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I can see only two reasons for bringing up MadBum this year:
1) Sanchez is traded and he comes up as our 5th starter
2) We are still in contention in September and he comes up as an extra bullpen arm a la David Price last year
While I would love to see scenario 2 happen, I'm not holding my breath. If we do trade Sanchez then, in my opinion, it has to be for a legit power hitter who is under control for 2-3 years minimum. I am not overly keen on trading for a rent-a-bat to help with a run at the wild card.
Perhaps keeping Sanchez and moving him to the pen next year if MadBum is up is another alternative to think about
Felix Hernandez came up at 19 yrs in 2005.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/Youngest_leagues.shtml
Ah yes. King Felix. It hasn't worked out badly for him, though one thing in common the teen debuts have is that they're all more or less toast by 30 (Saberhagen, Gooden, Valenzuela, Rijo) and spend their 30s just trying to hang on.
and Felix acts like he's 13 years old.
Sadly Max has been blanking the Giants for several years now.
http://www.sjgiantsfans.org/2007/06/13#a600
I would have gone with Max Headroom... that's probably not a good thing, though.
I can't remember where but I had heard a rumor of Sanchez and someone for Nick Markakis. The O's are stocked with outfielders and have no pitching. But again I had once heard a rumor about Cal Ripken coming home to find his wife with another man and was so upset he didn't make it to the ballpark but it just so happened that they had a "power outage" at the stadium that night and the game was postponed.
You forgot the best part of that story where Cal came home to find his wife with another man. The other man was supposedly Kevin Costner and Cal supposedly injured himself kicking the crap out of crash. I think Damon Bruce threw out the idea of trading for markakis but cant remember if he mentioned sanchez or not. Baltimore needs pitching and has a few good OF as well as guys like Aubrey Huff who could be trade bait but I wouldn't over pay for anyone but maybe Markakis... I happen to like Nolan Reimold though the little he has been up this year and wouldnt mind getting him for cheap.
Yeah, I think the rumor had Cal in jail for beating the crap out of Costner and that's why he wasn't at the game.
it was not a rumor and Cal did not go to Jail, but threw out his back...
An expanded-roster, heater-slingin role in August might be a great fit MadBum, potentially allowing the Giants to curb his total innings for the season and gain some ML-experience at the same time. I dream that RJ and Affeldt seed him him with secondary-pitch savvy. I really think Sosa might have earned that 5th spot by that time himself...
If Bumgarner makes the majors this season, kudos should go out to both Sabean and Tidrow, as they both said that Bumgarner was on the fast track and could make the majors within two years. Who knew they could be right in terms of it being just two years of them being drafted? I figured the wiggle room there would be two full years of pro baseball, making the deadline next season.
And Sabean thinks Wheeler is like Bumgarner and Alderson (and Cain).
I would also note that Cain came up to the majors at age 20, though just before he turned 21.
How funny, Bumgarner turns 20 on the first day after the trade deadline, August 1st. What a coincidence. Or is it? :^)
No way the O's would trade us Markakis for Sanchez alone, we would probably have to include Alderson in such a deal, plus probably a prospect or two in addition. I think Sanchez is worth Markakis, 1-for-1, but he hasn't proved that yet, so that would be a huge leap for Baltimore to take to make this trade.
Yeah, I agree. It was Sanchez and someone else that was mentioned but I don't remember who.
Yes, it was a rumor, it didn't actually happen but was almost as good of a fake story as the 50 midgets that were mauled by a lion in a Cambodian ring fight.
http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/355838/BBCNEWSWorldLionMutilates42MidgetsinCambodianRing-Fight.htm
this was meant as a reply to anonymous in reply to Ca kicking Crash's ass
they also have this kid Nolan Reimold who was a second rounder in 2005 and is hitting .271 .326 .541 with seven homers in 25 games since being called up in mid-may. He is probably too much of a risk for Sanchez straight up, but it does give them flexibility to move Jones or Markakis. They won't go for Sanchez, but I would think hard about Cain for Jones.