Prior "peeved" about Tejada talks?

[Yeti]

is this a shocker, i'd be gone if i were mark, just another case of bad management!

[NorthsideAvenger]

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There may be some backlash about Mark Prior's name surfacing in the Miguel Tejada trade talks.

 

USA Today Sports Weekly reported Prior is "peeved that (the Cubs) were willing to trade him to Baltimore."

 

Much ado about nothing, or potentially real trouble? I don't like the timing with contract negotiations coming on.

 

If Prior is "TRULY" unhappy about his name being mention in trade rumors, then boys...we truly have a "FRAGILE' pitcher on our hands, and I don't mean that physically.

 

Besides, I HONESTLY BELIEVE USA Today don't have that KIND of knowledge to know what Prior is actually thinking. That kid of "breaking news" would be first reported in Chicago, before it would make it USA Today. My guess is....USA Today sports writer got bored, and is trying to start some....problems...

[RynoRules]

I can't blame Prior for hating the organization and wanting out as soon as he is an FA, which has been rumored. He's been woefully mishandled and unfairly labeled as "injury-prone" his entire career.

 

Is this true, honestly...where have you read this?

 

And when did the Cubs label him as "injury-prone" or "mishandle" him?

 

Honsetly, can we stop riding Cubs management for every single nonsense rumor? Hold their feet to the fire, sure. But this junk hasn't even been picked up by the local media, who if they thought it had any value, would ride it like a horse with the Convention starting today.

[Laura]

Well, Prior will be talking to the media today and will no doubt be asked about it. Then we'll have his actual statement to overanalyze instead of rumors.

 

That's progress, right? :joker:

[RynoRules]

Well, Prior will be talking to the media today and will no doubt be asked about it. Then we'll have his actual statement to overanalyze instead of rumors.

 

That's progress, right? :joker:

 

It is. If Mark says "The Cubs disrespected me; I hate Hendry and Dusty; I want out.", or something approaching that, then flame away. I'll join you.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Well, Prior will be talking to the media today and will no doubt be asked about it. Then we'll have his actual statement to overanalyze instead of rumors.

 

That's progress, right? :joker:

 

It is. If Mark says "The Cubs disrespected me; I hate Hendry and Dusty; I want out.", or something approaching that, then flame away. I'll join you.

 

If Prior says that, I guess it's time to revive a deal for Abreu.

[YearofDaCubs]

I can't blame Prior for hating the organization and wanting out as soon as he is an FA, which has been rumored. He's been woefully mishandled and unfairly labeled as "injury-prone" his entire career.

 

I really don't think the cubs organization had anything to do with him being labelled injury prone at all. How can you possibly lay that blame on them?

 

The great Hendry at his best what can I tell ya.

 

Dude seriously, is there anything that isn't Hendry's fault? Global Warming? Healthcare Costs?

 

Hendry has every right to look into deals for any players to make the team better. He shouldn't need to coddle players, and as much as I love Prior (2nd favorite player on the Cubs) he shouldn't be in a tizzy because his name was perhaps mentioned to see what it could get.

 

I think you should join ndistops bandwagon, because I doubt your attitude will ever change short of a WS championship.

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

[goonys evil twin]

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

I'm asking for a world series championship.

[badgercub]

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

I'm asking for a world series championship.

 

AMEN!!! If you have a budget of 100 million +, your goal should be a World Series Championship every year.

[badger1679666666]

I can't blame Prior for hating the organization and wanting out as soon as he is an FA, which has been rumored. He's been woefully mishandled and unfairly labeled as "injury-prone" his entire career.

 

I really don't think the cubs organization had anything to do with him being labelled injury prone at all. How can you possibly lay that blame on them?

 

The great Hendry at his best what can I tell ya.

 

Dude seriously, is there anything that isn't Hendry's fault? Global Warming? Healthcare Costs?

 

Hendry has every right to look into deals for any players to make the team better. He shouldn't need to coddle players, and as much as I love Prior (2nd favorite player on the Cubs) he shouldn't be in a tizzy because his name was perhaps mentioned to see what it could get.

 

I think you should join ndistops bandwagon, because I doubt your attitude will ever change short of a WS championship.

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

That's my whole point. There ARE SO MANY things they've done wrong or poorly. Hendry trying to see if a deal exists (and he may not have at all) is not grounds for ripping him. I don't want Prior traded, but there is nothing wrong with Hendry entertaining deals, that's his JOB.

