Dodgers send pair of prospects to Indians for Blake

[ctt8410]

In my mind, it depends on who the player is. The problem with this trade is that Casey Blake has been an average hitter (career .783 OPS) and is a poor defensive 3rd baseman. For a team in the Dodgers position right now, they clearly needed a bigger splash to make a push for the playoffs and this trade is essentially trading 2 good prospects for 1 draft pick. The Phillies made a similar mistake by trading for Blanton.

The Brewers and Cubs, on the other hand, had the right idea by trading for guys who could tip the scales in a playoff run. As you said, prospects are no sure thing, but that doesn't mean they don't have value. In this case, I think the prospects are more valuable than a rented league average 3rd baseman for a team currently on the outside of the playoffs looking in.

[wayne1218]

The Yankees got a better deal than all of them!

[DDP713]

The yankees are fuckin assholes and so are the pirates...the phillies trade imo was pressured because they felt they were losing out on all the good pitchers....except blanton sucks!!!...as for the blake trade I wouldve liked to see LA add a bigger bat like blalock, tex, maybe even beltre who is also a much better 3b...the last thing LA needed was a .270 hitter with very little pop and questionable D...