How about this

[back2backjax]

Boston gives the Cubs Manny and cash; the Cubs give the Rangers Hairston, Mitre and CPatt and give the Red Sox a PTBNL; and the Rangers give the Red Sox Soriano.

 

The Cubs can call up Pie to replace Hairston. He's got speed and supposedly a very good glove/range in CF. Any lack of production would be offset by the major upgrade in offense in LF.

 

Lineup

 

1. Pie (give him a shot and see what happens)

2. Walker

3. Lee

4. Manny

5. Aramis

6. Burnitz

7. Nomar

8. Barrett

 

My god our 3-7 would be lethal. Nomar and Walker could switch of course depending on what Nomar shows.

 

Bench

Neifi

Macias

Hollandsworth

Hank White

Gerut

 

My feeling on Hollandsworth/Gerut...if you have to include one in the deal so the Red Sox get a LF, do so. They're similar players. Murton and Cedeno should go to AAA so they get can get more ABs for next season.

[The Voice of Reason]

The Rangers aren't that stupid.

[back2backjax]

The Rangers aren't that stupid.

 

sure they are. chan ho park, a-rod's deal, etc, etc

[RynoRules]

The Rangers aren't that stupid.

 

sure they are. chan ho park, a-rod's deal, etc, etc

 

Ok, may be they used to be that stupid. They just ain't doing that deal. Throw in Wood or Big Z and they might.

 

But then, we ain't doing that deal.

[XZero771679666304]

The Rangers aren't that stupid.

 

sure they are. chan ho park, a-rod's deal, etc, etc

 

Ok, may be they used to be that stupid. They just ain't doing that deal. Throw in Wood or Big Z and they might.

 

But then, we ain't doing that deal.

 

It wouldn't take Z or Wood to get Soriano. Blalock or Teixeira, but not Soriano.

[CubfaninCA]

There's no way in H that Dusty gives Pie a shot at leadoff straight from Double A. If TX wants pitching, pitching, pitching....

 

Texas trades Soriano

Texas gets Pinto or Brownlie, Rusch & PTNBL - Kerry Wood

 

Boston trades Manny

Boston gets Soriano

 

Cubs trade Wood, Pinto, Brownlie

Cubs get Manny

[XZero771679666304]

There's no way in H that Dusty gives Pie a shot at leadoff straight from Double A. If TX wants pitching, pitching, pitching....

 

Texas trades Soriano

Texas gets Pinto or Brownlie, Rusch & PTNBL - Kerry Wood

 

Boston trades Manny

Boston gets Soriano

 

Cubs trade Wood, Pinto, Brownlie

Cubs get Manny

 

Pie isn't even playing right now, so I doubt we will see much of him this year.

 

As for your proposal, Brownlie has very little if any trade value at this point. Also, I don't think Hendry is going to trade Wood with his value as low as it is now.

 

I think this would be more likely:

 

Boston trades Ramirez

Boston gets Soriano and Dellucci

 

Texas gets Rusch, Nolasco, Mitre, Pinto and Patterson

Texas trades Dellucci and Soriano

 

Cubs get Ramirez

Cubs trade Rusch, Nolasco, Mitre, Pinto, Patterson

[back2backjax]

here is a fact...Z isn't going anywhere.

 

if we had to give up hairston to get manny, who plays CF? why not give pie a shot? maybe walker bats leadoff instead, but pie's D would be valuable and if he's the CF of the future, might as well start him now when he's not being counted on to produce a lot of runs. his speed would be a welcome addition.

 

hell, maybe burny goes to CF and murton to RF. that kid is going to be good.

[XZero771679666304]

here is a fact...Z isn't going anywhere.

 

if we had to give up hairston to get manny, who plays CF? why not give pie a shot? maybe walker bats leadoff instead, but pie's D would be valuable and if he's the CF of the future, might as well start him now when he's not being counted on to produce a lot of runs. his speed would be a welcome addition.

 

hell, maybe burny goes to CF and murton to RF. that kid is going to be good.

 

Pie is injured. And when he comes back, he's going to stay in the minors until he is ready anyway. THe soonest we could possible see him is with the september call-ups, and that's being optimistic.

[Backtobanks]

I don't think there's any way on earth that the Cubs are going to get in the middle of Ramirez' contract. He is one of the 3 best right-handed hitters in baseball, but he is a total flake, lazy, and owed a ton of money. The Tribune won't do this kind of trade.