Jim Hendry on XM175 @ 3P CDT

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

He will be on at the top of the three o clock hour with Rob Dibble on XM's "The Show"

 

Notes from the Hendry interview. (My notes condensed for your viewing)

 

Billy Beane: Very good to work with. One of the best GM's in baseball. Has good working relationship with Beane which made this trade easier.

 

Trade:

Started weeks ago letting Beane know of interest. Hughes and Bush scouted Hardin regularly. Beane lets you know who he wants. Deal is not done w/o Gallager. Tried to hold him out, offered other names, but by last Friday accepted that Gally would have go. Told Beane that Gally was going to be swing guy, Beane offered Godan for additional pieces for A's. Open disclosure of all medical records both ways. Youcum was consulted on Hardins health.

 

Players:

Godan can fill several roles well for the Cubs. Allows Lou to not have to use the back of the bullpen as much. Hurts losing Gally down the road but it is the time to win now. Murton deserves better than what they can do. If Sori hadnt been hurt earlier this year Murton would have already been traded. CC Sabathia was interested but couldnt offer a player like LaPorta. Shapiro took the package that could help the Indians the best.

 

The Division:

The Cards will try to make a trade he believes. Knew this winter that cards would be good because of TLR and Dave Duncan. TLR always get the most out of what he has.

 

The Cubs:

Try to make the Cubs as good as they can be. Cant look ahead to playoffs because they havent earned a spot yet. Wont make a move to just make a move. It takes a DeRo, the LSU twins, the guys in the bullpen to win games. (Making the point that it takes a team to win.) Sori will not play in the All-Star game. Talked to his agent this AM. Lou is a pleasure to work with. Just wants to win all the time and that is good. Talks to the coaching staff regularly. Has good relations with all the staff.

 

 

Notes from interview w/ Asst' GM A's. (Forgot his name. I appologise)

 

Gally was the player that the A's had to get to make deal happen. They had eight of their people look at Donaldson in college and liked him. Gally was turned in by A's people in NWL as a rotation guy and future All-Star. Beane saw him pitch in minors. Murton and Patterson were tagged as A's players early in the minors and they have been following them.

 

Hendry and Beane have a good working relationship. At Winter meetings they schedule a meeting just to talk to Hendry. Fun guy to be around, enjoys what he does. The A's people look forward to this meeting. Hendry is easy to work with. He and Beane are straight shooters so that deals move forward quickly or agree to let them drop. Knew Hendry would not take a no on Hardin.

 

Rest of interview was about A's problems/opportunities being a small revenue team.

Edited July 9, 2008 by Dirt Dog Sparly

[tulsacubfan]

Thanks for letting us know!

[Joe_Cub]

i'm trapped at work, any reports would be much appreciated!

[biittner77]

I heard the interview w/ the A's asst. GM. He said that Hendry was a fun guy and they have meetings with him just so they can hang out. Hendry & Beane BFF I guess.

 

Speaking of XM175, the other morning they were floating the idea that the Cubs gave up more for Harden than the Brewers gave up for Sabathia because they had never heard of Laporta while Gallagher, Patterson and Murton all had MLB experience.

[Joe_Cub]

thanks for the recap, much appreciated!

 

Godan can fill several roles well for the Cubs. Allows Lou to not have to use the back of the bullpen as much.

 

and here i am wishing he'd use some of the non-marmol bp guys more.

 

Gally was the player that the A's had to get to make deal happen. They had eight of their people look at Donaldson in college and liked him. Gally was turned in by A's people in NWL as a rotation guy and future All-Star. Beane saw him pitch in minors.

 

this was probably the midwest league (peoria). gallagher no-hit and one-hit the a's affiliate back in the mwl, which would have drawn some attention.

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

Speaking of XM175, the other morning they were floating the idea that the Cubs gave up more for Harden than the Brewers gave up for Sabathia because they had never heard of Laporta while Gallagher, Patterson and Murton all had MLB experience.

 

 

I heard that too. The point I took away from that is that the A's got guys who at least have been on a 25 and are establishing themselves at that level. Laporta on the other hand hasnt done it yet on the Major league level. A bit of looks pretty, but can she cook thinking.

[CuseCubFan69]

Thanks for the info DDS.

 

I wonder what some of the other GM's are like when it comes to deals? I was listening to Mike and Mike and Phillips was on and he said Bowden would leave a message at 2AM saying he had a deal that would help Phillips win the whole shabang but the deal always seem to help Bowden after Phillips returned his call.

[chuckywang]

Good to know the Cardinals pixie dust is not lost on the Cubs upper management.

 

Also, it seems like Billy Beane is REALLY high on Gallagher. What does he know that we don't?

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

I still can't believe MacFailure turned down that package the Cubs had offered for Roberts! Good to see he will be running another franchise into the ground.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Good to know the Cardinals pixie dust is not lost on the Cubs upper management.

 

Also, it seems like Billy Beane is REALLY high on Gallagher. What does he know that we don't?

I think the Cubs were REALLY high on Gallagher as well. I don't think he knows anything the rest of us don't. he has the potential to be a very good #3 (or possible #2) starter

[Butterscup1679666578]

Good to know the Cardinals pixie dust is not lost on the Cubs upper management.

 

Also, it seems like Billy Beane is REALLY high on Gallagher. What does he know that we don't?

I think the Cubs were REALLY high on Gallagher as well. I don't think he knows anything the rest of us don't. he has the potential to be a very good #3 (or possible #2) starter

 

Considering it took Hendry numerous weeks to finally decide to include Gallagher in the trade, I'd agree with Bob that the Cubs were also quite high on Sean.

[Clem Fandango]

Harden... Gaudin

 

[/pet peeve]

 

Thanks for the recap, though. 'Preciate it.

[nilodnayr]

Murton and Patterson were tagged as A's players early in the minors and they have been following them.

 

I think this is a really interesting piece of info. I think that possible the A's (and a lot of people here) were absolutely in love with the idea of Murton in LF and Patterson at 2B a few years ago. However, over the last couple years we've learned that Murton can't hit for power and Patterson cant field. I think a lot of people have turned a blind eye to those facts and are still thinking like they were a couple years ago. Its dumb to overreact to outcomes over small sample sizes, but the last few years have illumniated that the true talent of these guys just isn't what we had thought/hoped it was. I think its quite possible (especially when these guys aren't in your organization) that the A's are still thinking that Murton will develop power and be a serviceable LF and Patterson's glove will play at 2b.

 

I was as big of a Murton and Patterson fan as anyone a while ago, but I honestly now don't see Murton being anything more than a 4th OF and Patterson even being a serviceable bench guy.

[danonwaveland]

I was as big of a Murton and Patterson fan as anyone a while ago, but I honestly now don't see Murton being anything more than a 4th OF and Patterson even being a serviceable bench guy.

 

Yeah, until they put on Cardinals unis someday and become instant all-stars. :(

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