Trade for Mike Dunn

We are getting a little closer to filling out our 25 man active roster, and I really am not sure about Tommy Layne or especially Drake Britain to be a lefty in our bullpen. Part of me would like to see us wait until say March 28th before we consider moving Allen Craig, but we still have some redundancy on our 40 man. I'm glad we moved Cesepedes finally. What do you think of a straight up trade for Mike Dunn of the Marlins? Here is his last 2 years in Miami:

2013 MIA NL MLB 3 4 2.66 75 0 0 0 2 5 67.2 53 21 20 5 0 28 4 72 .212 1.20 0.70
2014 MIA NL MLB 10 6 3.16 75 0 0 0 1 4 57.0 47 25 20 4 4 22 1 67 .220 1.21 0.67
I'm highlighting innings pitched and hits.....and also K's, batting ave against, and his Whip.

You would not want those two guys to be starters in Pawtucket next season? Both are really young and with a little more seasoning could be good effective major league starters in my opinion.

I have only seen them once each, but I liked them.

I wish I had seen Rodriguez pitch in the Orioles organization prior to the trade in order to figure out how he had a losing record for them and what if anything he changed after he was traded to us. I like him as a future #2 for us if he is what is was after the trade.

I think this would be a big undersell on Craig. I don't know how the Red Sox or other teams view Craig, but if they attribute 2014 struggles to injuries he should be more valuable than Cespedes. He is owed 25M over the next three years, 5M less than Billy Butler just signed, and it wasn't that long ago he was thought of as a very valuable piece. I wouldn't move 3 years of everyday position player control for 2 years of an slightly above average bullpen arm. Really if you look at it, all the hitters from the FA market are gone, and from the trade route it is just Upton, but Craig is more marketable because he comes with team control, where Upton is probably going to get at a minimum 150M next year. We have 4 months before we have to trade anyone, and there are a lot of teams looking for hitters and not a lot of places to look. That's why Cespedes went for Porcello essentially straight up, when most posters here thought Porcello was worth more.

Call me crazy, but I don't think it is out of the question that Craig could bring back someone from the Zimmerman, Cueto, Iwakuma tier of pitchers (directly or third team), because of his 3 years + option of team control. If we are looking for bullpen help I would be targeting someone from the Royals pen. Right now I would be content to wait out the market unless one of the above possibilities presented itself.


I believe you make a good point. Not sure we can do a Zimmerman, Cueto, etc. trade....but it would be nice. I mentioned in my earlier post that I would have liked to waited until late March on any decision with Craig. That probably is the smart thing to do.

I, too, am reluctant to trade Craig. Can Napoli be counted on to have a full, healthy season? Can you count on Nava to fill Nap's shoes? I believe Allan will right the wrongs that plagued him this past season and return to his 2012, 2013 production. Also, there is still a question mark about Victorino. Craig can provide valuable depth at 1B and RF. Also, Napoli and Victorino's contracts will be up after next season.

There's plenty of time to see what filters down in the RP market. And, of course there are internal options. Escobar probably should start. But there's a boatload of SPs in Pawtucket and Edwin may have to embrace a reliever's role as the fastest ticket to the majors.