Andy Marte Trade

by mac37203 on Jul 8, 2009 9:17 AM EDT

Can someone please tell me why the Marlins, the Mariners or the Astros have not traded for Andy Marte? This just makes too much sense for all involved, especially the Marlins, who have arms that the Indians need. All of these teams are in contention and are stuck with Bonifacio, Woodward and Keppinger/Blum at the hot corner. Marte may be a AAAA player, but he also just might be one of these guys that figured it out a year or two later than the rest. He can't be very expensive. I say, take a chance, Marlins!

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Isn’t Andy Marte in the Atlanta Braves Farm System? jkjk

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by bwellnjonesco on Jul 8, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions

marte's gonna be moving soon

The Columbus roster is way too crowded with 1B/3B/COF/DH types (LaPorta, Crowe, Brantley, Head, Brown) to give Marte consistent ABs for more than 3 out of 10 games.

With Peralta struggling with the Tribe he might get one last chance to contribute at the major league level… OR he goes the way of Michael Aubrey and gets moved. From the Indians’ point of view, Marte’s value has never been higher. He’s average is inflated by a .353 BABIP that is being pushed by 25% LD rate. The k’s are down from years past. And in the past he’s been a marginal fielder (UZR: -6.3, 3.5, -1.1, 2.4).

I’m not sure what the market for a guy like this would be, but he’s still 25 years old, and like you said, he might have figured it out a year or two later.

by gorilla_baller on Jul 8, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, he's going to be moving back home

and looking for a regular job.

by alskor on Jul 8, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

sounds like you're not sold on marte

and frankly neither am I. But from the Indians’ point of view it’s another option worth exploring considering the way this season has turned out.

I’m just afraid he’ll fall into the Brandon Phillips category of prospects the Indians gave up on too quickly. Phillips was terrible during his call ups and now he’s a plus defender with pop at a premium position.

Who knows how hard Marte is going to regress, because I can’t imagine he’ll be able to maintain these rates based on his career averages. But if Marte could hit even a little bit he’d have some value.

by gorilla_baller on Jul 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

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His walk rate is edging back up, that’s encouraging. He was down to 4% about a month ago. Has there ever been another player who went from elite walk percentage (14% in AA and AAA with the Braves) to atrocious walk percentage? It’s really very strange. As soon as he stopped walking he stopped hitting. Not sure why people never put that together.

by AgitationStation on Jul 8, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions