Buster Olney on BBTN

[Backtobanks]

Anyone else catch that earlier? He basically said he thinks Corey will be dealt as the Cubs are ready to turn the page. I don't have a direct quote from him, but that was the gist.

 

I think the Cubs are really stuck between wanting to turn the page and deal Patterson and being scared to death that he will go somewhere and turn into the next Lou Brock. It might help Hendry's anxiety if Murton and Pie can show something or Patterson can be used in a deal to get a quality player.

[NorthsideAvenger]

I think the Cubs are really stuck between wanting to turn the page and deal Patterson and being scared to death that he will go somewhere and turn into the next Lou Brock. It might help Hendry's anxiety if Murton and Pie can show something or Patterson can be used in a deal to get a quality player.

 

On Farnsworth:

 

He HAD to be dealt. If for not other reason, was his ACT was getting OLD, very quickly. And the fact that Scott Moore is having an OUTSTANING season. And Novoa is still young enough that ANOTHER team may like his arm in a trade.

 

On Patterson:

 

I can safely say, he won't be a "Lou Brock" player after he leaves Chicago. I'm willing to bet that Corey ends up being a Jacques Jones type player.

[TheDude]

He said that but at this point what could he possibly get for him? He has a lower trade value now than he ever has in his life.

 

where have you been? that's the cubs' philosophy on trading their players. see farnsworth, sosa, cruz, hawkins, etc.

 

People keep saying this but it make no sense to me as a criticism of Hendry.

 

Who sells players high? Teams that are not contenders and want to cash in guys that are doing well for younger players or multiple players that can help them be contenders in future years.

 

Contenders (which the Cubs were when all those players were traded) do not sell high because the players that are going well are going to help them win.

Very nice. I was going to post essentially the same thing. For some reason, market location keeps getting removed from trade analysis in most discussions.

[craig]

... at this point what could he possibly get for him? He has a lower trade value now than he ever has in his life.

 

It's true that his trade value is lower than it's ever been before. But of the three time zones, the only two in which a trade is possible is present and future. It's entirely possible that Corey's trade value may be as high now as it ever will be, even if it isn't as high as it used to be.

 

Corey's at a place where the default is for trade value to get lower and lower, based on aging and approaching free agency, and that's been going on for some time. For any young player, the value is based on potential, and the reasonable assumption that a guy has a good chance to improve a lot. The longer a guy goes without improving a lot, the lower drops his trade value. And the closer a guy gets to free agency, the lower drops his trade value.

 

Corey hasn't improved over his career. Even without the extreme and surprising decline he's shown this year, just staying flat would have caused his trade value to continue to deteriorate.