Trading Top Prospects

[Guest]

Nolasco and Willis, while high in our system (top ten), weren't top 50 talents.

 

Maybe I read too much into the question of this thread but I'm under the impression the poster was asking about Vitters type prospects.

 

Sure Nolasco had a good year. We'll still have to wait a couple of more years to see if he becomes a stud.

 

Dontrelle was never rated a top 10 prospect in the Cubs system by Baseball America. He was #4 in the Marlins system in 2003 .

[UK1679666180]

Nolasco and Willis, while high in our system (top ten), weren't top 50 talents.

 

Maybe I read too much into the question of this thread but I'm under the impression the poster was asking about Vitters type prospects.

 

Sure Nolasco had a good year. We'll still have to wait a couple of more years to see if he becomes a stud.

 

Dontrelle was never rated a top 10 prospect in the Cubs system by Baseball America. He was #4 in the Marlins system in 2003 .

 

He was prob. the 4th rated pitcher in the Boise rotation (those were the days of a great farm :( ). Just a great pick by Florida among the avail. names they had to choose from.

[kujay]

We don't have a very good track record of actually producing All-Star talent. I mean, that becomes All-Star talent as a Cub. That's why I never care about trading prospects for proven guys, assuming it's done smartly. And that's Hendry's problem.

[davearm2]

We don't have a very good track record of actually producing All-Star talent. I mean, that becomes All-Star talent as a Cub. That's why I never care about trading prospects for proven guys, assuming it's done smartly. And that's Hendry's problem.

Seriously? Turning prospects into Lee, Ramirez, Harden, etc. has been a problem?

[jersey cubs fan]

We don't have a very good track record of actually producing All-Star talent. I mean, that becomes All-Star talent as a Cub. That's why I never care about trading prospects for proven guys, assuming it's done smartly. And that's Hendry's problem.

 

Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Marmol and Soto are the Cubs produced guys that have made All Star games this decade. I don't have a problem trading prospects for very good players, but "proven" can mean a lot of things. I would hate to trade prospects, or lose draft picks, for guys like Jason Marquis who might give you proven average major league performance.

[David]

We don't have a very good track record of actually producing All-Star talent. I mean, that becomes All-Star talent as a Cub. That's why I never care about trading prospects for proven guys, assuming it's done smartly. And that's Hendry's problem.

Seriously? Turning prospects into Lee, Ramirez, Harden, etc. has been a problem?

 

I think he meant that the "assuming it's done smartly" part is Hendry's burden to carry.