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Are the Padres Still Eyeing Tommy Hanson?

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, despite being told point blank by the Braves that Tommy Hanson is not available, the Padres still seem to be fixated on him:

Before Braves General Manager Frank Wren told the Associated Press on Thursday that he will not be trading his top prospects, the Braves, as part of trade talks involving Padres ace Jake Peavy, had told the Padres they will not deal their top pitching prospect, Tommy Hanson.

The Padres haven't stopped scouting Hanson in the Arizona Fall League; Friday, for the second time in seven days, they had three scouts there to watch and once again Hanson performed well.

To put that into perspective and to be a little more accurate, that game was the AFL Rising Stars game, an All-Star style game that features most of the top prospects from around the league. In addition to Hanson, also participating in that game was catcher Tyler Flowers, expected by some to be prime trade bait, and the Yankees Phillip Hughes, who is thought to be at the center of any package that the Yankees would put together to try and acquire Peavy. The Padres scouts could have been watching any number of different prospects in that game.

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we have told the padres that we won’t trade Hanson. If the padres are so fixated on him maybe we can trade him and a lesser prospect for Peavy and steal him. The only problem that makes is credability with your gm.

by jack dein on Oct 26, 2008 2:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hanson is our fine china

they can look, but they cant touch!

by ATLandUNC on Oct 26, 2008 4:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wren took the leverage back

the other day when he told the AP that the top guys were off limits. Today’s story in the San Diego paper is just an effort to gain some leverage back.

This changes every day, but I would guess KJ, Jo-Jo, Schafer, and Rohrbough would net us Peavy and some PTBNL

by themurph on Oct 26, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If that's the case...

…I’d want Wade LeBlanc or Josh Geer. Only problem with Geer is he maybe headed for TJ surgery. I saw a whole lot of the both of them this year here in Portland with the Beavers. Geer’s got a nasty “Bugs Bunny” change up that makes hitters look foolish. LeBlanc is a solid lefty with some wicked breaking stuff.

by RainDelay on Oct 26, 2008 5:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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