Vicente Padilla?

[UMFan83]

If it weren't for Mr. Miles debunking this rumor, I was gonna make a bet that Padilla signs for more money with the Cubs than Harden gets for another team.

[Eric Clipperton]

If it weren't for Mr. Miles debunking this rumor, I was gonna make a bet that Padilla signs for more money with the Cubs than Harden gets for another team.

 

This might be the new strategy allowing Bradley to stay: get players so crazy and unlikeable that he is no longer the most hated Cub, while Padilla, Sidney Ponson, and other terrible people and players alike populate the roster. Padilla is straight up crazy. And horrible.

[Bruce Miles]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

 

Any hints as to what we can be expecting? Will we end up happy, pissed, perplexed, or indifferent?

[SCCubbieFAN]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

 

Bruce: what's your take/opinion on the Cubs not offering arby to Harden?

[Sever82]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

 

Bruce, why is it that all GMs in Chicago Stink, can't evaluate talent, acquire the wrong players, overpay players or can't develop young players. I'm talking about Jerry Angelo, Jim Hendry and the Bulls FO. After hearing about the recent bulls rumor involving the knicks i'm losing hope on my Chicago teams, except for the Blackhawks. Please Tell me Jim walks out of the Winter Meetings with Bradley being gone, Granderson is a Cub, Hudson a Cub, all while keeping Castro, Cashner and maybe vitters.

[Bruce Miles]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

 

Any hints as to what we can be expecting? Will we end up happy, pissed, perplexed, or indifferent?

 

Having been around this group for several years, I give a resounding "yes" to your question.

[Bruce Miles]

Padilla? Not in this life or the next one. Don't worry about this rumor.

Thank you Bruce. Hear anything juicy or is it basically calm, besides the trade?

 

Sorry for the delay. Was a little busy. It's calm on the surface, but underneath, there's a whole lot of talk going on. I think we'll see some action at the winter meetings. I drive down to Indy Sunday and will be blogging all day every day there. Should be fun.

 

Bruce: what's your take/opinion on the Cubs not offering arby to Harden?

 

I have no problem with it. There's nothing saying they can't re-sign him. They apparently feel the shoulder is too big a risk. What happens if he blows out in spring training (let's hope not, of course), and you're on the hook for $10 mil? As I've said, none of us has seen the medical reports, MRIs and X-rays. Let's see what Rich ends up with.

[jersey cubs fan]

What happens if he blows out in spring training (let's hope not, of course), and you're on the hook for $10 mil?

 

Well then so be it, you tried to field the best team you could. They will just be in the same position they are in now, which is four big question marks trying to fill two spots, with that money being wasted on more mediocrity. You don't make decisions on worst case scenario only.

 

I don't get the point in trading for an oft-injured player (while the team was for sale and payroll was in doubt), having that player perform to expectations, and then claiming you are in a sticky situation where you can't risk keeping him around. If Harden is too big of a risk to offer arbitration to, how was he not too big of a risk to trade quality prospects for when you owed him about $8m?

 

To me this just reaks more of Hendry's zigzagging no longterm plan style. One year we need guys who catch the ball, another year we just need any offensive threat we can get, then we need innings eaters, but now we need a high risk high reward talent, but now we need left handed bats, oops, let's make that speed, and now that left handed bat who we know was a jerk needs to be gone because he's a jerk. Sign all these guys now, then pay them to play elsewhere or live with their bad contracts later.

 

If Hendry was truly being frugal with his money, I could understand. If they were forcing him to cut payroll, I could understand. But Hendry is making this decision because he wants the freedom to waste money in other spots. The money is there, he's just choosing to spend it differently. And his haphazard style continues to waste money in the short-term and long-term.