 

Instead you wish to rip him for everything this side of the sun, when you have plenty of grounds to rip him for valid things. I think it's incredibly stupid to blame Hendry for seing if Prior could bring back value to make the team even stronger. You make a backhanded rip at him for it. That's ridiculous in my eyes. Just stick to ripping him for what he does wrong (all of the 2004 post season, and most of the 2005 post season) not for trying to see if he could improve this team.

 

You're comments aren't asking for a WS or playoff appearance, they are ripping Hendry for any and everything you can possibly muster within that contenious outlook you have. Seriously, reread your post and tell me that there is one shred of validity to it? Particiulary if the rumors are true, and Hendry never OFFERED him up.

[badger1679666666]

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

I'm asking for a world series championship.

 

I am too, and I'm gonna hold Hendry's feet to the fire for most everything he did this off season to make us worse. But I'm not going to hold his feet to the fire for not coddling one of our players before entertaining offers for him. Prior is a professional, and trades are part of professional sports. I don't think Hendry acted unprofessionally at all regarding Prior.

[RynoRules]

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

I'm asking for a world series championship.

 

I am too, and I'm gonna hold Hendry's feet to the fire for most everything he did this off season to make us worse. But I'm not going to hold his feet to the fire for not coddling one of our players before entertaining offers for him. Prior is a professional, and trades are part of professional sports. I don't think Hendry acted unprofessionally at all regarding Prior.

 

To be fair, I have read literally dozens of posts on this bd that state that we should worry less about coddling vets and mnore about improving the team's OBP, pitching, etc.

 

Example: when BJ Ryan signed with Tor., another member and I got into it re what effect signing Ryan would have had on Dempster. His/her argument was essentially, "tell him to get over it; he's a pro."

[Laura]

If Prior says he's peeved about anything, it'll probably about being described as "peeved."

 

I'll be surprised if he's not completely professional about it.

[YearofDaCubs]

I can't blame Prior for hating the organization and wanting out as soon as he is an FA, which has been rumored. He's been woefully mishandled and unfairly labeled as "injury-prone" his entire career.

 

I really don't think the cubs organization had anything to do with him being labelled injury prone at all. How can you possibly lay that blame on them?

 

The great Hendry at his best what can I tell ya.

 

Dude seriously, is there anything that isn't Hendry's fault? Global Warming? Healthcare Costs?

 

Hendry has every right to look into deals for any players to make the team better. He shouldn't need to coddle players, and as much as I love Prior (2nd favorite player on the Cubs) he shouldn't be in a tizzy because his name was perhaps mentioned to see what it could get.

 

I think you should join ndistops bandwagon, because I doubt your attitude will ever change short of a WS championship.

Dude seriously, A lot of things pertaining to the Cubs are indeed Hendry's fault. Keep sugarcoating it for yourself, I know better. I'm not asking for a WS chamiponship I'm asking for us to at least make the playoffs. If you think having a good year and not making the playoffs is possible that's on you.

 

That's my whole point. There ARE SO MANY things they've done wrong or poorly. Hendry trying to see if a deal exists (and he may not have at all) is not grounds for ripping him. I don't want Prior traded, but there is nothing wrong with Hendry entertaining deals, that's his JOB.

 

Instead you wish to rip him for everything this side of the sun, when you have plenty of grounds to rip him for valid things. I think it's incredibly stupid to blame Hendry for seing if Prior could bring back value to make the team even stronger. You make a backhanded rip at him for it. That's ridiculous in my eyes. Just stick to ripping him for what he does wrong (all of the 2004 post season, and most of the 2005 post season) not for trying to see if he could improve this team.

 

You're comments aren't asking for a WS or playoff appearance, they are ripping Hendry for any and everything you can possibly muster within that contenious outlook you have. Seriously, reread your post and tell me that there is one shred of validity to it? Particiulary if the rumors are true, and Hendry never OFFERED him up.

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

[badger1679666666]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

[YearofDaCubs]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are times where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

[badger1679666666]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are time where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

 

You can do what you want to do. But taking Jabs when they aren't warrented takes away from credibility when they ARE. With everything that's coming out recently, it appears Hendry never offered prior for anything, he was merely asked about him. If that's hendry screwing up, then I must be an idiot.

 

Everything you said is fine, zero confidence, sick of this organization, sick of Hendry's bad moves, inactivity. However, He didn't mishandle prior in this situation. Period. If you continue to assert that he did, I'm going to continue to argue with you.

[YearofDaCubs]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are time where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

 

You can do what you want to do. But taking Jabs when they aren't warrented takes away from credibility when they ARE. With everything that's coming out recently, it appears Hendry never offered prior for anything, he was merely asked about him. If that's hendry screwing up, then I must be an idiot.

