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Colorado Rockies: A potential trade with the Texas Rangers?

By Noah Yingling

ARLINGTON, TX - MAY 05: Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers watches the ball on a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game agaisnt the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Park in Arlington on May 5, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - MAY 05: Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers watches the ball on a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game agaisnt the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Park in Arlington on May 5, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – MAY 06: Ian Desmond #20 of the Colorado Rockies connects on a solo home run in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on May 6, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 06: Ian Desmond #20 of the Colorado Rockies connects on a solo home run in the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field on May 6, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /

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Ian Desmond is somebody that Rockies fans loathe and for one good reason: he’s not good and, since he’s getting paid a ton, he’s still being played.

However, in the proposal that Mark DeRosa put forward on MLB Central on Thursday (and a proposal that was backed up by Ken Rosenthal and former MLB general manager John Hart right then by them saying it was a “good idea”), Desmond would be in that deal…and the Rangers would pay for the rest of his contract.

The more I think about it, the more a deal makes sense to me. Here’s the reason’s why:

  1. The Rockies get a first baseman who gives them a lot of power, which they desperately need
  2. A first baseman is young (Gallo turns 24 in November)
  3. A first baseman is under team control until 2023
  4. The Rockies get rid of Ian Desmond
  5. They get rid of Ian Desmond’s contract
  6. The Rangers farm system is pretty depleted, especially for a team that is rebuilding
  7. While not one of the top few in baseball, the Rockies have a better farm system than the Rangers, so they could give them a few prospects.
  8. Ian Desmond played very well in a Rangers uniform, as he was an All-Star and had a .285/.335/.446 slash line with them in 2016.
  9. The two teams have recent history of a trade (the Jonathan Lucroy trade last July) so each side knows the other (personally and their prospects) well.

The prospects are something that would be flexible depending on whether or not the Rangers would pay all of Desmond’s salary. If Desmond is included in general, the price that the Rockies have to pay goes up and, obviously, the more that the Rangers pay of Desmond’s salary, the Rockies would have to pay even more/give them better and/or more prospects.

Next: Some other first base options that the Rockies should look into

It seems to me that this idea for a trade is one that could help out both sides significantly.

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