Jimbo Hendry My Thoughts!

[atcfootball]

I read here nearly every day, however don't post as often as I should.... Simply I just don't feel like getting into it with someone because they have a different opinion then my own...

 

Having said that, my thoughts on Hendry (I have been thinking about this for sometime.)

 

Why?

 

Why has no one from the top seen that this man has no clue?

Why have they not seen the LACK of direction that he seems to have!

- He starts out as "farm director" and produces how many "all-star" MLB players in the past 18 years?

- He has made ONE trade that has brought the Cubs value over more then one season. (see 3rd base)

- He continues signs FA's to 3 or 4 year contracts only to have no use for them the following season.

- Jones on the bench within one year and traded in two.

- DeRosa he has been trying to find a replacement for him for some time now.

- Marquis signs him to be a starter (20M+/3) only to have him compete for a job the second half of the season and into the future. (not all his fault be he signed him).

- Continues to trade prospects (if you would call them that) for one year/half season rentals. In addition to this, I have never seen a team trade so many MLB players for PTBNL, this sets off some bells in my head, why?

- Traded Pinto, Nolasco and more for Pierre to come hit the ball at second all season... It's not the fact of who he traded, its that he has no direction. Why even trade for Pierre, just to let him leave 1 season later (right choice, but he never should have traded for him to start with). Sure I understand he realized Pierre sucks, but he should have seen that before he traded 3 players for him. If the players he traded turn out to suck no big deal, but he has not given me confidence in his ability to judge talent.

- Poor FA choices: Spent 300M+ (that was about the amount right?) on Free Agents last season. The contracts are going to kill us in the later years of them (he will not be here). He got:

A second basemen he has tried to replace.

A starting pitcher who is 8 games over .500 in 194 MLB starts.

A starting LF who is VERY GOOD!

A starting pitcher who is good his first 12 starts and VERY BAD after. (who is the 5th starter?)

- How many times has he traded away a player with a bloated contract for nothing.... I would assume he would get nothing for them, but maybe that is a hint he made a poor choice in the first place to sign the player to the contract. (he seems to trade players at there lowest value and trades for players at there highest value)

 

He has just continued to make very bad choices and with what seems to be very little direction on were the team is going. I just don't understand, why he did not get fired with Baker and MacPhail? There are GM's in the game today that are worst then him. However there has to be someone that is better!

 

It just makes me sick that this team has ZERO direction from him.

 

All the above and many other poor choices he has made makes me really worry about NOT signing Prior. This is not a post about he should have kept Prior, it's about the lack of skills he has show in evaluation of players. His judgment in putting a team together. His ability to NOT see or give this team any direction.

 

I used to think he was a very good GM. After the Ramirez, Karros (is spelling right) and Nomar (only because of name, he never did anything for us) trades. But this guy truly sucks!

[Little Slide Rooter]

It could be worse. We could have Kenny Williams. Sure, he got his team a WS win, but afterword, he weant completely mad and made some truely ridiculous moves.

[Tyrant]

In before people complain about this thread.

[rocket]

It could be worse. We could have Kenny Williams. Sure, he got his team a WS win, but afterword, he weant completely mad and made some truely ridiculous moves.

 

i'll take horrific and ridiculous moves from a cubs gm for 5 years if they got a world series ring at least once.

[NewUserName]

I dont agree with everything that you said football. However You do bring up a good point in that there seems to be no direction. Every move seems to be a reaction to last weeks problems. Instead of being in front of issues. Also what kind of team the Cubs want to be seems to be dictated by last years World Champion. Lastly the Cubs strive to be good under Hendry. In general except for 2006 they have been good. Sometimes good is the biggest enemy of being great. He has learned how to be good. So he keeps doing those things over and over again. He has never had the Cubs great and doesnt seem to know how.

[Jon]

It's hard for there to be a direction when the team philosphy changes every year or is based on something unobtainable, such as improving clutch hitting.

