Trading Paul Maholm

[davell]

If we trade Garza, I think Maholm stays. If we don't, I think he's gone. Obviously, the returns aren't anywhere close, but I think we'll keep one or the other to have a guy here we already know, to go with Shark and Wood for next year.

[Sammy Sofa]

Unless Dempster and Garza bring back more guys who will require MLB innings than I anticipate, I'm not seeing the benefit outweighing the risk in trading Maholm. I'm valuing the 200 average innings we can bank on more than the minimal prospect return he would command.

Why are you thinking there won't be another Paul Maholm on the market this winter?

 

We could probably use 2 Paul Maholms on next year's team.

 

More Paul Maholms means less Doug Davis', Rodrigo Lopezes, Justin Germanos, Casey Colemans, and other miscellaneous junk ballers.

 

Ah, but less room for fliers. You must be flummoxed.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Unless Dempster and Garza bring back more guys who will require MLB innings than I anticipate, I'm not seeing the benefit outweighing the risk in trading Maholm. I'm valuing the 200 average innings we can bank on more than the minimal prospect return he would command.

Why are you thinking there won't be another Paul Maholm on the market this winter?

 

We could probably use 2 Paul Maholms on next year's team.

 

More Paul Maholms means less Doug Davis', Rodrigo Lopezes, Justin Germanos, Casey Colemans, and other miscellaneous junk ballers.

 

Ah, but less room for fliers. You must be flummoxed.

 

There's room for fliers, as long as their for guys like Scott Kazmir and not Dave Bush.

[craig]

Unless Dempster and Garza bring back more guys who will require MLB innings than I anticipate, I'm not seeing the benefit outweighing the risk in trading Maholm. I'm valuing the 200 average innings we can bank on more than the minimal prospect return he would command.

Why are you thinking there won't be another Paul Maholm on the market this winter?

 

Good point, Tim. The Cubs are going to have gobs of money this winter. Maholm-type guys don't have all the top teams chasing them and don't cost zillions in dollars or years. So if you take a swing-and-a-miss, little lost. And if you take a shot and they turn out, modest-dollar-short-years pitchers are assets that can be turned into young talent that might last into the contending years.

 

Sign em in January, trade em in July. A good way to use money to create long-term young talent from nothing.

 

All that said, Theo does need to field a team. I'd be shocked beyond belief to see him trade all three guys.

[Backtobanks]

Unless Dempster and Garza bring back more guys who will require MLB innings than I anticipate, I'm not seeing the benefit outweighing the risk in trading Maholm. I'm valuing the 200 average innings we can bank on more than the minimal prospect return he would command.

Why are you thinking there won't be another Paul Maholm on the market this winter?

 

Good point, Tim. The Cubs are going to have gobs of money this winter. Maholm-type guys don't have all the top teams chasing them and don't cost zillions in dollars or years. So if you take a swing-and-a-miss, little lost. And if you take a shot and they turn out, modest-dollar-short-years pitchers are assets that can be turned into young talent that might last into the contending years.

 

Sign em in January, trade em in July. A good way to use money to create long-term young talent from nothing.

 

All that said, Theo does need to field a team. I'd be shocked beyond belief to see him trade all three guys.

 

Yeah, Jed was quoted saying "we'll have a team on the field that we can be proud of after the trade deadline". Trading Garza, Dempster, Maholm, and possibly Soriano, Soto, Baker, Johnson, LaHair, Camp, Russell, and Barney leaves quite a few holes to fill for the rest of this year and 2013.

[PackLandVA]

Did Jed specify which field?? :-k

[JeffH]

Field #3 at Mesa.