or at least so i hope

by blue bulldog on Nov 10, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

Especially

when only two of them play short stop and the other plays a different position

Oh where oh where have my Dbacks gone? Oh where oh where could they be!

by imstillhungry95 on Nov 11, 2011 11:52 PM EST up reply actions

Not his best position, but Blum played 18 games

at short in 2010, and 208 games there during his career.

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by xmet on Nov 12, 2011 8:09 AM EST up reply actions

Honestly

Even if we were to try to move Drew right now, if I’m every other team in baseball, I’m awfully suspicious that the D-backs are marketing a just-off-a-major-injury shortstop with one year of cheap control left before free agency so that they can instead play Willie Bloomquist and John McDonald there all year.

They’d have to be REALLY sure that he’s going to recover, and there’s no way to be that sure at this point. Don’t think anything’s really possible at this juncture.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Nov 10, 2011 11:08 PM EST reply actions