Monroe to Cubs for PTBNL / Coats DFA'd

[oldcubsfan]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

[Little Slide Rooter]

His average is dismal at best, but his 11 Homers are more than th Cubs RF platoon of Floyd, Ward, and Murton combined, and he has more RBI than all Cubs accept for Ramirez, Lee, and DeRosa suggesting he must be pretty good in the clutch.

[NewUserName]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

 

 

I am already taking that bet.

[oldcubsfan]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

 

 

I am already taking that bet.

What ever you may want to bet. Let me know, just be sure you can afford what ever you bet.

[Cubfanintheknow]

That the Cubs traded for Craig Monroe isn't really something to get all worked up about.

 

What we should really worry about is Monroe playing well for the Cubs for the next six weeks and suddenly getting a two year, six million dollar offer from Hendry in the off-season.

[NYF]

So did I miss when Hendry brought a World Series to Chicago with 100 + million payroll in basically every year hes been here? Hendry has destroyed what was a top 3 minor league system when he got here, and hasnt won anything in Chicago. The Cubs under Hendry have either been average, or below average since he got here, and thats with a 100+ million payroll to work with, but for those of you who like mediocrity go ahead and keep praising Hendry, because that is exactly what he has brought to this team since being the GM of Chicago.

 

dude, nice that you're in Abingdon. I grew up in Galesburg.

 

that being said, everything in your post is completely wrong. first of all, the Cub payroll has not topped 100M to date. not this year, not any year. secondly, the Cubs under Hendry are just over .500 if i remember correctly. thirdly, the Cub farm was NEVER rated top three. the Cubs, under Hendry, have made the playoffs.

 

is Hendry good? Or even passable? No, not in my opinion. However, you need to set the record straight, dude...

[TruffleShuffle]

That the Cubs traded for Craig Monroe isn't really something to get all worked up about.

 

What we should really worry about is Monroe playing well for the Cubs for the next six weeks and suddenly getting a two year, six million dollar offer from Hendry in the off-season.

 

six million? i was thinking hendry would throw a lot more than that at him.

[Yestheydo]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

 

They needed Murton at the very least to be a good platoon partner. He wasn't because he needs to play every day to be productive at all. He had his big chance to play every day when Floyd and Soriano were both gone. I was hoping he'd jump on the opportunity a la Theriot but he didn't; he was just okay. Can we stop pretending he never gets a chance? Maybe he's just not that good. If Monroe can hit lefties without needing to play a lot he'll be way more useful than Murton has been. My concern is that he's used to playing a lot and may have a problem with such a limited role; it's definitely worth a shot though. Bottom line is playing time is available if anyone can hit with some freakin power.

[Derwood]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

 

 

ha ha ha playoffs

[rickrolled]

I can see Lou using him way more than he should

[Sosa21MVP]

OMG WHAT ARE THE CUBS DOING????????

 

/overreaction

 

I'll take a power bat off the bench who hits lefties well.

[killthegoat06]

I like him better than Fox. He's a great RHer off the bench who can platoon with Floyd. As long as he doesn't get ABs vs. righties, I like this move.

[seanhopper]

According to a Trib article, Detroit possibly wants Clay Rapada or Neal Cotts in return. I imagine this will take place after the season when the Cubs can move a player from the 40 man roster. It seems like an awful lot to pay for Monroe--if this is true.

[davearm]

I was just thinking that it was during the playoffs last year when Lou was announcing. He had some sort of Man crush on Monroe. This is the reason that stuck in my head that I didnt want Lou to be our manager.

 

 

After an hour of cooling down, I just hope he hits well for us and we win the WS. I still think its just another case of Cubs hoping someone else's trash will for some reason be better with the Cubs. I think its funny that the Tigers who are a legitimate WS contender would rather play a AA player.

LOL at Cameron Maybin being likened to some random AA player.

 

If both Monroe and Maybin were on the Cubs, people would be pulling every last hair out of their head if Monroe was playing, and Maybin was left stuck in the minors.

 

Think (Geo Soto)^3.

[soccer10k]

point is Hendry's been damn good in the FA market and hasn't made one of his "crappy" signings in a couple of years.

 

Damn good? $100m and we're barely over .500, and he's been damn good?

 

Or we could be the White Sox?

 

Over 100m and in last place?

 

Some guys find anyway to bitch about anything that happens trade-wise.

 

We could get Albert Pujols in a trade for Derrek Lee, and sign him to a 7 year deal, and people would still complain.

 

And then we could get Vlad, and people would still complain about getting him because we traded away our best prospects.

 

it's never ending.

 

(I'm not stating Monroe is anywhere close to the talent of these two guys, but give the guy a chance before you bitch about it.)

 

Very stupid post.

 

It's all true.

 

You seriously believe someone would complain about a Pujols for Lee trade or for acquiring Vlad?

 

Please.

 

I can think of a couple people off the top of my head who would find some sort of negative in the deals.

[davearm]

I don't think the Jacques Jones signing was bad at all. I personally preferred him over Juan Encarnacion because I thought Jones would at least be productive out of platooning.

 

At the time they looked bad, but I don't think Jones nor Encarnacion were bad signings in hindsight -- not after seeing what guys like Juan Pierre and Eric Byrnes are getting.

This is a key point here.

 

Look, what folks really need to realize is that things have reached the point where free agent signings are not measured on a typical good-to-bad scale. They're basically all bad, and it's simply a matter of degree.

 

Seriously, go have a look at all of the FA signings throughout baseball for the last couple of years, and see how many significant ones (say $20M+) you can look at and go, "wow, that was a really great signing -- that guy's really underpaid." You won't find many, and a guy like Ted Lilly for 4/$40 is going to be one of the best ones out there.

