Re: Blog rumor: Cubs close to pulling trigger on Chris Davis

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

Cards just signed Berkman. Per ESPN text alert. Looks like Davis or Pena

[Guest]

Berkman took 1 year to play the outfield, maybe part time? That kinda pisses me off.

[NonProfitCow]

One year deal

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/cardinals-sign-lance-berkman.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[SouthSideRyan]

WHAT THE [expletive]???

[JoshiQ]

Berkman wasn't exactly my #1 pick, but I preferred him to a lot of other options.

[cardslesson101]

Nice signing by Mozeliak. Is he going to be platooning with Craig and Jay in LF with Holliday moving to RF?

[Rob]

Shame. I used to like him.

[Andy]

Good God, Berkman, this wasn't March 15th. There's no need to take the first crappy offer you get. There's no way he didn't have multiple everyday first baseman offers, now or eventually.

[SouthSideRyan]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

[cardslesson101]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

I think the Cardinals are willing to take on his defense like the Dodgers with Manny in order to get his bat.

[Guest]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

 

Hopefully. It's been 3 years since he played in the OF, and then he was roughly a -8 RF.

[Rob]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

 

Yes.

[NonProfitCow]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

This is the most likely scenario. Having his OBP skills in front of Albert and Holliday should be nice though.

[SouthSideRyan]

Berkman's gonna give most of his value back by playing the OF right?

I think the Cardinals are willing to take on his defense like the Dodgers with Manny in order to get his bat.

 

Manny could still hit for power though.

[Clem Fandango]

Great, now Dave Duncan is going to turn him into a 50HR machine!!!!!11

[CUBZ99]

This offseason keeps getting worse.

[sneakypower]

[expletive], i had really liked him as a 1B option

 

i just really hope we don't give a fat deal to Konerko

[Little Slide Rooter]

8 million dollars. Surely we could have afforded that. I guess the upside is that the Cards will have a painfully bad defensive outfield. Still, for 8 mil, he would have been a great option.

[SouthSideRyan]

[expletive], i had really liked him as a 1B option

 

i just really hope we don't give a fat deal to Konerko

 

The front office's obsession with handedness helps us in this case. They only want a lefty.

[davell]

I seriously wonder if we could have afforded the 8 mill it took to get Berkman. Pena, Laroche, Johnson, Overbay, and Davis appear to be the beautiful options for us at this point.

[USSoccer]

We must have needed that $8m for two relievers or something.

[Clem Fandango]

We must have needed that $8m for two relievers or something.

 

Or Carlos Pena, who is a better option

[Little Slide Rooter]

I seriously wonder if we could have afforded the 8 mill it took to get Berkman. Jim Hendry getting hit by a bus appears to be the beautiful option for us at this point.

 

fixed.

[USSoccer]

We must have needed that $8m for two relievers or something.

 

Or Carlos Pena, who is a better option

 

You're assuming we even rate Pena.

[erik316wttn]

Of course.