Is Tubby Next??

[dvdd127]

Now that Neifi is gone.... Do you guys think Fat Tubby Rusch is going to be traded next???

 

 

I know he is currently on the DL.. but if he comes back and at least plays with decency... I really do thing that Hendry might trade him to make room for kids.

[Soriano12]

one can only hope.

[KatJ]

Now that Neifi is gone.... Do you guys think Fat Tubby Rusch is going to be traded next???

 

I'm surprised that he wasn't on the waiver wire. OTOH, there's usually some team who will overpay just because you have a LH pitcher.

[Sammy Sofa]

Anything is possible now!

 

I feel just like a kid in some kind of a store!

[bhogg]

I couldn't figure out who "tubby" was. I always considered Rusch as "lard ass."

[Sammy Sofa]

Too bad his real nickname is censored here.

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

No, thats Jimmy Anderson you are thinking about.

[Outshined_One]

No, thats Jimmy Anderson you are thinking about.

 

I like calling him Pizza Boy.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Now that Neifi is gone.... Do you guys think Fat Tubby Rusch is going to be traded next???

 

 

I know he is currently on the DL.. but if he comes back and at least plays with decency... I really do thing that Hendry might trade him to make room for kids.

 

Absolutely impossible. He may be traded, but there's no way he "plays with decency".

[sethuel1]

Too bad his real nickname is censored here.

 

We should just tweak it a bit to "Teats"

[bhogg]

Too bad his real nickname is censored here.

 

We should just tweak it a bit to "Teats"

 

 

I always thought teats were small ones ;)

[ltb]

i forgot rusch was still on the team

this thread makes me sad

[NCCubFan]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Tubby_Smith.jpg

 

I don't think the Cubs own the rights to Tubby to trade him. :lol:

[soccer10k]

I call him Gopher Ball.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Just to see the hilarity of it, but I would like to see a pie-eating contest between Alfonseca, Rusch, and Mr. Anderson (whoa.... 8) ). The hilarity of the situation would like exterminate all thoughts temporarily.

[rocket]

there's no excuse for glendon not to be dfa'd

[3Dog]

DFA = Definitive Fat A$$

[brinoch]

Personally, I think of him as a victim of Breast Cancer at this point. (From the Dugout, of course.)

[Post Count Padder]

It is possible. A few years back we had another crappy lefty we got someone to take off our hands in a waiver trade in August. He went by the name of Jeff Fassero.

[CubColtPacer]

It is possible. A few years back we had another crappy lefty we got someone to take off our hands in a waiver trade in August. He went by the name of Jeff Fassero.

 

True, but Fassero wasn't hurt..Glendon won't get back before the August 31st deadline.

 

Sit him down for the rest of this year, find out if he has anything left to become the long reliever at the start of next year-and then option him or cut him at the end of spring next year if he doesn't. Give him no chance to be a starter whatsoever.

[goonys evil twin]

It is possible. A few years back we had another crappy lefty we got someone to take off our hands in a waiver trade in August. He went by the name of Jeff Fassero.

 

True, but Fassero wasn't hurt..Glendon won't get back before the August 31st deadline.

 

Sit him down for the rest of this year, find out if he has anything left to become the long reliever at the start of next year-and then option him or cut him at the end of spring next year if he doesn't. Give him no chance to be a starter whatsoever.

 

Didn't Fassero have injury troubles that year? The big difference is Fassero was a free agent to be, while Rusch has a significant amount of money owed to him. I could see a team desperate for starting pitching take a flyer on a guy like Rusch, but not when they'd also be forced to pay him $3.25 million next year. Plus, Fassero was coming off a good year the previous season (124 ERA+), Rusch was at 94.

[Post Count Padder]

Per Rotoworld:

 

 

Glendon Rusch - Relief Pitcher Aug. 21 - 9:27 am et

 

 

Glendon Rusch (tennis elbow) is close to being able to rejoin the Cubs.

 

Rusch was able to be activated from the disabled list on Aug. 18, but he needed a few more days to heal. He could rejoin the Cubs bullpen during this week.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

[cubsjunky95]

there's no excuse for glendon not to be dfa'd

 

Yeah considering Weaver, Wilson, Choi, Pollite, and many others were DFA'd. I mean I understand Hendry doesn't want to admit he made a bad investment but it's time to own up and cut the guy. He had one career year and the Glendon Rusch we are seeing today is the real Glendon Rusch.

[CubColtPacer]

there's no excuse for glendon not to be dfa'd

 

Yeah considering Weaver, Wilson, Choi, Pollite, and many others were DFA'd. I mean I understand Hendry doesn't want to admit he made a bad investment but it's time to own up and cut the guy. He had one career year and the Glendon Rusch we are seeing today is the real Glendon Rusch.

 

The thing is, I'm not sure about a couple of them, but I believe all of those players you mentioned were in their final year-those teams did not have to eat 3 million dollars for next year, and so if the player is not helping them right now, they might as well cut him if he cannot help them before the end of the year. There is a small chance Glendon might actually be a decent reliever next year-let's go through the offseason (he gets no guarantees, he has to make the team fair and square), and if he's not good enough to make the team at the start of next year, then release him.

[goonys evil twin]

The thing is, I'm not sure about a couple of them, but I believe all of those players you mentioned were in their final year-those teams did not have to eat 3 million dollars for next year, and so if the player is not helping them right now, they might as well cut him if he cannot help them before the end of the year. There is a small chance Glendon might actually be a decent reliever next year-let's go through the offseason (he gets no guarantees, he has to make the team fair and square), and if he's not good enough to make the team at the start of next year, then release him.

 

I don't see the point in waster 25-man and 40-man roster space on the guy for the off chance that he'll be halfway decent next year. He's been bad most of his career, he was bad last year and he's been awful this year. I don't think it is smart to gamble that he'll be better.