Any interest in Aubrey Huff?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Aubrey Huff-DH-Orioles Aug. 14 - 9:40 pm et

 

The Baltimore Sun reports that Aubrey Huff has cleared waivers.

 

The team now has until August 31 to deal Huff, who is signed for $8 million next season. George Sherrill, however, was claimed by an unnamed American League team and was pulled back by the Orioles. He'll stick with the team for the rest of the season.

 

 

Just in case Aramis does have to miss any time, and if nothing else to block the Brewers who are without Branyan. We can DFA Ward to make room.

[jiml60]

Wouldn't the Brewers be able to claim him before the Cubs?

[erik316wttn]

Aubrey Huff-DH-Orioles Aug. 14 - 9:40 pm et

 

The Baltimore Sun reports that Aubrey Huff has cleared waivers.

 

The team now has until August 31 to deal Huff, who is signed for $8 million next season. George Sherrill, however, was claimed by an unnamed American League team and was pulled back by the Orioles. He'll stick with the team for the rest of the season.

 

 

Just in case Aramis does have to miss any time, and if nothing else to block the Brewers who are without Branyan. We can DFA Ward to make room.

 

I don't want to pay him that kind of money to sit on the bench next year.

 

And we can't block the Brewers. They can block us.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Aubrey Huff-DH-Orioles Aug. 14 - 9:40 pm et

 

The Baltimore Sun reports that Aubrey Huff has cleared waivers.

 

The team now has until August 31 to deal Huff, who is signed for $8 million next season. George Sherrill, however, was claimed by an unnamed American League team and was pulled back by the Orioles. He'll stick with the team for the rest of the season.

 

 

Just in case Aramis does have to miss any time, and if nothing else to block the Brewers who are without Branyan. We can DFA Ward to make room.

 

I don't want to pay him that kind of money to sit on the bench next year.

 

And we can't block the Brewers. They can block us.

 

Since hes cleared waivers, we dont have to techniclly block anyone anymore. I meant to stop them from getting him. Hed be great off the bench, and tradeable in the offseason.

[UMFan83]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

[sweetpeteman]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

 

 

Yeah, if the team that has the player says, "okay, you can have him," then the team that makes the claim gets the player, and his salary.

[sweetpeteman]

Also, I would love this line for the bench, or from RF (He has played OF in the past, and I don't think he was exactly bad):

 

.357 .553 .301

 

(OBP, SLG, AVG)

 

I can't believe nobody claimed him.

[evv98]

Since he cleared waivers, it would be a standard trade using minor league players or Cubs that have also cleared waivers.

 

Of course, knowing how dealings with the Orioles work, we would be able to get Huff for next to nothing.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Hes only owed 8 mil in 2009. Considering the steals we got with Johnson and Edmonds, we can aford to overpay someone.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Considering Bill Halls fall from grace, the Brewers would love to have him, and Id just assume they not get nother power hitter.

[SouthSideRyan]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

 

Steve Phillips said he claimed ~300 players his first year as GM. The risk you run is that you get cheap teams that are out of it just letting you have a few of those guys to save a half million or so. Then you wind up with 10 guys claimed you immediately DFA and you're paying out 15M for no reason.

[nilodnayr]

Since he cleared waivers, it would be a standard trade using minor league players or Cubs that have also cleared waivers.

 

Of course, knowing how dealings with the Orioles work, we would be able to get Huff for next to nothing.

 

Well can't PTBNLs be just anyone who isn't in the same league when the trade happens? So thats everyone on the Cubs, regardless of if they cleared waivers or not. They'd just have to be PTBNLs.

[SouthSideRyan]

IIRC, Huff is a pretty brutal defender at 3B. He'd fit in well with Milwaukee.

[sweetpeteman]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

 

Steve Phillips said he claimed ~300 players his first year as GM. The risk you run is that you get cheap teams that are out of it just letting you have a few of those guys to save a half million or so. Then you wind up with 10 guys claimed you immediately DFA and you're paying out 15M for no reason.

 

 

Yes, but Steve Phillips is an idiot.

[mdwilla]

If I remember correctly Huff has a pretty strong arm from right field. That said he would be a great option for the bench since he can play third/first/right. Huff is insurance in case Jimmy Ballgame gets beat up ,Aram hip become's a problem, Fuko doesn't start hitting.

[RedFlash]

If I remember correctly Huff has a pretty strong arm from right field. That said he would be a great option for the bench since he can play third/first/right. Huff is insurance in case Jimmy Ballgame gets beat up ,Aram hip become's a problem, Fuko doesn't start hitting.

 

I think Hendry is gun-shy about dealing with the Orioles right now.

[rawaction]

Would love Huff for the stretch run. Would not like Huff for $8Mil next year. I don't know how tradeable he would be in the offseason.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Would love Huff for the stretch run. Would not like Huff for $8Mil next year. I don't know how tradeable he would be in the offseason.

 

Hed definitely be tradeable, but wed end up eating a portion of salary. If we could get the kind of production hes given the Os so far, and end up eating like 5 mil next year for him to play somewhere else, Im OK with that.

[Backtobanks]

Would love Huff for the stretch run. Would not like Huff for $8Mil next year. I don't know how tradeable he would be in the offseason.

 

Knowing how quickly MacPhail moves, we would be lucky to get him by January.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Would love Huff for the stretch run. Would not like Huff for $8Mil next year. I don't know how tradeable he would be in the offseason.

 

Knowing how quickly MacPhail moves, we would be lucky to get him by January.

 

If its for the purpose of a salary dump, I could see him moving quickly. Of course, the Cubs and Orioles have a recent history of trades that dont really benefit anyone IE Sosa, Patterson, Traschle.

[soapy]

i pretty much agree that he'd be nice to have for the rest of '08, but i wouldn't be interested in having him (at that salary) in '09. i haven't gotten around to looking (yet), but how much fielding has he done in the last few years?

 

edit: just did a quick check and it doesn't look like he's played OF in a few years but has put in some time at 1B and 3B.

[UMFan83]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

 

 

Yeah, if the team that has the player says, "okay, you can have him," then the team that makes the claim gets the player, and his salary.

 

D'oh I forgot about that. I can't remember what it was, but that backfired for some team (it was probably the Mets) and they got stuck with a bad contract.

[Kid Gleason]

With the team being constructed to win now and looking to be well on target to go deep into the post season, IMHO I don't really care about how payroll would be affected for next year. If ownership has the financial resources, they should get said player if they he can make the team better at reaching the goal. For me the question is can a player help the team get to the world series this year. Huff is versitile defensively and solid offensively. I wouldn't be mad if the Cubs got him.

[BigbadB]

Is there any penalty for claiming players and not trading for them? I wonder what wouldn't stop a team from claiming every single player no matter what just so no one else can make trades.

 

 

Yeah, if the team that has the player says, "okay, you can have him," then the team that makes the claim gets the player, and his salary.

 

D'oh I forgot about that. I can't remember what it was, but that backfired for some team (it was probably the Mets) and they got stuck with a bad contract.

 

The Padres did that several years ago with Randy Myers to block the Dodgers from getting him. That ended up being a horrific decision by the Padres.

[Lefty]

If I remember correctly Huff has a pretty strong arm from right field. That said he would be a great option for the bench since he can play third/first/right. Huff is insurance in case Jimmy Ballgame gets beat up ,Aram hip become's a problem, Fuko doesn't start hitting.

 

I think Hendry is gun-shy about dealing with the Orioles right now.

 

What is it they say about the best trades are sometimes the ones you don't make?