mlbtraderumors.com reports ARam to Angels(rumor false)

[Post Count Padder]

For Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins.

 

Just reporting what I saw, take it with a grain of salt. MLB Trade Rumors is almost always wrong, and they guy just said "source from the Cubs" and nothing more so it's probably not very credible.

Edited February 16, 2008 by Post Count Padder

[Rusch33]

What? :scratch:

[BigbadB]

How about a truckload of salt?

[shnsajax]

source from Cubs.com message board maybe.

[Post Count Padder]

And it's now been removed. Wrong as usual.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I can't believe they would even run with that rumor. First, Aram has a no-trade clause. Secondly, it would be incredibly stupid.

[Rusch33]

That would have been one horrible trade if Hendry ever did that.

[Geech]

What a garbage website.

[Post Count Padder]

One of my guest authors' accounts was compromised, and a goofy fake rumor was posted here for a few minutes. My apologies for allowing that to happen.

 

Tim

 

[Guest]

I'd like to point out that the (rumor false) tacked on to the thread title is redundant given that "mlbtraderumors.com reports" is also in there.

[Magnetic Curses]

unbelievably bad. but, in some warped cub fans' mind, it would have been good. team speed and defense! though not really.

[Clem Fandango]

I know that site gets put down a lot, but it's not like he's stating facts on there. It's got the word "Rumors" right in the title of the page, and most of the time everything posted comes from various sources or news articles, and a lot of the sources are beat writers in a lot of baseball cities. What is done on there is no different than from what we do on here, so...... yeah. I don't understand the relentless bashing of that site when it's no different from this transactions forum.

 

[/soapbox]

[Butterscup1679666578]

I just about puked.

[Mephistopheles]

Am I the only one who noticed that Chone hit better than Aramis last year....

[Bote McBoteface]

I know that site gets put down a lot, but it's not like he's stating facts on there. It's got the word "Rumors" right in the title of the page, and most of the time everything posted comes from various sources or news articles, and a lot of the sources are beat writers in a lot of baseball cities. What is done on there is no different than from what we do on here, so...... yeah. I don't understand the relentless bashing of that site when it's no different from this transactions forum.

 

[/soapbox]

 

The site has gotten better, apparently. But you must have missed when it first went up. He'd post ridiculous crap just to get hits.

[wilk]

Am I the only one who noticed that Chone hit better than Aramis last year....

 

Were you the only one who stopped looking after batting average? Or was it the 27 points of OBP that outweighed the 137 isolated power points?

 

Oh, I got it... it must be Chone's .400 BABIP.

Edited February 16, 2008 by wilk

[badnews]

Am I the only one who noticed that Chone hit better than Aramis last year....

 

I think some variation of the phrase "offensive production at a greater rate" would be more accurate than saying he hit better. But I don't think that has much to do with this year. Anyway it was an outlier year so I'm throwing it in the trash.

[Clem Fandango]

I know that site gets put down a lot, but it's not like he's stating facts on there. It's got the word "Rumors" right in the title of the page, and most of the time everything posted comes from various sources or news articles, and a lot of the sources are beat writers in a lot of baseball cities. What is done on there is no different than from what we do on here, so...... yeah. I don't understand the relentless bashing of that site when it's no different from this transactions forum.

 

[/soapbox]

 

The site has gotten better, apparently. But you must have missed when it first went up. He'd post ridiculous crap just to get hits.

 

No, I remember back when it started a few years back. It was trash. But now most of it is just tidbits he posts from writers across the country. I think it's funny that when a credible rumor is posted there from one of his sources, people will post it up around the net on various boards as a legit rumor, but when it's a rumor that seems a little too weird or random it's never "This must be a completely false rumor, must've gotten bad information" it's always "Why does anyone visit this site, it's the worst site ever, this guy is an idiot"

 

I find that humorous.

 

That being said, I think we all knew this trade rumor was crap, probably even him (he is a Cubs fan, after all)

[Backtobanks]

For Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins.

 

Just reporting what I saw, take it with a grain of salt. MLB Trade Rumors is almost always wrong, and they guy just said "source from the Cubs" and nothing more so it's probably not very credible.

 

Fixed:

For: Aybar, Figgins, Kendrick, and Lackey. =D> =D> =D>

[RammyFanny]

Despite my man love for Aramis (see name), i've always thought we should've looked at SF when they said they would deal Lincecum (or possibly Cain) for a power bat. Don't know if his contract would've steered them away, but I could live with a lineup of with DeRosa at 3rd (assuming we could deal for Roberts), if it meant the staff was:

 

Zambrano

Hill

Lincecum (though he probably pitches like a 1 next year)

Lilly

Lieber

 

With some money opened up for FA next year.

 

 

That was always my little fantasy trade (that I think SF would consider) since Lincecum's my favorite player not on the Cubs.

[Bote McBoteface]

Despite my man love for Aramis (see name),

 

I don't get it...how does the screenname "Ram my fanny" have anything to do with Aramis? Does this have anything to do with what Izturis did to him in the dugout?

[RammyFanny]

Despite my man love for Aramis (see name),

 

I don't get it...how does the screenname "Ram my fanny" have anything to do with Aramis? Does this have anything to do with what Izturis did to him in the dugout?

You know it 8-)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Am I the only one who noticed that Chone hit better than Aramis last year....

I think so

[sneakypower]

Despite my man love for Aramis (see name), i've always thought we should've looked at SF when they said they would deal Lincecum (or possibly Cain) for a power bat. Don't know if his contract would've steered them away, but I could live with a lineup of with DeRosa at 3rd

his no trade clause would have steered them away.

[Outshined_One]

Despite my man love for Aramis (see name), i've always thought we should've looked at SF when they said they would deal Lincecum (or possibly Cain) for a power bat. Don't know if his contract would've steered them away, but I could live with a lineup of with DeRosa at 3rd (assuming we could deal for Roberts), if it meant the staff was:

 

Zambrano

Hill

Lincecum (though he probably pitches like a 1 next year)

Lilly

Lieber

 

With some money opened up for FA next year.

 

 

That was always my little fantasy trade (that I think SF would consider) since Lincecum's my favorite player not on the Cubs.

 

If we're doing that trade, I'd wait until next offseason and ask them for Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, and Nick Noonan.

 

Or, alternatively, I'd ask them for both Lincecum and Cain. :D