Tribune: Wood Signs Deal with Cleveland (p. 29)

[Guest]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

[wilk]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

 

Also, there's actually little chance the Cubs get a 1st round pick out of it considering only 14 teams have the pick to offer and if that team signs any other Type A free agent, he's going to rank ahead of Wood. So really you're risking him accepting when all you can assume is a sandwich pick. And if the does accept and you REALLY can't keep him, getting rid of him in Spring and paying only the 45-day termination would cost around ~2M and potentially risk a grievance. It'd be a very bad situation. Keeping him and dumping Gregg at that point is even worse after you gave up Ceda for him... Depending on how cheap Wood was honestly willing to sign for, the mistake was trading for Gregg over keeping Wood. But not risking a messy arbitration scenario isn't all that terrible if Wood wasn't promising to decline, and why would he promise that if this is where he wants to be and the arbitration offer hurts his market value?

[David]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

 

Also, there's actually little chance the Cubs get a 1st round pick out of it considering only 14 teams have the pick to offer and if that team signs any other Type A free agent, he's going to rank ahead of Wood. So really you're risking him accepting when all you can assume is a sandwich pick. And if the does accept and you REALLY can't keep him, getting rid of him in Spring and paying only the 45-day termination would cost around ~2M and potentially risk a grievance. It'd be a very bad situation. Keeping him and dumping Gregg at that point is even worse after you gave up Ceda for him... Depending on how cheap Wood was honestly willing to sign for, the mistake was trading for Gregg over keeping Wood. But not risking a messy arbitration scenario isn't all that terrible if Wood wasn't promising to decline, and why would he promise that if this is where he wants to be and accepting hurts his market value?

 

I agree with most of what you say other than the bolded. That's a sunk cost at this point. It doesn't matter what we gave up to get him. I suppose, though, in the real world, things don't work that way and Hendry would look quite ridiculous if he dumped a player he literally *just* gave up somewhat of an asset for.

 

Carry on.

Edited December 2, 2008 by David

[anabiono]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

 

that is ridiculous, stop being so emotional

[cubsfan26]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

 

 

Thats the one thing that upsets me about this whole thing is not getting the picks. I don't think Wood would have accepted arbitration, and screw the Cubs over. But Hendry probably has a better idea of how the market is. So for Hendry not to offer Wood arbitration tells me the market isn't what the players thought it would. The fact that were in December and the only free agents to sign with anybody are Mike Hampton and Jeremy Affeldt should tell us something.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

 

that is ridiculous, stop being so emotional

 

i hope kerry wood signs a four-year deal with the cardinals and strikes out the side against the cubs for the save in the seventh game of the nlcs four consecutive years, just so i can see jim hendry cry

[anabiono]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

 

that is ridiculous, stop being so emotional

 

i hope kerry wood signs a four-year deal with the cardinals and strikes out the side against the cubs for the save in the seventh game of the nlcs four consecutive years, just so i can see jim hendry cry

 

 

krispy creme overindulgence is the leading cause of faulty tear ducts...

[Guest]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

 

 

Thats the one thing that upsets me about this whole thing is not getting the picks. I don't think Wood would have accepted arbitration, and screw the Cubs over. But Hendry probably has a better idea of how the market is. So for Hendry not to offer Wood arbitration tells me the market isn't what the players thought it would. The fact that were in December and the only free agents to sign with anybody are Mike Hampton and Jeremy Affeldt should tell us something.

 

Well, it appears those owners and agents who thought the economy might keep a lid on salaries this offseason might be right.

[davearm2]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

Isn't it obvious that Hendry's already busy working those "contingency plans" to come up with an extra $5M (or whatever the number is) so that he can trade for Peavy and/or sign a desirable RF?

 

Now you've got him having to come up with another $5M on top of that.

[ChiCubsFan]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

 

that is ridiculous, stop being so emotional

 

i hope kerry wood signs a four-year deal with the cardinals and strikes out the side against the cubs for the save in the seventh game of the nlcs four consecutive years, just so i can see jim hendry cry

 

at least we got out of the first round finally!

[davearm2]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

And as I just pointed out above, Hendry's trying his darndest to go all of those ways already.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

And as I just pointed out above, Hendry's trying his darndest to go all of those ways already.

 

Then how did he get himself into such a bad situation? Tapped out before the offseason even started?