[BigbadB]

To accurately assess Hendry's tenure as GM, all one really has to do is look at our current situation at SS. And it truly is a situation.

[CuseCubFan69]

To accurately assess Hendry's tenure as GM, all one really has to do is look at our current situation at SS. And it truly is a situation.

 

I hope Hendry trades Theriot for ARod.

 

The SS hole in the whole system is quite annoying.

[Abe Frohman]

I can't really disagree with any of those points, but it seems like only the negative moves made by Hendry are highlighted. There are several good, as you mentioned with the acquisition of Aramis Ramirez.

 

I have been a Cub fan for about 20 years now, and I can say this - I think this organization is headed in the right direction. Sometimes moves work out, sometimes they don't. I feel that the Cubs organization is starting to see that OB% is important (maybe it was just Dusty Baker who hated to clog bases).

 

Somebody list all of the positive things Hendry has done and then weigh the results.

[JonnyRed]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions. How many GMs can you say do a consistently good job? Like most, Hendry has made his share of blunders, but he also landed us two all-star players in Lee and Ram for players who aren't even in baseball anymore. And if he brings the Cubs a World Series title, I don't care how much money he spends to do it.

[JeffH]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions.

 

Well, that's not our job.

 

It's Hendry's, and he's horrible at it.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions. How many GMs can you say do a consistently good job? Like most, Hendry has made his share of blunders, but he also landed us two all-star players in Lee and Ram for players who aren't even in baseball anymore.

 

Who cares? What matters is whether or not the team wins. And Hendry's teams have not come close to winning enough games that it would make it unfair to complain.

 

People have been suggesting alternatives for years. The best alternative would be to stop living in 1950 and actually adopt some objective analytical methods.

[BigbadB]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions. How many GMs can you say do a consistently good job? Like most, Hendry has made his share of blunders, but he also landed us two all-star players in Lee and Ram for players who aren't even in baseball anymore. And if he brings the Cubs a World Series title, I don't care how much money he spends to do it.

 

The worst GM's in the game are capable of pulling off a miracle deal. Dave Littlefield (yes, the guy who traded Kenny Lofton and Aramis Ramirez for a bag of balls) traded Brian Giles for Jason Bay and Oliver Perez. Just because a guy pulls off a trade that makes the team better than they were before the trade shouldn't be grounds for a lifetime contract.

 

As far as suggestions at SS, the suggestions have been made over and over. Hendry didn't have SS on his radar. That was pretty obvious. Theriot is a light hitting utility middle infielder and nothing more. Yet, Hendry treats him like he's some elite player that shouldn't have to resort to battle for playing time.

 

At a point where you would consider Jose Hernandez an upgrade at SS, one has to come to the realization that Hendry really, really dropped the ball this offseason.

[atcfootball]

Hendry Transactions since mid-July, 2002. * I did remove a lot of the "minor" actions, sign a player for spring or something silly and also a lot of the more minor moves with A ball players or minor "FA". I put a few in green/red just because I wanted to make sure that you guys notice them.

 

Traded Darren Lewis to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Chad Hermansen.

August 22, 2002

Traded Tom Gordon to the Houston Astros. Received players to be named later and Ross Rohlicek (minors). The Houston Astros sent Travis Anderson (minors) (September 11, 2002) and Mike Nannini (minors) (September 11, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

August 25, 2002

Traded Jeff Fassero to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jared Blasdell (minors) (September 24, 2002) and Jason Karnuth (September 24, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

September 4, 2002

Traded Bill Mueller and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jeff Verplancke (minors).

September 30, 2002

Released Ron Mahay.

October 28, 2002

Jason Bere granted Free Agency.

Joe Girardi granted Free Agency.

October 30, 2002

Pat Mahomes granted Free Agency.

November 1, 2002

Jon Lieber granted Free Agency.

Fred McGriff granted Free Agency.

November 12, 2002

Released Roosevelt Brown.

