More on Shealy

Today in the Pirate Notebook, Dejan tells us that the Rockies want a "young middle reliever" for Ryan Shealy. That probably closes the book on Torres or Marte getting the job done. Grabow isn't particularly young or particularly good, so I'd imagine he's out of the question as well. In the majors that leaves Capps, who almost 23. Gonzo is 28, so even though he's only in his third year, he's not particularly young. In the minors we have two guys have good years but who aren't really all that young, Bayliss (almost 26) and Sharpless (25 and a half), but I doubt the Rockies want a minor leaguer for Shealy. Since Dejan usually goes out of his way to mention that he doesn't write about unfounded rumors (and reiterates in this week's Q&A) there's not really any reason to doubt that the Rockies have asked about a young middle reliever. From above reasoning, my best guess is that they've asked about Capps. So the question is, should we trade Capps for Shealy? Capps has been damn good for a 22 year old this year who started last year in Hickory, but he's still only a reliever. Try and think of a time that a team has really, really regretted dealing a reliever. Bucs Dugout makes a good point on this one, Capps may be good, but he's worth trying to find an answer at first base that isn't named Sean Casey. As good as Capps has been, remember what Gonzo's K/BB numbers were in his first full year with us (55/6) and think of what they are now (45/26). Thinking Capps may be a pretty good closer or set-up guy is simply not a valid reason to not make this deal.