It appears that Kenny Williams did not read the advice that I left him regarding the White Sox and the off season. If he had, he would have noticed that nowhere in there did I mention trading Bobby Jenks. According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, Kenny Williams is listening to offers from the Mets regarding Jenks. I really don't see how trading Bobby Jenks makes this team any better in the near term or in the future.
Looking back at Baseball America's top 10 prospect list from last season, Fernando Martinez (OF) is listed as the Mets top prospect followed by Deolis Guerra (P), who was traded to Minnesota in the Johan Santana trade. Martinez hit for .292 this season with 8HR's and 43 rbi's. To put it frankly, those numbers do nothing to excite me. If Kenny wants to trade Jenks, why not try the St. Louis Cardinals. Maybe we can get Colby Rasmus from them.
The main reason why we shouldn't trade Bobby Jenks is that we don't have anyone else to close for us at the moment. Take a look at how Bobby Jenks and the other potential closers fared last year in saves opportunities:
Jenks - 30 saves/35 opportunities
Matt Thornton - 1 save/6 opportunities
Octavio Dotel - 1 save/4 opportunities
Since Jenks was handed the closer role, he has converted 88% of his save opportunities. You can't trade that kind of piece of mind.
It's clear that the White Sox need to keep Jenks as the closer. I like Matt Thornton, but I like him a lot better as a setup man. And Dotel is a headcase. Unless Kenny Williams can get a king's ransom for Jenks, we need to keep him.
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