November 13, 2002

Traded Dave Noyce (minors) and Gary Johnson (minors) to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Damian Miller.

November 26, 2002

Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Paul Bako. The Chicago Cubs sent Ryan Gripp (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 3, 2002

Released Chris Stynes.

December 4, 2002

Traded Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mark Grudzielanek and Eric Karros.

Signed Mike Remlinger as a free agent.

December 17, 2002

Signed Troy O'Leary as a free agent.

December 20, 2002

Signed Shawn Estes as a free agent.

January 2, 2003

Signed Rod Beck as a free agent.

Signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.

Signed Ramon Martinez as a free agent.

January 8, 2003

Signed Dave Veres as a free agent.

January 16, 2003

Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

January 20, 2003

Signed Mark Guthrie as a free agent.

January 23, 2003

Signed Will Cunnane as a free agent.

Signed Lenny Harris as a free agent.

March 4, 2003

Signed Trenidad Hubbard as a free agent.

March 12, 2003

Released Kevin Orie.

March 30, 2003

Released Trenidad Hubbard. Why even sign him? (happens about 10 more times)

April 21, 2003

Purchased Trenidad Hubbard from the Oaxaca (Mexican).

May 9, 2003

Sent Alan Benes to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

May 12, 2003

Released Will Cunnane.

May 29, 2003

Traded Derrin Ebert to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Chris Donnels.

May 31, 2003

Released Rod Beck. Didn't he save like 20+ games and have a 1 ERA for SD?

June 3, 2003

Drafted Jake Fox in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2003.

Drafted Sean Marshall in the 6th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2003.

Drafted Sam Fuld in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Tim Lincecum in the 48th round of the 2003 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 20, 2003

Traded Mark Bellhorn to the Colorado Rockies. Received Jose Hernandez.

July 6, 2003

Sold Chris Donnels to the Florida Marlins.

July 23, 2003

Traded a player to be named later, Jose Hernandez, and Matt Bruback (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Aramis Ramirez, Kenny Lofton, and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Bobby Hill (August 15, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

Traded Jason Fransz (minors) and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Doug Glanville.

August 2, 2003

Released Lenny Harris.

Signed Rudy Seanez as a free agent.

August 17, 2003

Traded Ray Sadler to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Randall Simon.

August 19, 2003

Traded Enmanuel Ramires (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received Tony Womack.

August 25, 2003

Traded Phil Norton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received John Koronka.

October 15, 2003

Released Rudy Seanez.

October 26, 2003

Doug Glanville granted Free Agency.

October 27, 2003

Tom Goodwin granted Free Agency.

October 28, 2003

Antonio Alfonseca granted Free Agency. Allowed him to leave.

Dave Veres granted Free Agency.

October 29, 2003

Mark Grudzielanek granted Free Agency.

Tony Womack granted Free Agency.

October 30, 2003

Shawn Estes granted Free Agency.

Mark Guthrie granted Free Agency.

Kenny Lofton granted Free Agency.

Released Will Ohman.

October 31, 2003

Eric Karros granted Free Agency.

November 24, 2003

Augie Ojeda selected by the Minnesota Twins off waivers.

November 25, 2003

Traded Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Derrek Lee.

December 3, 2003

Signed LaTroy Hawkins as a free agent.

December 7, 2003

Signed Tom Goodwin as a free agent.

Signed Mark Grudzielanek as a free agent.

December 15, 2003

Traded Damian Miller and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Michael Barrett.

December 18, 2003

Signed Todd Hollandsworth as a free agent.

December 19, 2003

Traded Wilton Chavez (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Jose Macias.

Signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.

December 21, 2003

Randall Simon granted Free Agency.

Michael Barrett granted Free Agency.

Signed Michael Barrett as a free agent.

January 6, 2004

Signed Todd Walker as a free agent.

January 21, 2004

Signed Ryan Dempster as a free agent.

February 11, 2004

Signed Will Ohman as a free agent.

