There’s a rumour going around the last day or so about the Rangers trading Laynce Nix (and some others) for Gary Sheffield.
I’m not sure how I feel about that. John Hart is certainly not akin to bringing in a moody player (John Rocker, Carl Everett), but I don’t know how I feel about him. I’d be surprised if the Yankees would WANT to trade him, tell you the truth.
Nix has underproduced, that’s for sure, but I don’t know if I’m ready to give up on him just yet. I know we’re strong in the minors in the OF, but trading a young kid for someone like Sheffield seems odd to me. I’m sure Sheffield would shred in our park. It would make our outfield likely Mench – Matthews – Sheffield (as I can’t imagine we’d keep Hidalgo if we brought in Shef). I don’t have a problem with that OF, but we’d have Shef through 2006 for sure at something like $13 million, I think.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Post a comment.
Check out what Gary has to say about not wanting to be traded in this article over on mlb.com. Not sure I’d want that.
I think Sheffield is a dickweasel, but he can still produce and add a lot to this team. To me, all the novelty in Nix has gone out and I don’t see much that he can contribute offensively. It makes our lineup even deeper – imagine this:
DH Dellucci
SS Young
1B Teixeira
RF Sheffield
3B Blalock
2B Soriano
LF Mench
CF Matthews
C Barajas
If we can get him for Nix, AGon, and maybe Eric Hurley, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
It could end up being a great trade. Im not sure how much or how long garys contract is, but he would add a lot to out lineup. So long as we dont have to give up to much for him, it could be great. I dont like the guy personally, but he definatly can produce.
Still I wonder if we really need an OF, why arnt we trying to get pitching?