Wandy Rodriguez

[neely crenshaw]

DFA'd today. He has been bad this year but if the Cubs have done one thing well it's fix broken starting pitchers. Until this year he has been very consistent posting between a 3.02 and 3.79 every season since 2008. With other potential starter deals certainly coming at some time this summer, might be insurance or if we fix him, another chip.

[jersey cubs fan]

DFA'd today. He has been bad this year but if the Cubs have done one thing well it's fix broken starting pitchers.

 

I don't think that is true. They have exploited good but underappreciated pitchers, but have not really fixed any broken ones.

[davell]

That was the Hendry model. Now the model is injured with upside or under perform your peripherals.

 

I've got no interest in Wandy. I'd much rather see Hendricks, would prefer to see Wada and we might as well let Rusin pitch instead of Wandy too. Not even counting anything we may acquire via trade. Bad fit, in my opinion.

[neely crenshaw]

I think Hammel (4.97), Feldman(5.09), Arrieta (7.23) and even Strop (7.25) qualify as being fixed. They were all given up on by their former team, and posted ERA's 5.00 or over. We have also seem Wood and Samardzija reach or start to reach their potential.

He's older, but if he came cheap, he could be a decent chip. They say he is healthy, if he is, and he rebounds, he could get interest like Maholm did.

Veteran lefty starter could gather some interest at the deadline.

On the other hand, I don't know how the Yankees, Angels and even White Sox don't take a look at him now.

[Clem Fandango]

None of them were really "fixed" so much as they had good peripherals that the Cubs took advantage of by removing them from tough divisions/ball parks. I'm sure they were worked with, but any team would work with any pitcher. The Cubs saw their potential and bought low in hopes of having their peripherals catch up to their performance.

[UMFan83]

We won't have time to turn him around and build his value before the trade deadline. Which is really the only reason it makes sense for the Cubs to pick up a veteran.

[Guest]

If you want to add a post-prime LH SP to try and build up trade value, call up Wada.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is he really broken so much as a rough start to the season? He's always been pretty solid. We really have nowhere to put him with Wada likely having an opt out clause if not called up sooner than later. A somewhat surprising decision nonetheless. Astros should probably reclaim him. They're probably paying him more than their entire roster.