March 23, 2004

Signed Greg Maddux as a free agent.

March 25, 2004

Traded Juan Cruz and Steve Smyth to the Atlanta Braves. Received Andy Pratt and Richard Lewis (minors).

April 1, 2004

Sent Santiago Perez to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

Received Kevin Tolar from the Minnesota Twins as part of a conditional deal.

April 2, 2004

Signed Damian Jackson as a free agent.

April 3, 2004

Sent Todd Dunwoody to the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

Released Trenidad Hubbard.

April 5, 2004

Signed Glendon Rusch as a free agent.

April 12, 2004

Signed Trenidad Hubbard as a free agent.

April 29, 2004

Traded Felix Sanchez to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Jon Connolly (minors). The Detroit Tigers sent Eric Eckenstahler (August 13, 2004) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

May 18, 2004

Signed Rey Ordonez as a free agent.

Signed Ariel Prieto as a free agent.

May 19, 2004

Released Ariel Prieto.

May 31, 2004

Traded Damian Jackson to the Kansas City Royals. Received Travis Dawkins.

June 7, 2004

Drafted Eric Patterson in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 2004.

Drafted Sam Fuld in the 10th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2004.

Drafted Sean Gallagher in the 12th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2004.

Drafted Jerry Blevins in the 17th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2004.

Drafted Micah Owings in the 19th round of the 2004 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 14, 2004

Signed Ricky Gutierrez as a free agent.

July 2, 2004

Traded Jimmy Anderson to the Boston Red Sox. Received Andrew Shipman (minors).

July 21, 2004

Sent Ricky Gutierrez to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

Released Felix Martinez.

July 23, 2004

Rey Ordonez granted Free Agency.

July 31, 2004

As part of a 4-team trade, traded Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez, and Francis Beltran to the Montreal Expos and Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton from the Boston Red Sox. In addition, the Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox.

August 19, 2004

Signed Neifi Perez as a free agent. And it starts!

August 31, 2004

Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ben Grieve. The Chicago Cubs sent Andy Pratt (September 3, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Received Mike Difelice from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

October 28, 2004

Matt Clement granted Free Agency.

Mark Grudzielanek granted Free Agency.

Ramon Martinez granted Free Agency.

Glendon Rusch granted Free Agency.

Todd Walker granted Free Agency.

October 29, 2004

Paul Bako granted Free Agency.

Nomar Garciaparra granted Free Agency.

Tom Goodwin granted Free Agency.

November 1, 2004

Moises Alou granted Free Agency.

Kent Mercker granted Free Agency.

November 4, 2004

Todd Hollandsworth granted Free Agency.

November 22, 2004

Signed Glendon Rusch as a free agent.

December 7, 2004

Signed Nomar Garciaparra as a free agent.

Signed Todd Walker as a free agent.

December 8, 2004

Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.

December 13, 2004

Andrew Sisco drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

December 31, 2004

Signed Todd Hollandsworth as a free agent.

January 10, 2005

Received Stephen Randolph from the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.

January 14, 2005

Signed Chad Fox as a free agent.

January 22, 2005

Signed Scott Williamson as a free agent.

February 2, 2005

Traded Sammy Sosa and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot, and Dave Crouthers (minors).

February 5, 2005

Signed Jeromy Burnitz as a free agent.

February 9, 2005

Traded Kyle Farnsworth to the Detroit Tigers. Received Roberto Novoa, Scott Moore, and Bo Flowers (minors).

February 15, 2005

Signed Dave Hansen as a free agent.

February 16, 2005

Signed Will Cunnane as a free agent.

March 26, 2005

Traded Travis Ezi (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Mark L. Johnson.

March 29, 2005

Traded Ronald Bay (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received Cliff Bartosh.

March 30, 2005

Released Stephen Randolph.

Sold Cody Ransom to the Texas Rangers.

March 31, 2005

Released Dave Hansen.

