Does Hendry have a plan?

[St.Paul Cub]

I'm beginning to believe Hendry' going to make a deal with the Marlins for Castillo and Pierre. If this deal is made, I believe he'll back off Furcal and use the remainder of his FA money to go after Burnett/Milwood and a RF. When one considers it, a DP combination of Castillo/Cedeno makes sense and could turn out to be one of the better combinations in the NL.

 

Plus add a RF, but I'd be happy with that and think that's the way it's going. I think it's way to early to criticize the moves that have or haven't been made.

 

But Hendry has been making the moves for years now, and his moves have brought the Cubs to where they are now, a sub .500 team coming off back to back seasons that finished up in various forms of disaster. It's last call for Hendry. He's got to acquire some very good players and turn this team into a championship caliber team, quickly.

 

I don't think it's too early to criticize the direction of the team over the past few years, and it's certainly not too early to criticize the organization's blatant disregard for the one problem that has consistently haunted this team for several seasons in a row; that is the lack of walks taken by their hitters which leads to a low OBP which leads to fewer runs scored which leads to fewer wins.

 

Sorry for the confusion I meant to soon to judge this offseason. I think he knows that this year is important and that he can't just do a Sosa for Hairston trade and Burnitz FA signing as his signature move.

[CubsWin]

I'm beginning to believe Hendry' going to make a deal with the Marlins for Castillo and Pierre. If this deal is made, I believe he'll back off Furcal and use the remainder of his FA money to go after Burnett/Milwood and a RF. When one considers it, a DP combination of Castillo/Cedeno makes sense and could turn out to be one of the better combinations in the NL.

 

I'd rather have Castillo and Cedeno than Furcal and Cedeno.

 

Join.

 

I do believe Hendry has a plan. I just don't like it. IMO, the biggest gaping bleeding hole on this team is OBP. I don't believe Hendry sees it that way (except for MAYBE at the lead-off spot). We currently have zero right fielders on this team and Hendry allegedly is going to rely on a trade to fill that hole when a premier RFer is available in exchange for exactly zero players right now.

 

Sure, but that Giles bum only played in 158 games last year and 159 the year before. And what's with that .955 career OPS?

 

Seriously, how could he not be priority #1?

The notion that he is ready to decline in his offensive production and that his defense is already less than good could have something to do with it.

 

I would still be very, very, very happy if the Cubs signed him, but I believe their number one priority should be trading for Bobby Abreu who doesn't have any of the above concerns. I would rank signing Giles as the #2 priority.

 

However, even if he were #1 on the list, it doesn't mean that he should have to be the first guy signed. Just because signing/trading for a certain player is your #1 priority doesn't mean that it is going to be the first move you are able to make. The schedule with which players sign and/or are traded has a lot to do with the schedule of the winter meetings and the other players that are signed/traded first.

[Drew Doughty]

Well, Abreu is poor defensively too.

[badger1679666666]

Well, Abreu is poor defensively too.

 

but he won a gold glove.

 

:lol: :lol:

[Drew Doughty]

I'm glad someone said that sarcastically. I would have had to break bad otherwise.

 

>_>

 

:lol:

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I don't think anyone really KNOWS what his plan is. Who saw the Choi - Lee trade coming? Garciaparra? The repeated flecing of Pittsburg. And the mother of all trades: Hundley for Karros, Grudz, and CASH. (That trade nearly single-handedly sent us to the World series)

 

Now, he does vastly over-pay for worthless players like Neifi, overpays decent middle relief, cannot manage a roster for ANYTHING, and stresses all the wrong tools...so, knowing this, why would anyone know what he is going to do or is planning to do. His moves are either so horendously poor, or outrageously great, that no on can see them coming.

 

Looking at past deeds, I just hope he is involved in more trades than in the FA market.