The eight players clubs would trade for Jason Bay

Yesterday I wrote an article asking if the Mets should trade Jason Bay and David Wright for nothing. My idea, clearly not explained well enough in the piece, was that the price to the Mets for another club taking on Bay and his salary was Wright. In the comments section, some suggested holding Wright and trading Bay. Sounds great – who’s the GM who’s giving up anything for Bay while taking on his salary? Bay has the double whammy of being highly paid and producing little on the field. The past two years, he’s pulled down $22.5 million and has recorded a combined 2.2 fWAR in that time frame. Last year alone, 122 different hitters posted a fWAR over 2.2 and most of them didn’t come close to making Bay’s $16 million. He turned 34 years old at the end of the 2011 season, he’s been injured both of the past two years and he plays one of the least valuable defensive positions in the game. Bay, while seemingly a great guy who cares and busts his tail on every groundout, is old, over...