 

Everything you said is fine, zero confidence, sick of this organization, sick of Hendry's bad moves, inactivity. However, He didn't mishandle prior in this situation. Period. If you continue to assert that he did, I'm going to continue to argue with you.

How are you 100% sure that Hendry did not offer Prior for Tejada? Too many sources were confirming the possible trade for it not to be true if you ask me.

[badger1679666666]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are time where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

 

You can do what you want to do. But taking Jabs when they aren't warrented takes away from credibility when they ARE. With everything that's coming out recently, it appears Hendry never offered prior for anything, he was merely asked about him. If that's hendry screwing up, then I must be an idiot.

 

Everything you said is fine, zero confidence, sick of this organization, sick of Hendry's bad moves, inactivity. However, He didn't mishandle prior in this situation. Period. If you continue to assert that he did, I'm going to continue to argue with you.

How are you 100% sure that Hendry did not offer Prior for Tejada? Too many sources were confirming the possible trade for it not to be true if you ask me.

 

I'm not a 100 % sure, but it appears everything was blown out of proportion - it appears Levines scoop was bunk, Rosenthal was full of BS (like usual) and sources have stated they didn't offer up prior, Hendry was asked about prior and listened.

 

I don't know for sure, but it doesn't appear like Hendry was actively shopping him. And for the very reason I don't know, I tend to like to keep my jabs to stuff I do know - like Rusch, PErez resignings, not adequately filling the RF problem, signing jockstrap, insisting on trading Walker etc.

[YearofDaCubs]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are time where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

 

You can do what you want to do. But taking Jabs when they aren't warrented takes away from credibility when they ARE. With everything that's coming out recently, it appears Hendry never offered prior for anything, he was merely asked about him. If that's hendry screwing up, then I must be an idiot.

 

Everything you said is fine, zero confidence, sick of this organization, sick of Hendry's bad moves, inactivity. However, He didn't mishandle prior in this situation. Period. If you continue to assert that he did, I'm going to continue to argue with you.

How are you 100% sure that Hendry did not offer Prior for Tejada? Too many sources were confirming the possible trade for it not to be true if you ask me.

 

I'm not a 100 % sure, but it appears everything was blown out of proportion - it appears Levines scoop was bunk, Rosenthal was full of BS (like usual) and sources have stated they didn't offer up prior, Hendry was asked about prior and listened.

 

I don't know for sure, but it doesn't appear like Hendry was actively shopping him. And for the very reason I don't know, I tend to like to keep my jabs to stuff I do know - like Rusch, PErez resignings, not adequately filling the RF problem, signing jockstrap, insisting on trading Walker etc.

To your defense I will say trading Prior for offense from the get-go didn't make sense considering how our SP has its ? marks. I also think it is possible Levine started up with the story AFTER the other journalist brought it up and he was nonchalant about it like he knew it was going down yet never mentioned it until the other person did first. Either way when I heard Prior was upset about the trade and so forth to me that just showed me the somehow someway the Cubs org found another way to screw up and cut ties with one of their best pitchers.

[badger1679666666]

Do you honestly think a Prior for Tejada makes this team better? I don't think so. I don't doubt our offense would be improved but our starting pitching would take a MASSIVE hit without Prior. That's not exactly looking at a right trade that would make this team better because in reality the overall team wouldn't be as good if the trade went down.

 

No I don't. I don't think Hendry does either. And we don't know if he was offered a deal or if he himself offered prior. But regardless, your criticism in this thread did not appear to be about the deal (since we weren't discussing the deal) but more about how Hendry "handled it".

 

Which is the part that I think is ludicrous. If he was just taking "offers" for prior, and Prior got peeved about it, that's not Hendry's fault. His job is to listen to all/any offers on the table, reject those that are bad and think about ones that might help the team. That's all I'm saying. It seemed from your post on the front page you were criticising how Hendry handled the whole thing (when it appears he wasn't offering Prior in the end anyway), not the actual deal - which we weren't discussing.

 

 

Look at my "location" if you need any direction.

 

but "The great Hendry, what can I tell you" was flat out a jab at Hendry's handling of the situation if Prior becomes peeved, which is flat out wrong. If prior gets peeved, I'd tell him to suck it up and be a professional. (And then tell him he's my second favorite Cub behind Wood).

It is a flat out jab at Hendry because the trade leaked out everywhere. It probably did not come from Hendry's side but when you are making some of your best players available for trade and what not if they find out there are time where it could bite you on the back end. I definitely do not want Prior traded for Tejada and who even knows how close the trade was to come to fruition but at the same time I'm getting sick and tired of the way Hendry is managing this organization. I have zero confidence in him and the fact that this trade info came out just proves that to me. We have regressed ever since 2004 and that isn't a good sign. I want to see a playoff contending team on board instead of seeing him pay for mediocre talent left and right. I will take all the jabs I want at Hendry because frankly they are warranted.

