Marlins send Jacobs to Royals

[HoustonGM]

The Marlins sent first basemen Mike Jacobs to the Royals for reliever Leo Nunez.

Great trade for the Marlins. Jacobs is a horrendous defender with an inability to get on base, and the Royals already have similar or better players in that Kila kid and Ryan Shealy. Leo Nunez is a young reliever with a lot of promise.

[EVEN11323]

Yeah, this is pretty dumb on the Royals part. Who will be the 1B in Florida now, Gaby Sanchez?

[TheNamelessPoet]

Just shows you the royals have NO IDEA how baseball works

[Alloutwar]

I was a fan of Jacobs - one of my favorite Marlins. Lots of power, good lefty hitter. The OBP is a problem, and since KC already has the other 1Bs with that potential...it doesn't really make sense for them. Maybe they'll be doing more dealing?

EVEN has a point; who will be 1B for the Marlins now?

Oh wait, they'll probably make a move for Texeira. HAAAAhahaha

[BrewCrewFan255]

Solid trade for the Marlins, they need some RP, I heard the Royals are looking to shop Billy Butler now.

[TheNamelessPoet]

I was a fan of Jacobs - one of my favorite Marlins. Lots of power, good lefty hitter. The OBP is a problem, and since KC already has the other 1Bs with that potential...it doesn't really make sense for them. Maybe they'll be doing more dealing?

EVEN has a point; who will be 1B for the Marlins now?

Oh wait, they'll probably make a move for Texeira. HAAAAhahaha

lol u add texeria to that lineup and its pretty formitable

they sigh him to 5 years and trade him after 2 and get a BOATLOAD back (unless he stops hitting)

[rockiesfan4ever]

They said the main reason for the deal is the Royals NEEDED a Power bat.

[HoustonGM]

Solid trade for the Marlins, they need some RP, I heard the Royals are looking to shop Billy Butler now.

Where you'd hear that? I HIGHLY doubt that. Butler wasn't penciled in at first base, but rather DH, and he's not moving from there.

They said the main reason for the deal is the Royals NEEDED a Power bat.

What they NEED is OBP, and Jacobs exacerbates that problem.

[rockiesfan4ever]

yea, but they think they need a power bat

[TheNamelessPoet]

What they NEED is a decent GM. They have not made good moves since SCHULERHULTZ left for ATLANTA

[HoustonGM]

Rotoworld's take:

The Royals' finished with a .320 team OBP that ranked 27th in the majors last season, and Dayton Moore's answer to that problem is to pick up a first baseman who finished at .299. Jacobs did hit 32 homers, but he's a 28-year-old with a career .262/.318/.498 line and he's a below average defender at first base. With Alex Gordon looking like a liability at third base and Kila Ka'aihue and Ryan Shealy both potentially capable of posting 800 OPSs in the majors, this move only serves to give Royals fans more hope of another 75-win season in 2009. The Marlins will likely let Gaby Sanchez and Dallas McPherson battle it out to become Jacobs' replacement. Sanchez will be the favorite, but the Marlins would be better defensively with McPherson at third and Jorge Cantu at first.

And on Nunez:

A nice pickup for the Marlins, as Nunez is 24 years old, cheap and has posted a 3.42 ERA with a 63/25 K/BB ratio in 92 innings over the past two seasons. He'll likely slide into a setup role initially, but could be in the mix for saves at some point in 2009.

[BrewCrewFan255]

On MLBtrade rumors a writer said this

Jazayerli considers the Royals acquiring Jacobs a terrible idea, and worries that it could lead to a Billy Butler trade.

[HoustonGM]

On MLBtrade rumors a writer said this

Jazayerli considers the Royals acquiring Jacobs a terrible idea, and worries that it could lead to a Billy Butler trade.

That's not the same as the Royals actually looking to trade him. It's unsubstantiated by anything, and it also isn't even a rumor, considering he just said that he WORRIES it might lead to a trade, not that he heard it migt.

[HoustonGM]

Jacobs, though, is a horrendous fielder and ranks as one of the worst first basemen in the majors in any defensive stat, take your pick.

[rockiesfan4ever]

Moore atleast has some direction to the team