Hall Wants Out of Milwaukee
by South Side Rob
As reported by the Journal-Sentinal, the agent for Bill Hall has told the newspaper if Hall is not going to be playing everyday, it would be in both parties best interest to move him to a place where he can play regularly.
Easily said but not easily done. Trading a player is not hard except when the player is in the 2nd year of a 4 year deal not to mention what that player is being paid versus the kind of production you can expect from the player. Here is where there is a huge problem.
I think this can still happen and if so, I think this saves Doug Melvin as well. Giving a once utility player a multi-year everyday contract was a huge mistake. Dean Taylor tried this with Sean Barry and Wes Helms. I'll admit, Hall was very good in 2006 when he replaced J.J. Hardy at shortstop after Hardy went down for the year after sliding into Sal Fasano, catcher of the Phillies (I believe) at the time. A lot of people forget, Hall started that season as a utility player ala Tony Gwynn Jr.
Hall's value has been falling ever since the 2006 season. I knew it and so did many others. If you recall, I spent most of the off-season wishing the organization could move Hall. Now, we have a player with little or no trade value who's guaranteed major league money for the next 2+ seasons asking to be traded.
If Melvin actually finds a team dumb enough to take on Hall, his contract, and all of his poor attempts in the batters box, what could you possibly expect to receive in return? You can forget receiving a name-type player. There is a chance that there is another player letting their team down that could be part of a deal where both teams say something like, "Both players need a change of scenery".
I would be shocked if Hall is moved by the All-Star break. I could see Hall being moved at the trading deadline for a few minor leaguers who basically just fill minor league roster spots. There is no way Hall would return a minor league prospect of any value other than filling a roster spot. The only upside would be that Melvin would unload Hall's contract. That's a victory all by itself.
What would you like to see happen? Let the original Brewer Nation know. Yes, somebody has copied our name. People who have read us for over 4 years now knows we are the pioneers.
As reported by the Journal-Sentinal, the agent for Bill Hall has told the newspaper if Hall is not going to be playing everyday, it would be in both parties best interest to move him to a place where he can play regularly.
Easily said but not easily done. Trading a player is not hard except when the player is in the 2nd year of a 4 year deal not to mention what that player is being paid versus the kind of production you can expect from the player. Here is where there is a huge problem.
I think this can still happen and if so, I think this saves Doug Melvin as well. Giving a once utility player a multi-year everyday contract was a huge mistake. Dean Taylor tried this with Sean Barry and Wes Helms. I'll admit, Hall was very good in 2006 when he replaced J.J. Hardy at shortstop after Hardy went down for the year after sliding into Sal Fasano, catcher of the Phillies (I believe) at the time. A lot of people forget, Hall started that season as a utility player ala Tony Gwynn Jr.
Hall's value has been falling ever since the 2006 season. I knew it and so did many others. If you recall, I spent most of the off-season wishing the organization could move Hall. Now, we have a player with little or no trade value who's guaranteed major league money for the next 2+ seasons asking to be traded.
If Melvin actually finds a team dumb enough to take on Hall, his contract, and all of his poor attempts in the batters box, what could you possibly expect to receive in return? You can forget receiving a name-type player. There is a chance that there is another player letting their team down that could be part of a deal where both teams say something like, "Both players need a change of scenery".
I would be shocked if Hall is moved by the All-Star break. I could see Hall being moved at the trading deadline for a few minor leaguers who basically just fill minor league roster spots. There is no way Hall would return a minor league prospect of any value other than filling a roster spot. The only upside would be that Melvin would unload Hall's contract. That's a victory all by itself.
What would you like to see happen? Let the original Brewer Nation know. Yes, somebody has copied our name. People who have read us for over 4 years now knows we are the pioneers.
Don't let the door hit'ya where the good Lord split'ya.
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Any team just picking up his tab would be great. That's almost 7 mill next year and over 8 in 2010. That's starting pitcher money. Don't even need a player in return.
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