2015 Cubs-Related Trade Deadline Rumor Thread

[SpongeWorthy]

Please post everything from Twitter instead of embedding it so I can continue to day drink and follow things on Tapatalk

[SouthSideRyan]

David Kaplan ‏@thekapman 5m5 minutes ago

Cubs actively working phones according to MLB exec. "Theo+Jed just aren't comfortable trading away big pieces unless they hit HR in deal."

 

Be sure to credit @thekapman when you tell your friends that the Cubs are working the phones on trade deadline day.

[Tryptamine]

Very scared Baez is going to be moved for Kimbrel.

[Deeg]

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 32s32 seconds ago

Sources: #Padres, #RedSox, #Cubs 3-team trade possibility remains very much alive, with two hours to deadline.

 

We've approached the trade deadline in a mostly rational and practical manner for the past 3 years. Time to do something erratic.

 

No - no, it's not...

[BrockLanders]

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Haunting.

[sontensei]

Ross has a FIP just a shade better than Lester's. I can't lie, I'm getting fired up at the prospect of landing him.

 

Ross FiP is 12th best in the majors this year. yeh i want him

[Lefty]

Very scared Baez is going to be moved for Kimbrel.

 

That would surely test my faith in Theo.

[Guest]

Very scared Baez is going to be moved for Kimbrel.

 

really can't see baez being moved if it's not a deal for ross

[Guest]

Jayson Stark ‏@jaysonst 1m1 minute ago

Hearing rumblings that Jonny Gomes could get traded by #Braves today, as much for what he brings off the field as on it.

 

please dont be us

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh please no Jonny Gomes. We already dodged that bullet once.

[Banedon]

@BNightengale

 

The #Padres and #Cubs dealing primarily with one another, may not necessarily need 3rd team to pull off blockbuster involving Ross/Kimbrel

[Guest]

i want ross and kimbrel a lot

[Guest]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

[PrimeTime]

If they can pull it off without Baez in it I would be one happy [expletive] camper

[UMFan83]

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I've never seen this much confidence about a trade happening that hasn't been announced as completed yet.

[Andy]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

Exactly where I'm at.

[imb]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

 

ill swallow hard if baez goes but still like it. Ross is a true difference maker for multiple years.

[Burt Macklin, FBI]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

Exactly where I'm at.

Yup

[UMFan83]

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Red Sox out on 3 teamer?

[Guest]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

Exactly where I'm at.

 

Addendum: if they have to take Gyorko to make the latter happen, I'm not against it.

[Banedon]

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Red Sox out on 3 teamer?

 

It's been sounding that way.

[Guest]

Boy I'll be pretty happy if they can make Ross/Kimbrel happen without trading both of Castro/Baez. If they can make it happen without including Baez at all I'll be over the moon pretty much no matter what the final cost.

 

same

[Deeg]

LOL @ folks tossing around "Castro & Baez" as if they're interchangeable. Castro may in fact have negative value to the Padres, given how desperate they are to save money.

[Lefty]

If they can pull it off without Baez in it I would be one happy [expletive] camper

 

Hard to imagine that as a possibility.

[Clem Fandango]

i want ross and kimbrel a lot

 

Seconded. In the event the 3-team trade does happen, what exactly would something like that look like? Who would Boston give up in a deal?

 

EDIT: Sounds like they're out, so nevermind

Edited July 31, 2015 by The Logan