Jerome Williams & his '07 Option Year

[Laura]

From what I've read recently on The Cub Reporter and a Bleed Cubbie Blue diary, it appears that the Cubs need to call up Jerome Williams by May 11 if they hope to keep his final option year in 2007. Williams was optioned to the minors on 4/22; he would have to be recalled by Day 20 (5/11).

 

I thought this was interesting given Guzman & Hill recently being added to the rotation. I wonder what the odds are that Williams ends up starting that Friday (5/12) game instead of Guzman.

[Outshined_One]

Williams hasn't exactly been stellar in AAA...but who knows?

[badgercub]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

[LoneStarCubFan]

I'd keep Aardsma. I think he's going to be pretty good once he's had some more seasoning.

[Diffusion]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

 

Ronny Cedeno is not the problem with this team right now.

 

But if you can get Tejada for Marshall, kind of, I guess you've got to do it.

 

And then trade Tejada for Manny Ramirez or something.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

 

Ronny Cedeno is not the problem with this team right now.

 

But if you can get Tejada for Marshall, kind of, I guess you've got to do it.

 

And then trade Tejada for Manny Ramirez or something.

 

Marshall has exceeded my expectations and then some, but I'd do that deal any day of the week. Ronny would also not be the problem with this team if he was playing 2nd.

[Diffusion]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

 

Ronny Cedeno is not the problem with this team right now.

 

But if you can get Tejada for Marshall, kind of, I guess you've got to do it.

 

And then trade Tejada for Manny Ramirez or something.

 

Marshall has exceeded my expectations and then some, but I'd do that deal any day of the week. Ronny would also not be the problem with this team if he was playing 2nd.

 

And then Lee comes back and you put Walker where?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

 

Ronny Cedeno is not the problem with this team right now.

 

But if you can get Tejada for Marshall, kind of, I guess you've got to do it.

 

And then trade Tejada for Manny Ramirez or something.

 

Marshall has exceeded my expectations and then some, but I'd do that deal any day of the week. Ronny would also not be the problem with this team if he was playing 2nd.

 

And then Lee comes back and you put Walker where?

 

He can fill in anywhere (RF, 2B, 1B), but he'd likely end up on the bench. For a chance to improve this offense with Tejada and Lee, I'd lose Walker in a hurry.

[Diffusion]

With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?

 

How about Williams, Aardsma, and Marshall for LaTroy and Tejada?

 

Ronny Cedeno is not the problem with this team right now.

 

But if you can get Tejada for Marshall, kind of, I guess you've got to do it.

 

And then trade Tejada for Manny Ramirez or something.

 

Marshall has exceeded my expectations and then some, but I'd do that deal any day of the week. Ronny would also not be the problem with this team if he was playing 2nd.

 

And then Lee comes back and you put Walker where?

 

He can fill in anywhere (RF, 2B, 1B), but he'd likely end up on the bench. For a chance to improve this offense with Tejada and Lee, I'd lose Walker in a hurry.

 

The upgrade from Cedeno to Tejada isn't enough to justify losing Walker in a hurry, not with the state of our offence.

 

And not if we're also losing Marshall, who I think is all too comparable to Mark Mulder.

[Mark_R]

Wouldn't a trade involving Miggy have to include Cedeno? Do the O's have some other SS who could fill in like Cedeno could for very cheap?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The upgrade from Cedeno to Tejada isn't enough to justify losing Walker in a hurry, not with the state of our offence.

 

And not if we're also losing Marshall, who I think is all too comparable to Mark Mulder.

 

The upgrade is Hairston/Perez to Tejada with Walker still in the lineup until Lee would return.

 

Who would you rather have, Miguel Tejada or Neifi?

Who would you rather have, Miguel Tejada or JHJ?

Who would you rather have, Derrek Lee or Todd Walker?

[mhuber92211]

Why not just Deal Rusch to the Mets and call up Williams?

[radarluv1]

From what I've read recently on The Cub Reporter and a Bleed Cubbie Blue diary, it appears that the Cubs need to call up Jerome Williams by May 11 if they hope to keep his final option year in 2007. Williams was optioned to the minors on 4/22; he would have to be recalled by Day 20 (5/11).

 

I thought this was interesting given Guzman & Hill recently being added to the rotation. I wonder what the odds are that Williams ends up starting that Friday (5/12) game instead of Guzman.

 

williams would have more value with this option year in a trade, right? so i dont see how the cubs shouldnt bring up williams and send guzman down.

[Laura]

From what I've read recently on The Cub Reporter and a Bleed Cubbie Blue diary, it appears that the Cubs need to call up Jerome Williams by May 11 if they hope to keep his final option year in 2007. Williams was optioned to the minors on 4/22; he would have to be recalled by Day 20 (5/11).

 

I thought this was interesting given Guzman & Hill recently being added to the rotation. I wonder what the odds are that Williams ends up starting that Friday (5/12) game instead of Guzman.

 

williams would have more value with this option year in a trade, right? so i dont see how the cubs shouldnt bring up williams and send guzman down.

 

That's what I was thinking ... I assume the option year would transfer to the new team if he were traded.

[Diffusion]

The upgrade from Cedeno to Tejada isn't enough to justify losing Walker in a hurry, not with the state of our offence.

 

And not if we're also losing Marshall, who I think is all too comparable to Mark Mulder.

 

The upgrade is Hairston/Perez to Tejada with Walker still in the lineup until Lee would return.

 

Who would you rather have, Miguel Tejada or Neifi?

Who would you rather have, Miguel Tejada or JHJ?

 

I don't know what you're getting at here.

 

For the next month or so until Lee returns, yes, you're upgrading from Cedeno to Tejada at short, and from Perez/Hairston to Cedeno at second base.

 

But thereafter you're upgrading from Cedeno to Tejada at short and making one of Cedeno and Walker expendable. And losing Sean Marshall.

 

The marginal benefit of all that is significantly less than replacing Jones or Pierre in the outfield with a player equivalent to Tejada.

 

I've already said that if you can effectively get Tejada for Marshall you have to do it, regardless of need, but we'd be significantly better off if we then turned around and flipped Tejada for an elite outfielder. That's all.