 

It seems unlikely, but if it's true, then it's even more damning, because I don't recall a sudden payroll decrease or anything like that.

[UMFan83]

There has been speculation that Cubs manager Lou Piniella became exasperated with Wood last season when he missed about a month with a blister on his right hand.

 

I also mentioned this, that Lou and Hendry were throwing a hissy fit about Kerry's blister and wanted nothing to do with him. I really hate being right all the time

 

If that is true, seriously wtf Lou. Stop holding grudges on all your players. It's not like Wood was telling himself to heal slowly. Anyone who has followed Wood's career even passively would know that Wood has pitched through pain quite a bit. You moran.

[ChiCubsFan]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

And as I just pointed out above, Hendry's trying his darndest to go all of those ways already.

 

Then how did he get himself into such a bad situation? Tapped out before the offseason even started?

 

It seems unlikely, but if it's true, then it's even more damning, because I don't recall a sudden payroll decrease or anything like that.

 

who wants to take this one?

[cubsfan26]

 

You are ignoring the fact that Wood could have accepted. The difference between Wood and Gregg could be about $5M and that $5M may be needed to add Peavy and/or a RF.

 

Now I know that's a lot of could haves, but who knows? I'm certain that Hendry has a better idea than you do.

 

If Hendry doesn't have a contingency plan to come up with $5 million in an unlikely scenario at this point in the offseason, he is much worse at his job than almost anyone on here suspects.

Isn't it obvious that Hendry's already busy working those "contingency plans" to come up with an extra $5M (or whatever the number is) so that he can trade for Peavy and/or sign a desirable RF?

 

Now you've got him having to come up with another $5M on top of that.

 

Trading Marquis and saving 5-7m would be a start. After that they could consider trading DeRosa 5.5m or Gaudin and Wuertz or Cotts(around 3-4m). Hendry is gonna have to get creative, and I think letting Wood go is just a start. It will be interesting to see how much the free agent RF end up costing, with the market looking so bad. It's not very often that quality players like Pat Burrell, Adam Dunn, Bob Abreu, Rafael Furcal, and Kerry Wood don't get offered arbitration. After the top level free agents, I think this market has a very good chance of bottoming out and we could end up with some bargin free agents.

[wilk]

Also, there's actually little chance the Cubs get a 1st round pick out of it considering only 14 teams have the pick to offer and if that team signs any other Type A free agent, he's going to rank ahead of Wood. So really you're risking him accepting when all you can assume is a sandwich pick. And if the does accept and you REALLY can't keep him, getting rid of him in Spring and paying only the 45-day termination would cost around ~2M and potentially risk a grievance. It'd be a very bad situation. Keeping him and dumping Gregg at that point is even worse after you gave up Ceda for him... Depending on how cheap Wood was honestly willing to sign for, the mistake was trading for Gregg over keeping Wood. But not risking a messy arbitration scenario isn't all that terrible if Wood wasn't promising to decline, and why would he promise that if this is where he wants to be and accepting hurts his market value?

 

I agree with most of what you say other than the bolded. That's a sunk cost at this point. It doesn't matter what we gave up to get him. I suppose, though, in the real world, things don't work that way and Hendry would look quite ridiculous if he dumped a player he literally *just* gave up somewhat of an asset for.

 

Carry on.

 

I agree, it's already a sunk cost and it's irrelevant in making the best team. I meant it would expose a lack of foresight and make the whole process a terrible decision. You'd be losing Jose Ceda simply for doing things poorly. At least now you can claim you think Gregg would match the production for even $3M cheaper, if the budget is that tight. But if Wood accepts arbitration, and there's a good chance he does now, it costs you more money no matter what you do. So if it's all about money, offering him arbitration with a sandwich pick being the most likely payoff (not to say it isn't worth something), might not be the best idea at this point. That's why I think the mistake came in trading for Gregg in the first place.

[cubsfan26]

There has been speculation that Cubs manager Lou Piniella became exasperated with Wood last season when he missed about a month with a blister on his right hand.

 

I also mentioned this, that Lou and Hendry were throwing a hissy fit about Kerry's blister and wanted nothing to do with him. I really hate being right all the time

 

If that is true, seriously wtf Lou. Stop holding grudges on all your players. It's not like Wood was telling himself to heal slowly. Anyone who has followed Wood's career even passively would know that Wood has pitched through pain quite a bit. You moran.

