Castilla Released by Pads - Door swings wide open for ensberg deal?

i'm all for trading ensberg, assuming he could fetch useful, younger talent. but trading him for wildly unpredictable bullpen help would be a major mistake.

 

Mark and Rich on 610 earlier said there was a rumor out involving Ensberg and Everett for Khalil Green and Linebrink.

 

i gotta say that deal sounds pretty damn good considering the past 3 seasons linebrink has had and that khalil green wouldnt be much of a letdown defensively...but it scares me what could happen with ensberg...after all the guy knocked 36 bombs last year and was 4th in the mvp voting...

 

hmmmm....... could this be to appease the orioles, assuming the tejada rumors are true? i'd think BAL would prefer a younger, more offensive-minded greene to everett, no?

 

I'm not sure we're getting enough back in an Ensberg-Everett for Greene-Linebrink deal. I mean, Khalil isn't exactly a stud with the stick, he's just not Everett. I do like him as a player, and I'd take him over Everett all else equal, but I dunno about this deal.

Now, Ensberg and Everett for Greene, Linebrink and Kottaras, well, let's talk.

Edit: Or, if the Orioles want Greene for Tejada as Ric proposes... yeah, let's talk in that case, too.

 

If it's HRs you're worried about, I don't think a lot of Padres hit that many HRs at home because their park is so big

So those who judge trades solely on stats can rest easy!

 

Isnt linebrink an Astros castoff?

 

Released the day after his first career victory, back in '02 methinks. There were roster-number issues that precipitated it; Hun was saying how he felt bad about it.

 

I think the deal is straight up moronic. We're just giving up on Ensberg after a couple of bad months during which he was injured?

 

i never understood why we let linebrink go, i thought he had promising stuff here. that said, i'm not willing to trade ensberg just to correct that mistake.

 

Im all for getting a player named Khalil..of course i am a bit biased seeing my name is Khalil

 

Read my thread on this...The Astros see talent and they say "oh no hes too good trade him or send him back down." Look at Sampson this year. He came up and pitched a 1 hitter..A ONE HITTER !!!! then they sent him right back down....

 

He was a mediocre young inconsistent middle-innings-type pitcher with a very good arm who they tried to sneak through waivers (was out of options) when he was 26 or so. Pads claimed him, Trevor Hoffman tutored him, he found his ****, so it goes.

Remember Doug Henry? That's who we traded for Linebrink in the first place, in case anyone cares.

 

Take it easy, Champ. Why don't you stop talking for awhile?

 

i seem to remember thinking we should have kept him in the big leagues, but i don't recall the exact bullpen makeup when the padres picked him up.
not a big deal, obviously losing linebrink hasn't exactly come back to bite us in the ass considering the last couple years of success.

 

i read the other thread. i don't agree, i think the astros have done quite alright for themselves in talent evaluation. there's a reason they are one of the best teams in baseball over the last decade.

 

Good defensive shortstops with offensive potential don't grow on trees, but Khalil Greene certainly falls into the category. He has slugged in the mid-to- low 400s every full year he has played. He is also riding a pretty hot streak right now. He is a bit of a right-handed pull hitter, so he can probably make good use of the crawford boxes.

 

Don't remember exactly the reason why - coulda been a new pitch, coulda been mechanics, coulda been fate or his shakra aligned properly or whatever - but he picked up some velocity and got damn good, damn quick shortly after leaving the Stros. Changed his career.