Not a bad idea at all to shop LaRoche, but to think we’ll get Matt Cain in return seems a little much doesn’t it? At a time in baseball where Jason Bay could only bring a few scrubs, hard to imagine Adam getting us good young value.

If that deal were to ever present itself the Pirates would jump on it.

And if they will, they’d probably want more than just LaRoche for him. Which still might be a good idea, depending on what else they ask for, but there’s no real way to tell at this point.

Sanchez is an interesting possibility. His peripherals are good, he’s still fairly cheap since he’s in his first year of arb, and his stuff is solid. We’d need to be very careful with the medicals, since he missed time with some shoulder issues last year, and then struggled after he came back.

Of course, a LaRoche trade would probably necessitate another move to find a new 1B (or OF if we go with Pearce at 1B).

a full season of Matt Cain…vs. 3 decent months of Adam LaRoche (knowing April is not one of those months). If that trade is straight up…I do it in a heartbeat and don’t look back.

the Chicago Tribune is trying to make Cubs fans think they are getting one of those pitchers for a Cubs 1B not named Lee.

I’d trade Neil Walker AND Adam LaRoche for Jonathan Sanchez and a PBTNL. Well, maybe not given Sanchez’s injury history. He did struck out a batter per inning last year. He walks way too many guys, but so doesn’t half our roster. They just don’t miss bats like Sanchez can. This team needs high end talent. I’d love to see NH take a shot on someone like Sanchez.

I agree with jlk9697, either of those 2 is a lot to expect for Adam. Perhaps a trade to the Yanks for pitching prospect Dellin Betances.