Alfonso Soriano to Nats for Wilkerson, Sledge, PTBN

[USSoccer]

Hendry DID finally dump Gremlin after all.

 

What? When did this happen? I need to see documentation so I can sleep well knowing that Dracula is dead.

 

There's a very happy thread about it!

[Mushimus]

Yeah, I saw a report recently that Vidro might not play again. Although if I was Vidro, I'd at least attempt to play so that the contract continues paying.

 

Vidro's knees are shot and it doesn't help when you decide against surgery.

[USSoccer]

Yeah, I saw a report recently that Vidro might not play again. Although if I was Vidro, I'd at least attempt to play so that the contract continues paying.

 

Vidro's knees are shot and it doesn't help when you decide against surgery.

 

Yeah, Vidro's done. Too bad he wasted all that talent on that turf in Montreal.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Yeah, I saw a report recently that Vidro might not play again. Although if I was Vidro, I'd at least attempt to play so that the contract continues paying.

 

And what I found more interesting was that a couple days ago he announced he was playing in the WBC. Whatever, dude...

[Roast]

hahaha, The nats just got raped.

[Mark_R]

Getting Vidro

 

ewwwwwwwww

 

Exactly. His injury problems could be chronic. And his contract is hardly ideal.

[Drew Doughty]

hahaha, The nats just got raped.

 

It looks like a Cubs/Pirates deal.

 

:lol:

 

wtf are they thinking. Wilkerson is on par with Soriano at worst, and they're switching from hitters park to pitchers park. This trade is so awful, it's unreal.

 

Unless they're planning to flip him for someone else, this just doesn't make sense.

[TrueBlueCubFan]

Texas has a surplus of OF's:

Mench

Dellucci

Matthews Jr.

Nix

Sledge

Wilkerson

 

They are desperate for some pitching, who are they most likely to move?

[Drew Doughty]

Mench and Matthews, if I had to guess. Maybe Nix.

[abuck1220]

ew...i bet the cubs get in on mench...

[Sabermetrician]

Soriano's road splits:

 

.224/.265

 

Ha. Jim Bowden is one of the worst GM's in the league, and now Soriano is going from one of the best hitters parks to one of the worst.

 

Wilkerson's road splits were actually worse than his home splits, not real surprising because he wasn't a huge power guy last year (injury), but his fantasy value just skyrocketed now that he's in Texas.

 

Home: .236/.367

Away: .257/.337

 

Sledge 3-yr. Road splits:

 

.286/.355

 

What a fricken steal by the Rangers. It amazes me how overrated Soriano is and how some actual baseball GMs can be so stupid.

[iowacub]

Gammons says that Rangers want 2b hudson from toronto and that they will trade some of their other of's for ideally 3 pitchers...toronto has had interest in wilkerson as well

[SeldomSeen]

What a fricken steal by the Rangers. It amazes me how overrated Soriano is and how some actual baseball GMs can be so stupid.

Let's just hope he stays in Washington.

[TrueBlueCubFan]

The Nats DP combo:

Guzman to Soriano to Johnson

[wilk]

Hmm... the Rangers had credible interest in Patterson and Walker. Patterson and Walker for Wilkerson? Patterson, Walker, Williams?

[Roast]

ew...i bet the cubs get in on mench...

 

Yea, yuck. Only bowden could be so sucky that he makes things sucky for another totally unrelated team.

[Clogged Basepaths]

These are the things that make me laugh when people Hendry bash. He's done some "not great" things, but this... well it defies reason - at any level (even a crazy "gotta catch the ball!" level).

 

Add this to the AMAZINGLY funny C Guzman and V Castilla deals, and... well, yeah. I look forward to seeing that idiot spouting off on ESPN soon enough. Maybe Phillips won't look AS terrible then?... nah

[abuck1220]

Hmm... the Rangers had credible interest in Patterson and Walker. Patterson and Walker for Wilkerson? Patterson, Walker, Williams?

 

that's what i'm optimistically hoping for.

[Jehrico]

Yeah, I saw a report recently that Vidro might not play again. Although if I was Vidro, I'd at least attempt to play so that the contract continues paying.

I wonder how hard Albert Belle tried to come back those last three years Baltimore was paying him over 10mil per when he didn't play a single game...

[Jehrico]

I was really hoping to have a BWilk on our team...

[Andy]

Worse Jim Bowden move of the last 365 days:

 

This or the Cristian Guzman contract?

[USSoccer]

Worse Jim Bowden move of the last 365 days:

 

This or the Cristian Guzman contract?

 

The Guzman contract. At least Soriano has a couple positive attributes.

[Andy]

Is anyone else a little excited that Hendry is slowly running out of players to make an excuse to trade Walker for?

[ltb]

Is anyone else a little excited that Hendry is slowly running out of players to make an excuse to trade Walker for?

 

no - he'll find an excuse to trade him for cristian guzman if he has to. hendry seems dead set on getting rid of walker.

[Drew Doughty]

no, he actually had a hole open up. The Rangers 2B spot is wide open. Wilkerson is probably available, still.