Jake Fox Called up; Izturis traded to Pittsburgh for PTBNL

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Karma bites Jake for that Kendall comment.

 

Wow. Is Wilson hurt?

[NCCubFan]

Except simply sending Gallagher down doesn't open a spot for Fox on the 40-man.

 

They're going to need to create openings on both the 40- and the 25-man rosters.

True; I'd mentioned in an earlier post in this thread that I thought they might transfer Blanco to the 60-day DL to make room on the 40-man. Of course, if an Izturis trade is completed before game time, that might make room on the 40-man (depending on what the Cubs get back in return).

If there's any fire behind this Izturis smoke, then they may just DFA him even if a trade has not been completed (as with Bowen).

 

Very good point, but there's a difference I believe. Bowen wasn't the point of that trade, it was to acquire Kendall, so to speak. The point of this proposed deal would appear to be to trade away Izturis. If you DFA him then I'd think the chances of that type of deal happening would go down.

Not if the basics of the trade have already been worked out and they're just hammering out details.

[brinoch]

Just got on. WTF is going on?

 

Izturis is being executed for well-known crimes against Cubdom. Jake Fox has been called up to be the executioner, in what many believe is merely a showcase of his many and varied skills (hitting, throwing, killing, computer hacking).

[Twiggy]

Bruce: Izturis traded to Pittsburgh for PTBNL

 

sounds good to me!

[Soriano12]

Who is the PTBNL? Jason Bay? :)

[YearofDaCubs]

Izturis has been traded!

[weis21]

BREAKING NEWS: LEVINE SAYS IZTURIS TRADED TO PITTSBURGH!

[inari]

Levine confirms that Izturis is heading to Pittsburgh!

[YearofDaCubs]

JAKE GOT HIS WISH!!! Izturis to the Pirates!!! HAHAHA

[windycityfan]

SCORE says Izturis traded to the Pirates for a PTBNL!!!!!!

 

WOOHHOOOO!~!!!!

 

YES!

[BleacherBadger]

SCORE says Izturis traded to the Pirates for a PTBNL!!!!!!

 

WOOHHOOOO!~!!!!

 

I'll take either that or the post that says we got arod, straight up.

[Mark_R]

Bruce Reporting BREAKING NEWS

 

Izturis going to the Pirates for PTBNL

 

Bruce needs to stop coming up with scoops; it's clear that he's been right ONE time ;)

[Banedon]

That Maddux trade was a heckuva deal.

[brinoch]

Karma bites Jake for that Kendall comment.

 

Wow. Is Wilson hurt?

 

Bautista is on the DL. I would assume that since they have no confidence in Castillo, they'll move Sanchez to 3B and play Izturis at 2B.

[weis21]

Gee, no one even joking that Kendall was DFA'd?

 

Or maybe we traded Jones/Izturis to Pittsburgh?

 

*pats self on back*

[Omar]

That Maddux trade was a heckuva deal.

 

We traded Maddux for PTBNL.

 

But Izturis is gone. \:D/ \:D/ \:D/

[Banedon]

Why do the Pirates want Izturis? Don't they have Jack Wilson?

[YearofDaCubs]

I'm so happy to see that fool gone. He brought absolutely nothing here. We improved our team just by getting rid of the guy. I'm so happy right now!

[Soriano12]

Why do the Pirates want Izturis? Don't they have Jack Wilson?

They have a fetish for crappy Shortstops.

[Banedon]

That Maddux trade was a heckuva deal.

 

We traded Maddux for PTBNL.

 

But Izturis is gone. \:D/ \:D/ \:D/

 

We still had to deal with a year of Izturis...

[inari]

I'm hoping against hope that there's more to this deal and it involves Xavier Nady. Not counting on it though.

[David]

Bruce Reporting BREAKING NEWS

 

Izturis going to the Pirates for PTBNL

 

Bruce needs to stop coming up with scoops; it's clear that he's been right ONE time ;)

 

:) It's not like he reported this like a week or two ago or anything.

[NCCubFan]

Once again we deal with Hendry's favorite trading partner. :D

[Banedon]

Why do the Pirates want Izturis? Don't they have Jack Wilson?

They have a fetish for crappy Shortstops.

 

Like Jose Hernandez? hehe.

[JeffH]

Oh, the joy! The rapture!