 

 

I think that report is BS, I just seen Piniella do interviews the last week and he went out of his way to mention how he hated to see Wood go and he did a really nice job for the Cubs last year. I really doubt being out 3 weeks with a blister, made Lou use all faith in him. Before the Cubs traded for Gregg, Wood wasn't willing to accept a one year deal. Once we got Gregg it was too late, and Hendry already was counting on using the salary he saved on other parts of the roster. Like I said before the impact of swapping Wood/Gregg isn't nearly as big as swapping Peavy/Marquis or adding a good RF. Hendry had to get creative and he weakened the bullpen a bit(must have alot of faith in our young relievers), to upgrade other parts of the roster.

[davearm2]

I seem to recall a time when many intelligent, clear-thinking, saber-savvy folks posted here.

 

These folks would often argue quite convincingly that unless perhaps you're the NYY and can sustain a $200M payroll, then spending $10M on a closer is a poor allocation of resources.

 

Now here we have our GM applying that very same logic by essentially saying, "we're not going to run the risk of having to spend $10M on a reliever, especially not when money's already tight and we've got two other higher priorities (SP and RF) left to address," and people are going ape#$%& on him.

 

How about we just be thankful that Kerry Wood pitched so well for us last year that he's priced himself out of what good GMs pay for players in his role?

 

This all works if you ignore the two draft picks on the table, and the cost we are paying for Gregg (and that he probably wouldn't have gotten $10 million in arbitration).

I'm not ignoring the picks.

 

I simply realize that the upside of the picks is overshadowed by the downside of leaving other more pressing needs unaddressed because you had no money left after Wood accepted arb.

 

There are quite a few ways to go in the unlikely event Wood accepts arbitration.

And as I just pointed out above, Hendry's trying his darndest to go all of those ways already.

 

Then how did he get himself into such a bad situation? Tapped out before the offseason even started?

 

It seems unlikely, but if it's true, then it's even more damning, because I don't recall a sudden payroll decrease or anything like that.

A bad situation was 2006, when the Cubs won, what was it, 66 games?

 

What Hendry has done since, is spend the money necessary to turn 66 wins into 97: re-up Zambrano, Ramirez and Dempster. Add Soriano, Harden, DeRo, Lilly, Fukudome, etc. All of those extra wins cost money.

 

So let's not get too carried away with the damning because all of a sudden the Cubs can't afford to add even more impact players (Peavy, Abreu, etc) *and* overpay for a fan favorite on top of it.

[mhuber92211]

has anyone seen any other team expressing interest in Wood? I have read about KRod, Fuentes but nothing on Wood. Perhaps he might have accepted arbitration based on this speculation which meant Hendry couldn't accept the risk

[Rob]

I understand the decision to let Woody walk... the argument that spending that kind of money on a closer is an incorrect allocation of limited resources is probably a valid one, sentimentality aside. Forgoing the potential compensatory draft picks is a mistake on Hendry's fault, though... and just one of many mistakes he's made this offseason.

 

Dempster's contract was a HUGE gamble, and we probably would have been better served to just let him walk and pocket the draft picks. And the budget room he's sucking up is apparently pretty important too.

 

And the handling of the Ceda/Gregg/Marmol thing has been pretty ridiculous too. The trade would actually make a bit of sense if the plan was for the Cubs to use Gregg as the closer so he's a Type A after this season, and then let him walk and pocket a couple high draft picks. It'd be trading Ceda and a few mil for a couple high draft picks, essentially. If we'd become less enamored with Ceda, that's certainly defensible.

 

But no... we trade Ceda for a guy who is no sure bet to be any better than him this year, to say nothing of the price difference (which certainly comes into play). And then to top it off, Lou pretty much names Marmol his closer which means we'll be getting nothing for Gregg after this season, barring something unexpected. That'll jack up Marmol's price in arby even higher, too.

 

It's no wonder our farm system is quickly becoming a laughing stock... Hendry is completely bungling the process of infusing the system with high level talent.

[Outshined_One]

This might fly under the radar, but check out what the Yankees did...

 

The Yankees announced they are not offering arbitration to any of their free agents. It means they will not get draft-pick compensation when they sign elsewhere.