 

The truth is that GMs hate to be in the FA market looking to fill holes. But what they hate even worse is handing a regular job to an overmatched rookie that belongs in AA or AAA. Getting league average production from a Marquis or a Jones for $5-7M beats the heck out of getting an 8.50 ERA or a .600 OPS for $400K.

 

So given proper context, Hendry's signings don't look nearly so bad.

[KingCubsFan]

While Monroe isn't a very good player, he's essentially replacing Pagan. He could help down the stretch

 

No, he is replacing Murton. Soriano and Pagan will be back and Murton won't be on the final 25, for the playoff roster. Taking bets now.

If Monroe plays well, my guess is neither would be on the playoff roster

[KingCubsFan]

So did I miss when Hendry brought a World Series to Chicago with 100 + million payroll in basically every year hes been here? Hendry has destroyed what was a top 3 minor league system when he got here, and hasnt won anything in Chicago. The Cubs under Hendry have either been average, or below average since he got here, and thats with a 100+ million payroll to work with, but for those of you who like mediocrity go ahead and keep praising Hendry, because that is exactly what he has brought to this team since being the GM of Chicago.

 

dude, nice that you're in Abingdon. I grew up in Galesburg.

 

that being said, everything in your post is completely wrong. first of all, the Cub payroll has not topped 100M to date. not this year, not any year. secondly, the Cubs under Hendry are just over .500 if i remember correctly. thirdly, the Cub farm was NEVER rated top three. the Cubs, under Hendry, have made the playoffs.

 

is Hendry good? Or even passable? No, not in my opinion. However, you need to set the record straight, dude...

The Cubs system was ranked that high at one point. And Hendry was the one who built it

[Flames24Rulz]

As a bench player, this isn't a bad deal. I just hope that he doesn't start continually, especially against righties.

[Guest]

The Cubs have until October 15th to provide the Tigers the PTBNL.

 

So did I miss when Hendry brought a World Series to Chicago with 100 + million payroll in basically every year hes been here? Hendry has destroyed what was a top 3 minor league system when he got here, and hasnt won anything in Chicago. The Cubs under Hendry have either been average, or below average since he got here, and thats with a 100+ million payroll to work with, but for those of you who like mediocrity go ahead and keep praising Hendry, because that is exactly what he has brought to this team since being the GM of Chicago.

 

dude, nice that you're in Abingdon. I grew up in Galesburg.

 

that being said, everything in your post is completely wrong. first of all, the Cub payroll has not topped 100M to date. not this year, not any year. secondly, the Cubs under Hendry are just over .500 if i remember correctly. thirdly, the Cub farm was NEVER rated top three. the Cubs, under Hendry, have made the playoffs.

 

is Hendry good? Or even passable? No, not in my opinion. However, you need to set the record straight, dude...

 

The Cubs farm system was rated #1 overall by BA in 2002 - and rightfully so - as they had top-10 prospects like Mark Prior and Juan Cruz (pre age-gate) and other top-100 prospects like Hee Seop Choi and Carlos Zambrano. The Cubs were also #3 in 2003 according to BA.

 

I was just thinking that it was during the playoffs last year when Lou was announcing. He had some sort of Man crush on Monroe. This is the reason that stuck in my head that I didnt want Lou to be our manager.

 

After an hour of cooling down, I just hope he hits well for us and we win the WS. I still think its just another case of Cubs hoping someone else's trash will for some reason be better with the Cubs. I think its funny that the Tigers who are a legitimate WS contender would rather play a AA player.

LOL at Cameron Maybin being likened to some random AA player.

 

If both Monroe and Maybin were on the Cubs, people would be pulling every last hair out of their head if Monroe was playing, and Maybin was left stuck in the minors.

 

Think (Geo Soto)^3.

 

Heck no, I think Maybin's being rushed (one week above high-A before being called up) and I likely am not the only one who'd think that if he were a Cub.

[SouthSideRyan]

That the Cubs traded for Craig Monroe isn't really something to get all worked up about.

 

What we should really worry about is Monroe playing well for the Cubs for the next six weeks and suddenly getting a two year, six million dollar offer from Hendry in the off-season.

 

2/6M would be a pretty decent deal for Monroe.

[Brian]

Doesn't really mean anything but Craig Monroe is Devin Hester's cousin I think... I remember when Devin had his memorable 7th inning stretch he said some Tiger was his cousin and I think it was Monroe.

[sethuel1]

That the Cubs traded for Craig Monroe isn't really something to get all worked up about.

 

What we should really worry about is Monroe playing well for the Cubs for the next six weeks and suddenly getting a two year, six million dollar offer from Hendry in the off-season.

 

2/6M would be a pretty decent deal for Monroe.

hahahahaha.

 

Oh, wait. You're probably not joking.

[Guest]

Doesn't really mean anything but Craig Monroe is Devin Hester's cousin I think... I remember when Devin had his memorable 7th inning stretch he said some Tiger was his cousin and I think it was Monroe.

 

Nathan Vasher is Craig Monroe's cousin.

[XZero771679666304]

That the Cubs traded for Craig Monroe isn't really something to get all worked up about.

 

What we should really worry about is Monroe playing well for the Cubs for the next six weeks and suddenly getting a two year, six million dollar offer from Hendry in the off-season.

 

2/6M would be a pretty decent deal for Monroe.

hahahahaha.

 

Oh, wait. You're probably not joking.

 

Sadly, in this market he's probably right.