How To Keep This Rolling - Part 2 - Time For Some Trades - But Who Do We Trade?

If we make a trade at the deadline one of the most important things to do is first identify the assets you will and won't trade.  So here are my thoughts:

TRADEABLE

Guys You Build A Trade Around

1. Kyle Manzardo - Love his skill set but we have Josh Naylor, making Manzo expendable

2. Jose Tena - An above average hitting LHH SS, he is going to have a lot of value

3. Ralphy Velasquez - For a team making a long-term play in a trade, he is the guy.

Part of A Big Trade

4. Gabriel Arias - Maybe a stretch by SS with his power and arm don't grow on trees.

5. George Valera - Depressed value now but a great trade chip as the top secondary part of a deal

6. Parker Messick - A hot SP right now, he is close to ML ready.

7. Joey Cantillo - Like Messick, a close to ML ready SP.

8. Angel Genao - A longer term play, we look at him as excess MIF depth.  Other teams may see him as the crown jewel of their MIF prospects

9. Any other top 30 prospect in our farm systems not listed above or below.

The Icing On The Deal

10. Andrew Walters - Despite his hiccup at AAA, he is a close to ML ready leverage reliever controllab

11. Jonathon Rodriguez - A plug and play guy who could make a trade pay dividends right away for some team.

11. Khalil Watson - More than a throw-in but less than a central figure in a trade, he could just tip the scales to get a deal done.

12. Alex Mooney - Ditto to Watson

13. Jacob Bresnahan - A hot commodity in rookie ball right now, he might be another guy who tips the scales on a deal.

14. Jhonkensy Noel 

15. Any one of Ryan Webb, Doug Nikhazy, Will Dion, Tommy Mace or Matt Wilkinson (once one is traded I want to keep the rest)

16. Any other player in our farm system not listed above or below.

17. Any player on our ML roster or IL not listed below.

UNTRADEABLE

1. Angel Martinez - I would obviously be willing to trade any LHH or RHH middle infield prospects we have.  But I want to keep switch hitting, good hitting, versatile players who are close to the majors

2. Juan Brito - See Martinez

3. Chase DeLauter - Damaged goods, he couldn't be the center of any deal and, therefore, I don't see how including him is something either the Guardians (as a throw-in) or another team (as a main part of a deal) would want to do.

4. Jaison Chourio - No more Junior Caminero moves, please.

5. Daniel Espino - see DeLauter.

6, George Valera - See DeLauter

7. CJ Kayfus - Normally he would be a main part of a deal, especially since he is positionally and handedness redundant as a LHH 1B.  Plus he has so much buzz around him right now.  If he could be in the list of guys you build a deal around, I would trade him.  However, I see teams valuing him only as a secondary part of a deal and I think we would be sellng him way short at this early time by trading him.

8. The following players on our ML roster: Bibee, Williams, Jose, the Naylors, Fry, Gimenez, Schneeman, Kwan, Clase, Cade Smith, Gaddis, Lively, Herrin, Hentges.

So, knowing what we have to work with in a trade, now I go looking for trades at the deadline in Part 3