 

You can do what you want to do. But taking Jabs when they aren't warrented takes away from credibility when they ARE. With everything that's coming out recently, it appears Hendry never offered prior for anything, he was merely asked about him. If that's hendry screwing up, then I must be an idiot.

 

Everything you said is fine, zero confidence, sick of this organization, sick of Hendry's bad moves, inactivity. However, He didn't mishandle prior in this situation. Period. If you continue to assert that he did, I'm going to continue to argue with you.

How are you 100% sure that Hendry did not offer Prior for Tejada? Too many sources were confirming the possible trade for it not to be true if you ask me.

 

I'm not a 100 % sure, but it appears everything was blown out of proportion - it appears Levines scoop was bunk, Rosenthal was full of BS (like usual) and sources have stated they didn't offer up prior, Hendry was asked about prior and listened.

 

I don't know for sure, but it doesn't appear like Hendry was actively shopping him. And for the very reason I don't know, I tend to like to keep my jabs to stuff I do know - like Rusch, PErez resignings, not adequately filling the RF problem, signing jockstrap, insisting on trading Walker etc.

To your defense I will say trading Prior for offense from the get-go didn't make sense considering how our SP has its ? marks. I also think it is possible Levine started up with the story AFTER the other journalist brought it up and he was nonchalant about it like he knew it was going down yet never mentioned it until the other person did first. Either way when I heard Prior was upset about the trade and so forth to me that just showed me the somehow someway the Cubs org found another way to screw up and cut ties with one of their best pitchers.

 

Believe me, I thought trading Prior was the most stupid thing the Cubs could do, but as more and more information leaked out I realized it was more untrue than true, and it didn't appear that Hendry was quite THAT stupid.

[Laura]

The latest Trib article has some Prior quotes about the trade talk. The article is also being discussed in transactions, but the Prior part of it seems relevant here.

 

It's tough to misinterpret these quotes. :)

 

Prior said he believed the Cubs "weren't necessarily dangling me out there and trying to get rid of me," though he expected to discuss the trade rumor with Hendry later that evening.

 

"It would make sense from the standpoint that Jim wants a shortstop and [baltimore] needs pitching," Prior said. "Obviously they're not going to want guys in [Class] A ball and Double A. They want guys ready to pitch right now at the big-league level.

 

"If they're going to request me, if it's an honest negotiation, that's part of the business. Now if there is something out there where they are trying to trade me, I would hope somebody would just be honest with me and tell me that. But I don't think that's the case."

 

Prior has three more seasons before he's eligible for free agency, and wants to play for the Cubs for many years to come.

 

"I love playing here, " he said. "I have no desire to leave. There was a report I wanted to jump ship and go out west. I have no desire [to go]. I love playing in the city of Chicago, I love the town, I love being here. I didn't think I could be as fortunate as I was to fall here out of college.

 

"I love watching the Bears. I love watching the Bulls. I don't think there is any other town as good as Chicago that offers so much … [in] all aspects of life."

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Prior seems extremely level headed. I'm glad he's a Cub.

[MPrior]

The latest Trib article has some Prior quotes about the trade talk. The article is also being discussed in transactions, but the Prior part of it seems relevant here.

 

It's tough to misinterpret these quotes. :)

 

Prior said he believed the Cubs "weren't necessarily dangling me out there and trying to get rid of me," though he expected to discuss the trade rumor with Hendry later that evening.

 

"It would make sense from the standpoint that Jim wants a shortstop and [baltimore] needs pitching," Prior said. "Obviously they're not going to want guys in [Class] A ball and Double A. They want guys ready to pitch right now at the big-league level.

 

"If they're going to request me, if it's an honest negotiation, that's part of the business. Now if there is something out there where they are trying to trade me, I would hope somebody would just be honest with me and tell me that. But I don't think that's the case."

 

Prior has three more seasons before he's eligible for free agency, and wants to play for the Cubs for many years to come.

 

"I love playing here, " he said. "I have no desire to leave. There was a report I wanted to jump ship and go out west. I have no desire [to go]. I love playing in the city of Chicago, I love the town, I love being here. I didn't think I could be as fortunate as I was to fall here out of college.

 

"I love watching the Bears. I love watching the Bulls. I don't think there is any other town as good as Chicago that offers so much … [in] all aspects of life."

 

I mean, I already liked the guy. A lot. But well said. I like him even more now.

[Chris]

Mark Prior=The Man