Asking price for Blanton is steep
Posted on February 10th, 2008 - 10:58 am by BaseballTalkOnline
According to the Denver Post, the A’s have asked the Dodgers for Andre Ethier, Andy LaRoche and a prospect in exchange for Blanton. Even with the free agent market being as thin as it is, and Blanton being the best arm available, it’s hard to see the Dodgers agreeing to such trade. They may agree to trade one of the two and two prospects, but it’s hard to envision them trading both Ethier and LaRoche to land Joe Blanton.
If the asking price doesn’t go down, Blanton isn’t likely to be traded until the All-Star Break when other teams sort out their needs.
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