Jon Weisman, over at Dodger Thoughts, thinks swapping Kevin Brown for Jeff Weaver makes sense for L.A.:
Brown is a significant injury risk with a huge salary on a pitching-rich team. Especially with the ownership in transition, they would be eager to add flexibility to the payroll. Moreover, he is the symbol of the misguided excess of the failed Kevin Malone “Bring ’em on” era. If the team can trade the other symbol of the Fox era, Gary Sheffield – which they did fairly easily – they could and should absolutely trade Brown. He is Cisco stock purchased at $80 a share.
Of course, Jon would be love to see Nick Johnson thrown in the deal too, but he’ll settle for Jeff Weaver. I don’t see how a one-for-one deal would go through. Right now, it seems like a whole lot of wishful thinking. But it’s good to know that Yankee fans aren’t alone in wanting to see this trade made.