April 1, 2005

Sent Danny Klassen to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

Signed Ben Grieve as a free agent.

May 2, 2005

Signed Trenidad Hubbard as a free agent.

May 16, 2005

Sent Mike Moriarty to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

May 17, 2005

Signed Enrique Wilson as a free agent.

May 28, 2005

Traded LaTroy Hawkins and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jerome Williams and David Aardsma.

June 29, 2005

Released Joe Borowski.

July 7, 2005

Released Trenidad Hubbard.

July 18, 2005

Traded Jason Dubois to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jody Gerut.

July 27, 2005

Released Enrique Wilson.

July 31, 2005

Traded Jody Gerut and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Matt Lawton.

August 9, 2005

Traded Mike Remlinger and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Olivio Astacio (minors).

August 27, 2005

Traded Matt Lawton to the New York Yankees. Received Justin Berg (minors).

August 29, 2005

Traded Todd Hollandsworth to the Atlanta Braves. Received Angelo Burrows (minors) and Todd Blackford (minors).

September 2, 2005

Signed Nate Teut as a free agent.

September 7, 2005

Released Nate Teut.

October 27, 2005

Jeromy Burnitz granted Free Agency.

October 28, 2005

Nomar Garciaparra granted Free Agency.

October 31, 2005

Neifi Perez granted Free Agency. And finally its OVER! YES!!!!!!

November 4, 2005

Chad Fox granted Free Agency.

November 14, 2005

Signed Neifi Perez as a free agent. OH NO!

November 16, 2005

Sold Jon Leicester to the Texas Rangers.

November 29, 2005

Signed Scott Eyre as a free agent.

December 2, 2005

Signed Bobby Howry as a free agent.

Released Jose Macias.

December 7, 2005

Signed John Mabry as a free agent.

Traded Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco, and Renyel Pinto to the Florida Marlins. Received Juan Pierre.

December 8, 2005

Juan Mateo selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2005 minor league draft.

January 3, 2006

Signed Augie Ojeda as a free agent.

January 9, 2006

Traded Corey Patterson to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Carlos Perez (minors) and Nate Spears (minors).

January 10, 2006

Signed Jacque Jones as a free agent.

January 23, 2006

Signed Wade Miller as a free agent.

January 25, 2006

Purchased Angel Pagan from the New York Mets.

March 26, 2006

the St. Louis Cardinals returned Juan Mateo (earlier draft pick).

March 28, 2006

Traded Todd Wellemeyer to the Florida Marlins. Received Lincoln Holdzkom (minors) and Zach McCormack (minors).

March 31, 2006

As part of a 3-team trade, traded John Koronka and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Freddie Bynum from the Oakland Athletics. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent John Rheinecker to the Texas Rangers and the Texas Rangers sent Juan Dominguez to the Oakland Athletics.

April 2, 2006

May 18, 2006

Signed Tony Womack as a free agent.

May 31, 2006

Traded Jerry Hairston to the Texas Rangers. Received Phil Nevin and cash.

June 26, 2006

Sent Mark Watson to the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

June 30, 2006

Released Tony Womack.

July 22, 2006

Traded Scott Williamson to the San Diego Padres. Received Fabian Jimenez Angulo (minors) and Joel Santo (minors).

July 31, 2006

Traded Todd Walker to the San Diego Padres. Received Jose Ceda (minors).

Traded Greg Maddux to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Cesar Izturis.

August 20, 2006

Traded Neifi Perez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chris Robinson (minors). YES!

August 31, 2006

Traded Phil Nevin and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Adam Harben (minors) (September 5, 2006) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

September 5, 2006

Jerome Williams selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

October 30, 2006

Juan Pierre granted Free Agency.

Kerry Wood granted Free Agency.

October 31, 2006

Henry Blanco granted Free Agency.

John Mabry granted Free Agency.

Wade Miller granted Free Agency.

Aramis Ramirez granted Free Agency.

