Originally posted by Don Cardi: I think that the Mets have enough to put some kind of an offer together for Zito without parting with Milledge.
Perhaps Chavez, and minor league Pitcher Jose Sanchez, who is 3 - 1 (+ 3 no decisions) this season with a 2.18 ERA and 22 K's in 41 innings pitched can be offered in some kind of a deal for Zito.
Endy Chavez?
The 28-year old lifetime .259 hitter with almost no power?
Why would Oakland want him, a fourth outfielder at best and a non-major league player at worst?
I never heard of Jose Sanchez, which probably means that he's not a top prospect in the class of a Pelfrey, let's say, so when the trading deadline rolls around if oakland is not in contention and Zito is on the block, I think that oakland will get much better offers than those two guys.
I bet the Yankees - and I pick them only because I'm familiar with some of their prospects, but I'm sure there are other teams who could make better offers as well - would be willing to give up their top hitting prospect, AAA third baseman Eric Duncan, along with one of their top pitching prospects, Phillip Hughes (altho in all fairness, Duncan is having a disappointing season, and Hughes may still be nursing an injury from last year; I'm not sure).
