O's prospect Schoop could be target of Phillies interest
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O's prospect Schoop could be target of Phillies interest
Bob Brookover, Inquirer Baseball Columnist
There is a report from MASNSports.com's Roch Kubatko that the Baltimore Orioles have asked the Phillies to fax righthander Joe Blanton's medical records, a sign that the two sides could be near completing a trade.
A baseball source indicated that the player the Phillies want in return for Blanton is infielder Jon Schoop, the Orioles' third-ranked prospect, according to Baseball America.
Schoop, a 20-year-old righthanded hitter from Curacao, has played this season at double-A Bowie in the Eastern League.
Through Sunday's games, he was hitting .244 with 17 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs and 43 RBIs. Schoop, 6-foor-1 and 195 pounds, has played primarily at second base this season, but has also played shortstop and third base.
Landing Baltimore's No. 3 prospect for Blanton would be a nice score, but the Phillies may have to eat some of Blanton's remaining salary in order to do so. Blanton, in the final year of a deal that is paying him $8.5 million this season, will make a little less than $3 million the remainder of the year. The Orioles apparently do not want to take on all of Blanton's salary.
This trade my come back to bite. Why does it always seem we trade pitchers who are on the cusp of moving it to the next level? Moving Kendrik or Worly oiled have made more sense.— DameB- onthebucks---THE ORIOLES ARE NOT TRADING MANNY MACHADO OR DYLAN BUNDY. Get that through your thick skull.— regassert6
- There are multiple teams in on Blanton. Saying the Orioles #3 prospect is a second baseman with the tools to play third and currently hitting .244 in Double A doesn't say an aweful lot about the Orioles farm system. A healthy starting pitcher and .300 hitting outfielder are going to do more to get the Orioles in to the playoffs this year than a minor league shortstop with a lot of potential but no guarantees. Blanton and Pierre for Machado is more than fair. Blanton plus his salary for Schoop makes less sense than the Phils jus keeping Blanton for the rest of the season. I sincerely hope Amaro stands his ground and trades Blanton elsewhere. I'm sure he'll be able to get more than Schoop for Blanton from another team.— onthebucks
- You really think you're going to get a top 100 prospect from someone else for Blanton? This offer was just the Phillies making unrealistic demands to see if the Orioles would bite. Its pretty much a non story, since teams ask for unrealistic demands all the time until they get down to a more fair offer for both sides. It'll probably end up something closer to a Robert Andino or LJ Hoes if they get the deal done. — AlbionHero
- The Orioles aren't going to be trading a future Troy Tulowitzki for two average rental players.— AlbionHero
- regassed, I never said the Orioles would trade Bundy or Machado. What I said was Blanton and Pierre for Machado was a better trade than Blanton plus salary for Schoop. The Orioles may not have to worry about trading any of these guys because other teams are still in on Blanton. I'd like to see him going to the Blue Jays and Travis d'Arnaud back in a Phillies uniform.— onthebucks
- By the way, what is a bullpen "piece"? Is that like a bullpen pitcher?— wo_fat
- clueless rube will get nothing of value for anyone --teams are laughing at the moron, knowing he needs to do a salary dump and they are ofering the trash collector useless trash— warbiscuit
- Blanton has no value to the Phils over the next 2 months. You have to deal him. onthebucks, you have no concept of player value, please stop talking, there is no way to get top 25 prospects for expiring slop.— craigmack
- Onthebucks, since you're proposing trades that make more sense for the Phil's, why stop at Blanton and Pierre for Machado? Why don't we throw in our other rental garbage like Wigginton, Nix, and Contreras in the trade and maybe the Orioles will throw in Bundy too? That would make it an even better trade for the Phils.
Idiot.— hairball - Buffet Joe--Stay or Go?— drunk13
- hairballs, I never proposed any trades. I simply said Blanton plus salary for Schoop was not a fair trade, but Blanton and Pierre for Machado was fairer. I personally don't think the Orioles have as much to offer the Phils as other teams, and hope the Phils trade Blanton elsewhere. Also, you'd do well not calling people you don't know unflattering names. Someone who can't read, like yourself, isn't really in any position to cast dispersions.— onthebucks
- craig, how do you know how much concept of player value I have? You're clueless as to who I am and what I do. And for the record, top prospect lists are as useful in baseball as lists of the greatest movies ever made are in video stores. Is Citizen Kane really the greatest movie ever produced? I think not. Do you think the most recent list of Top 25 Phillie prospects is really accurate. For the Phils sake, I hope not. Such lists are artificial devices that have very little validity or correlation with future success. So, if this is the best you can offer this board, maybe you are the one who should stop talking. Obviously, I won't.— onthebucks
- No bucks, you're the one scampering around trying to weasel out of your ridiculous statement. You modified your position to now imply you never proposed the trade, even though everyone else read it as such. Now you're taking the position you are only giving out a fairer trade. There are billions of fairer trades out there but why bring ANY up unless it was possible in your mind?
Dope.
— hairball - Onthebucks' idea of a useful post: "I propose to trade Brian Schneider for Mike Trout because it is a better trade for the Phillies. I don't think this trade will happen, but it would be a good trade for the Phillies. I can think up many more of these trades even though everyone knows they won't happen."— hairball