Jose Reyes granted Free Agency.

November 9, 2006

Signed Wade Miller as a free agent.

November 12, 2006

Signed Aramis Ramirez as a free agent.

Signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.

November 14, 2006

Signed Mark DeRosa as a free agent.

November 15, 2006

Signed Henry Blanco as a free agent.

December 6, 2006

Traded Freddie Bynum to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Kevin Hart (December 7, 2006) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 7, 2006

Drafted Josh Hamilton from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2006 rule 5 draft. THIS NOW LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MOVE!

Sold Josh Hamilton to the Cincinnati Reds. THIS NOW LOOKS VERY VERY BAD!

December 15, 2006

Signed Ted Lilly as a free agent.

Signed Daryle Ward as a free agent.

December 19, 2006

Signed Jason Marquis as a free agent.

January 24, 2007

Signed Cliff Floyd as a free agent.

January 25, 2007

Released Glendon Rusch.

February 13, 2007

Traded Jae Kuk Ryu to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Andrew Lopez (minors) and Gregory Reinhard (minors).

June 20, 2007

Traded Michael Barrett and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Rob Bowen and Kyler Burke (minors).

July 16, 2007

Traded Jerry Blevins and Rob Bowen to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jason Kendall and cash. He really gave them something?

July 19, 2007

Traded Cesar Izturis and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received PTBNL.

August 6, 2007

Released Wade Miller.

August 23, 2007

Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Craig Monroe and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Clay Rapada (August 30, 2007) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

August 30, 2007

Traded Buck Coats to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Marcos Mateo (minors) (September 12, 2007) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

August 31, 2007

Traded Rocky Cherry and Scott Moore to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Steve Trachsel. WHY?

9/12/07 Acquired nonroster RHP Marcos Mateo from the Reds to complete the Aug. 30 trade.

11/13/07 Sent OF Craig Monroe to the Twins for player to be named. Who was it, still can't find it?

11/12/07 Acquired INF Omar Infante from the Tigers for OF Jacque Jones and cash.

12/19/07 Signed OF Kosuke Fukudome to a four-year contract.

12/12/07 Did not tender a 2008 contract to RHP Mark Prior, making him a free agent.

12/6/07 Acquired RHP Tim Lahey from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash.

12/4/07 Acquired RHP Jose Ascanio from the Atlanta Braves in exchange LHP Will Ohman and INF Omar Infante.

1/18/08 Signed RHP Shingo Takatsu to a one-year Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training.

1/16/08 Signed RHP Jon Lieber to a one-year contract.

1/15/08 Signed SS Andres Blanco, RHP Mike Smith, OF Andres Torres, C JD Closser, and SS Luis Figueroa to Minor League contracts.

1/11/08 Signed RHP Chad Fox to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Spring Training.

1/5/08 Acquired RHP Ryan Meyers and OF Corey Coles from the Mets in exchange for OF Angel Pagan.

3/25/08 Signed OF Reed Johnson to a one-year contract

[Tyrant]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions. How many GMs can you say do a consistently good job? Like most, Hendry has made his share of blunders, but he also landed us two all-star players in Lee and Ram for players who aren't even in baseball anymore.

 

Who cares? What matters is whether or not the team wins. And Hendry's teams have not come close to winning enough games that it would make it unfair to complain.

 

People have been suggesting alternatives for years. The best alternative would be to stop living in 1950 and actually adopt some objective analytical methods.

 

It must be exhausting being you. Everything you say is so negative.

[bcl412]

I dont agree with everything that you said football. However You do bring up a good point in that there seems to be no direction. Every move seems to be a reaction to last weeks problems. Instead of being in front of issues. Also what kind of team the Cubs want to be seems to be dictated by last years World Champion. Lastly the Cubs strive to be good under Hendry. In general except for 2006 they have been good. Sometimes good is the biggest enemy of being great. He has learned how to be good. So he keeps doing those things over and over again. He has never had the Cubs great and doesnt seem to know how.

