schneider@vlnvax.DEC (09/24/85)
> Last night, Tony Kubek passed on a trade rumor he had heard. > > **** Dave Winfield for Dwight Evans & Rich Gedman **** > > Can you imagine Dave Winfield playing in Fenway park for the rest of > his career? He would be almost a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame. > > And how about adding Evans to the Yankee line-up. They could start > their batting order with, > Henderson > Evans > Mattingly. > Bruce Gamble - abgamble@water.UUCP Lucky for New York fans, it was just a rumor. At any rate, my first reaction was: They'd better not trade Winfield for anybody. The next day in the Globe, Peter Gammons squashed the rumor and then went overboard by saying that the Sox wouldn't trade Gedman for Winfield even-up. I'd love to debate Gammons on this in a fair forum, the guy gets away with so much crap, but the Globe only rarely prints negative sports letters and then only when the situation gets out of hand (ie. ML Carr's thuggery). I do give Gedman a lot of credit; he has emerged as one of the top catchers in the AL, but Gammons immediately vaults him to number one property catcher in baseball, quotes an unknown source bestowing Gedman the "Best Arm Award" and does nothing to discount the effect Fenway Park has on his offensive totals. Any comments? Daniel Schneider {decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vlnvax!schneider
markb@druri.UUCP (BryantME) (09/24/85)
Regarding the value of Rich Gedman vs. Dave Winfield:
First of all, from the Red Sox viewpoint, a trade of Gedman and Evans
for Winfield would be terrible. Gedman is one of the better catchers
in the game, and is getting better. Evans is still a good outfielder,
even if his offense is inconsistent. The Red Sox would have better
offense from Winfield than Evans, but additional offensive production
in the outfield is the last thing the Red Sox need. Secondly, they
would be minus a very good young catcher, with no real prospects
of a replacement.
Taking this one step further I do not think it would be wise to
trade Gedman for Winfield even-up. Unless they were to turn around
and make an additional deal involving an outfielder. Given their
current outfield of Rice, Evans, Armas (plus rookie Steve Lyons),
what would you do with Winfield? Bench Evans (multiple gold glove,
great On base average, good power), or Armas (last years AL home run
champ)? Certainly not Rice.
I am not attempting to say that over all, Gedman is a more valuable
player than Winfield. But given the makeup of the current Red Sox
team, I think that given the opportunity to trade Gedman for
Winfield, they should keep Gedman.
What the Red Sox need, of course, is pitching. Now Gedman for
Dwight Gooden..............
Mark Bryant
AT&T Information Systems Labs, Denver CO
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