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Cubs Trade Rob Bowen and Jerry Blevins for Jason Kendall

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Banedon GOAT

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to be fair

 

 I Split         G   GS  PA  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
  1st Half      73  72 298 261  26  69 10  0  1  22  23   2  26   8   3   3   5   7   5  4  .264  .339  .314  .653  .287    73    84 1st Half     
  2nd Half      70  69 328 291  50  94 13  0  0  28  30   0  28   4   1   2   2  12   6  1  .323  .391  .368  .759  .355   101   114 2nd Half

 

 

last season

 

And Kendall is hitting .276 since June...not great...but ok.

Wilson A2000 South Bend Cubs

Wilson A2000

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Z punching Barrett=causation not correlation

So you're regularly in the clubhouse then?

 

I don't get it. I said players don't like Barrett for a number of reasons. A few people said I am just correlating the matter. I said this is not in my mind because Z and Barrett got in a fight. Z's dislike for Barrett caused the fight. This isn't hard.

CUBZ99 ACL Cubs

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Bruce signal for a little help???

 

What did Hendry say for those of you who had WCIU?

 

He was just on and stated that Gary Hughes was the driving factor behind the deal. I think he would have pointed out that it was Marshall instead of the reported Bowens, Blevins.

Rob Knoxville Smokies

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Why didn't we just stick with Barrett? I know Barrett had his problems but Kendall is a shell of his former self and we gave away Jerry Blevins to get him. How is this supposed to be an upgrade from Barrett?

 

Most of the players disliked Barrett. Barrett was a bad defensive catcher, couldn't hit well, and Z nearly killed him. The Cubs have been great since he left. It was a good move.

 

Everything I've ever heard suggests that Kendall is a tool that nobody likes. He also is a bad defensive catcher, and has on OPS over 150 points lower than Barrett. Seriously, Kendall has hurt his team more than any other player in the league outside of Dioner Navarro.

 

Kendall quite simply is an offensive and defensive liability, and there have been rumors of him being an clubhouse cancer. So how on earth can you defend the Barrett trade, and think this is a good one for us? It's ridiculous.

 

Edit:

 

This hasn't been brought up yet, but Kendall has a FULL NO-TRADE CLAUSE.

Edited by Rob
abuck1220 Iowa Cubs

abuck1220

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heh, ravech says, "i believe this was a 9-1 game earlier." unfortunately, we don't have to resources to check and see if that's correct. man, this guy sucks.
moorecg ACL Cubs

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How is his defense?

 

Getting worse every year.

 

So is mine...but what does "getting worse" mean...I assume he's still better than Barrett was...

 

He doesn't have have the same pop time as before, hasn't been too good at blocking balls, just isn't prone to dumb mistakes like Barrett.

 

I should also include he has a big pair, mentally tough, and a good teammate.

 

If Perry can correct what has gone wrong and it isn't age, he can valuable.

 

But as I said earlier he has gone from avg. to bad defensively.

 

Then I like the deal...maybe alot...even if he only puts up the awful putrid numbers he has so far its better offensively than what we've got from Hill/Bowen/Soto...if he can put up a solid OBP in the 2nd half I could really care less what his OPS or Slugging or ISODPDICRI is....if he gets on at a .340 pace it improves us about .100 points over what we were getting....and we gave up basically nothing....and are only spending a few more million, and thats only for this year....I think Hendry did a good job.

dew1679666265 Iowa Cubs

dew1679666265

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to be fair

 

 I Split         G   GS  PA  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
  1st Half      73  72 298 261  26  69 10  0  1  22  23   2  26   8   3   3   5   7   5  4  .264  .339  .314  .653  .287    73    84 1st Half     
  2nd Half      70  69 328 291  50  94 13  0  0  28  30   0  28   4   1   2   2  12   6  1  .323  .391  .368  .759  .355   101   114 2nd Half

 

 

last season

 

And Kendall is hitting .276 since June...not great...but ok.

 

If he can do this second half like he did last second half, I'll be happy. He'd make a nice number two hitter.

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Why didn't we just stick with Barrett? I know Barrett had his problems but Kendall is a shell of his former self and we gave away Jerry Blevins to get him. How is this supposed to be an upgrade from Barrett?

 

Most of the players disliked Barrett. Barrett was a bad defensive catcher, couldn't hit well, and Z nearly killed him. The Cubs have been great since he left. It was a good move.

 

Everything I've ever heard suggests that Kendall is a tool that nobody likes. He also is a bad defensive catcher, and has on OPS over 150 points lower than Barrett. Seriously, Kendall has hurt his team more than any other player in the league outside of Dioner Navarro.

 

Kendall quite simply is an offensive and defensive liability, and there have been rumors of him being an clubhouse cancer. So how on earth can you defend the Barrett trade, and think this is a good one for us? It's ridiculous.

 

Edit:

 

This hasn't been brought up yet, but Kendall has a FULL NO-TRADE CLAUSE.

Where have you heard that? All the quotes I've seen from his pitchers were nothing but the opposite.

 

And who cares about the NTC? We're not acquiring him to trade him in 5 days or anything.

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