 

A recent rule change means that the Yankees are still allowed to re-sign any of the players.

 

So, this leads me to two possible conclusions about why Hendry declined arbitration.

 

1) He thinks he can re-sign Wood.

2) Teams are declining arbitration in order to keep their budgets down, as more draft picks require more money to be spent and someone accepting arbitration could result in the team paying more money than expected.

 

Does anyone know about this rule change, by the way?

[Rob]

This might fly under the radar, but check out what the Yankees did...

 

The Yankees announced they are not offering arbitration to any of their free agents. It means they will not get draft-pick compensation when they sign elsewhere.

 

A recent rule change means that the Yankees are still allowed to re-sign any of the players.

 

So, this leads me to two possible conclusions about why Hendry declined arbitration.

 

1) He thinks he can re-sign Wood.

2) Teams are declining arbitration in order to keep their budgets down, as more draft picks require more money to be spent and someone accepting arbitration could result in the team paying more money than expected.

 

Does anyone know about this rule change, by the way?

 

It was a minor tweak in the most recent CBA.

 

It used to be that declining to offer a player arbitration meant that they couldn't resign with their original team until May 1st (IIRC). Negotiations were essentially limited to a month after the season if you wanted to keep a player who was becoming a FA. They did away with that part of it...

 

So yeah, we can still negotiate with Wood. But if we were really intending to do that, we would have offered him arbitration. That's not to say that we wont negotiate with Wood... but something drastic would have to happen, like Woody deciding he wants to play here for free, or Marmol shooting himself in the leg, Plaxico Burress style.

[cubsfan26]

And the handling of the Ceda/Gregg/Marmol thing has been pretty ridiculous too. The trade would actually make a bit of sense if the plan was for the Cubs to use Gregg as the closer so he's a Type A after this season, and then let him walk and pocket a couple high draft picks. It'd be trading Ceda and a few mil for a couple high draft picks, essentially. If we'd become less enamored with Ceda, that's certainly defensible.

 

But no... we trade Ceda for a guy who is no sure bet to be any better than him this year, to say nothing of the price difference (which certainly comes into play). And then to top it off, Lou pretty much names Marmol his closer which means we'll be getting nothing for Gregg after this season, barring something unexpected. That'll jack up Marmol's price in arby even higher, too.

 

 

From everything I heard and read, had said that Gregg/Marmol will battle in spring training for the closer spot. The media has made Marmol the favorite, but I haven't heard Lou or Hendry say this. I wouldn't be surprised at all, if Lou values Marmol in the middle innings. Piniella isn't stupid and realizes how much of a weapon Marmol is coming out of the pen in the 7th or 8th. Of course he has to give Marmol a chance at closing, just to be fair to him. But in the long run, I wouldn't be surprised if Lou puts the best interest of the team first and keeps Marmol in the middle innings. If the Cubs were deadset on putting Marmol in the closer spot, I don't think Hendry would have added a reliever with closer experience. Not getting the draft picks for Wood was a bad move, but that just tells me there would have been a good chance Wood would have accepted it. So Hendry had no choice but to decline it, or he could have been stuck with Wood at 9-10m, when he needs that money to use on other things.

 

 

 

As for Ceda possibly being as good as Gregg next year. Well thats very unlikely, and it's no sure thing Ceda will even be a effective reliever in the big leagues, let alone a mid 3's era pitcher in the big leagues next season. You can make that comment about any reliever who had success in Double A, but it rarely happens that fast. I think that trade should go down under wait and see IMO. As some mentioned last week, there have been plenty of trades Hendry made that people were unhappy about at first that ended up working out great for us. We all just need to relax right now,and see what happens. If saving money on Wood doesn't improve our team, then people have every right to complain. But seriously lets give the guy a chance to improve our team first, and not overreact on every move. I can only imagine how much crow Jim Hendry has made fans on here eat over the last two seasons.

[Larry Horse]

"I can only imagine how much crow Jim Hendry has made fans on here eat over the last two seasons."

 

He has spent, correct me if I'm wrong, over 700 million in contracts since he took over, which has resulted in 1 playoff series win.

 

I'm not sure any crow should be served to anyone.

 

That's a lot of resources spent with little in return.

[anabiono]

lol

 

cue up the "playoffs are a crapshoot" responses