 

I think I agree with this.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's easy to complain, but much more difficult to actually suggest alternative solutions. How many GMs can you say do a consistently good job? Like most, Hendry has made his share of blunders, but he also landed us two all-star players in Lee and Ram for players who aren't even in baseball anymore.

 

Who cares? What matters is whether or not the team wins. And Hendry's teams have not come close to winning enough games that it would make it unfair to complain.

 

People have been suggesting alternatives for years. The best alternative would be to stop living in 1950 and actually adopt some objective analytical methods.

 

It must be exhausting being you. Everything you say is so negative.

 

I don't get much enjoyment in lying to myself.

[jersey cubs fan]

I dont agree with everything that you said football. However You do bring up a good point in that there seems to be no direction. Every move seems to be a reaction to last weeks problems. Instead of being in front of issues. Also what kind of team the Cubs want to be seems to be dictated by last years World Champion. Lastly the Cubs strive to be good under Hendry. In general except for 2006 they have been good. Sometimes good is the biggest enemy of being great. He has learned how to be good. So he keeps doing those things over and over again. He has never had the Cubs great and doesnt seem to know how.

 

I think I agree with this.

 

Except they sucked in 2005 as well. But this goes back to the MacPhail statement about being competitive within the division. It was a horrible strategy. Everybody likes to talk about the playoffs being a crapshoot, but that story is overplayed. A crapshoot suggest quality of team plays no role whatsoever. You can still tilt things in your favor by making the best team possible. And as a top payroll team in the NL, there's no excuse not to have been for several years.

[CoolHandLuke]

long list

 

Why didn't you "green" Damian Miller for Michael Barrett?

 

Also, we didn't really draft Josh Hamilton. We traded the pick to the reds, they told us who to draft.

[jersey cubs fan]

long list

 

Why didn't you "green" Damian Miller for Michael Barrett?

 

Also, we didn't really draft Josh Hamilton. We traded the pick to the reds, they told us who to draft.

 

Such lists and grading of deals are unnecessary.

 

407-404. Zero 90 win seasons. Given the resources he's had, that's pathetic. Also, consider that he had tremendous input into the makeup of the team as Asst GM during the previous 220-266 seasons, and was the main man for the minor leagues in the previous half decade. Jim Hendry has been given more than enough resources and more than enough time to get the job done, and he hasn't done it.

[atcfootball]

No real reason to green/red the Miller trade. I tried of course to green what I feel were good. Red what I think were bad. However in doing so if I did that with most or every one of the moves I would open this topic up for major debate about what others (myself also) feel are good/bad moves. I did not want to do that with every trade or FA; simply because of time and also I don't want to be hit with... "well the move was great".... "NO it was not" type of a thread. Just to keep the noise down I guess! :)

[atcfootball]

No real reason to green/red the Miller trade. I tried of course to green what I feel were good. Red what I think were bad. However in doing so if I did that with most or every one of the moves I would open this topic up for major debate about what others (myself also) feel are good/bad moves. I did not want to do that with every trade or FA; simply because of time and also I don't want to be hit with... "well the move was great".... "NO it was not" type of a thread. Just to keep the noise down I guess! :)

 

Sorry to Quote myself....

 

I should say the thread is about Hendry so it would be a good idea to debate his moves. However I did not want to debate EVERYONE of them... Just thought I should say that before someone says something like. "well this is a topic about our GM, so every move he made is important to talk about"..

 

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[Vanilla Ice]

I'd rather have Josh Donaldson than any of those guys that we traded to Florida

[Abe Frohman]

Sweet fancy Julio! Look at the Cubs transactions with Baltimore. They ought to GIVE us Brian Roberts AND pay his salary.

[YearofDaCubs]

Hendry has made some nice moves but mostly bad. My personal opinion is we should be a much better team with the payroll that we have. Overpaying mediocre and average players will get us nowhere.