notes on burnitz, rusch, walker, corey

[YearofDaCubs]

I dont want Soriano here period. He is the same type of player we do not want to add.

[Magnetic Curses]

I dont want Soriano here period. He is the same type of player we do not want to add.

 

i don't understand the fascination either. the same people who criticize the cubs in the past for "waiting for the 3-run homer" are the same people who want him, which makes me scratch my head.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

In case there's confusion, I'm not advocating Soriano in any way. I was just posing it as a possible direction the Cubs could be going.

[BigbadB]

I dont want Soriano here period. He is the same type of player we do not want to add.

 

i don't understand the fascination either. the same people who criticize the cubs in the past for "waiting for the 3-run homer" are the same people who want him, which makes me scratch my head.

 

That is not true, so please don't classify it as such.

[mg420]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

[BigbadB]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

Young is a 2b. He's only playing SS because Soriano refuses to move. I don't see Texas moving him. If they had it to do all over again, I'd take Prior over Tex again.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

The Rangers don't have any interest in trading Young. They view Young, Blaylock, and Teixeira as the core they are building around.

[mg420]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

The Rangers don't have any interest in trading Young. They view Young, Blaylock, and Teixeira as the core they are building around.

 

would they do it for wood, cedeno & cp? they might be building around those guys but without some better pitching they aren't going very far. rodgers was their best starter last year and besides being a psycho, he's up there in years. how is young on d btw?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

The Rangers don't have any interest in trading Young. They view Young, Blaylock, and Teixeira as the core they are building around.

 

would they do it for wood, cedeno & cp? they might be building around those guys but without some better pitching they aren't going very far. rodgers was their best starter last year and besides being a psycho, he's up there in years. how is young on d btw?

 

They might would do it for that, but they would have a hard time affording Wood's contract. I don't know if they would have much interest in Cedeno as they have some shortstops like Ian Kinsler rising through their system.

 

While they are always in the market for pitching, they have some young prospects that a rising and on the way. Wood might interest them, but they would probably want cheaper and younger if they move one of the "core" players. My guess is if we asked for any of the three of Blaylock, Tex, or Young the Rangers would want Zambrano heading their way. That's not going to happen, so I don't see a deal working there.

[mg420]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

The Rangers don't have any interest in trading Young. They view Young, Blaylock, and Teixeira as the core they are building around.

 

would they do it for wood, cedeno & cp? they might be building around those guys but without some better pitching they aren't going very far. rodgers was their best starter last year and besides being a psycho, he's up there in years. how is young on d btw?

 

They might would do it for that, but they would have a hard time affording Wood's contract. I don't know if they would have much interest in Cedeno as they have some shortstops like Ian Kinsler rising through their system.

 

While they are always in the market for pitching, they have some young prospects that a rising and on the way. Wood might interest them, but they would probably want cheaper and younger if they move one of the "core" players. My guess is if we asked for any of the three of Blaylock, Tex, or Young the Rangers would want Zambrano heading their way. That's not going to happen, so I don't see a deal working there.

 

no way the cubs trade zambrano. i thought the owner of the rangers coveted wood at one point which is why i suggested his name. i also thought they wanted walker when he signed with the cubs last year.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

hopefully neither soriano or mench (a right handed burnitz imo) will not be in a cubs uni's next year. i would be interested in mike young though if he can play 2b. maybe the cubs could ship cp, walker & a few pitchers like nolasco & ryu to the rangers for young. on a side note, in hindsight should the cubs have taken teixeria instead of prior? his #'s would look mighty nice in left field.

 

The Rangers don't have any interest in trading Young. They view Young, Blaylock, and Teixeira as the core they are building around.

 

would they do it for wood, cedeno & cp? they might be building around those guys but without some better pitching they aren't going very far. rodgers was their best starter last year and besides being a psycho, he's up there in years. how is young on d btw?

 

They might would do it for that, but they would have a hard time affording Wood's contract. I don't know if they would have much interest in Cedeno as they have some shortstops like Ian Kinsler rising through their system.

 

While they are always in the market for pitching, they have some young prospects that a rising and on the way. Wood might interest them, but they would probably want cheaper and younger if they move one of the "core" players. My guess is if we asked for any of the three of Blaylock, Tex, or Young the Rangers would want Zambrano heading their way. That's not going to happen, so I don't see a deal working there.

 

no way the cubs trade zambrano. i thought the owner of the rangers coveted wood at one point which is why i suggested his name. i also thought they wanted walker when he signed with the cubs last year.

 

The Rangers probably would like Wood, but with Zambrano they would be sure of having him 3 more years. If they trade for Wood, they have him one year and then lose him or have to keep him at 14 million for another season. Wood offers them nothing beyond 2006 while the Rangers are more concerned with building for the future. They want to contend in 2006 surely, but they won't sell parts of the future club away unless the moves add rather than subtract from that core.

[mhuber92211]

Can we questions why a decision on Corey would even be in the top 3 right now? I doubt it is. When is the non tender deadline? Then he would be a decision. I think the emphasis right now is on Walker & Rusch and also on roster construction. Remember the Rule 5 Draft is coming and the team still needs to set its roster for that.

[Magnetic Curses]

I dont want Soriano here period. He is the same type of player we do not want to add.

 

i don't understand the fascination either. the same people who criticize the cubs in the past for "waiting for the 3-run homer" are the same people who want him, which makes me scratch my head.

 

That is not true, so please don't classify it as such.

 

maybe not, but it seems this way.