Hendry on with Murph

[CubbieRich]

GM Jim Hendry will be on with Murph on The Score(noon-2PM Central Time) Don't know exact timing.

[Bote McBoteface]

MacPhail was just on XM's mlb station. I only caught the last part about Nomar and Furcal, nothing interesting. In fact i'm not even sure why I'm posting this.

[E.J.]

GM Jim Hendry will be on with Murph on The Score(noon-2PM Central Time) Don't know exact timing.

 

I'm sure it will be another interview where Hendry talks a lot but doesn't say anything. He's a master at that. I don't even know why the media does interviews with him anymore. They're always pointless.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Someone be sure to let me know if he mentions liking guys who catch the ball.

[goonys evil twin]

GM Jim Hendry will be on with Murph on The Score(noon-2PM Central Time) Don't know exact timing.

 

I'm sure it will be another interview where Hendry talks a lot but doesn't say anything. He's a master at that. I don't even know why the media does interviews with him anymore. They're always pointless.

 

Because people watch/listen and they get a few hours of programming out of the follow up debates.

[ManCrushOnNomar]

Of course I tune in to catch the very end of it...

 

How soon will it be up on their website to listen to?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Of course I tune in to catch the very end of it...

 

How soon will it be up on their website to listen to?

 

Don't waste your time. There was absolutely nothing there to listen to.

[Blueheart05]

Of course I tune in to catch the very end of it...

 

How soon will it be up on their website to listen to?

 

It's up now: link

[sweetpeteman]

MacPhail was just on XM's mlb station. I only caught the last part about Nomar and Furcal, nothing interesting. In fact i'm not even sure why I'm posting this.

 

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[YearofDaCubs]

HAHAHH WHAT A JOKE!! "If we pitch it good enough and we catch it good enough we'll win our share of games". Great way to end the interview. This catching the ball bs from Hendry is getting a bit ridiculous.

[goonys evil twin]

HAHAHH WHAT A JOKE!! "If we pitch it good enough and we catch it good enough we'll win our share of games". Great way to end the interview. This catching the ball bs from Hendry is getting a bit ridiculous.

 

Sounds awfully similar to MacPhail's terrible strategy to "build a team to contend within the division".

 

I'm convinced this franchise isn't trying to build a 95+ win team They would much rather finish over .500 in consecutive years and always be in the race in August than actually have a great season.

 

If I'm ownership, and I'm giving my management team the payroll flexibility the Cubs have had the past several years, I'd be furious with the strategy and results of the management team.

[CuseCubFan69]

If Hendry says "I think we'll win 95 games" and the Cubs do what they usually do he will be canned. If he stays safe with comments like that he'll stay around forever as long as the Cubs do the 500 thing as gooney pointed out.

[Diffusion]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

[YearofDaCubs]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing.

[Diffusion]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing.

 

Relievers that by rights should have an ERA around 3.50 based on their peripherals are very handy (and both Howry and Eyre are around that mark). But $4m each a year really is a steep price to pay for that.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing.

 

Relievers that by rights should have an ERA around 3.50 based on their peripherals are very handy (and both Howry and Eyre are around that mark). But $4m each a year really is a steep price to pay for that.

 

Honestly, at this point with Ryan getting over $9 mill and with Farnsworth getting over $6 mill, do the Eyre and Howry signings look that bad? I understand Ryan is better, but I dont think he is over twice the reliever Howry or Eyre are, and I think they are both better than Farnsworth.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing.

 

Relievers that by rights should have an ERA around 3.50 based on their peripherals are very handy (and both Howry and Eyre are around that mark). But $4m each a year really is a steep price to pay for that.

 

Honestly, at this point with Ryan getting over $9 mill and with Farnsworth getting over $6 mill, do the Eyre and Howry signings look that bad? I understand Ryan is better, but I dont think he is over twice the reliever Howry or Eyre are, and I think they are both better than Farnsworth.

 

Howry is more consistent than Farns, but Farns has had higher performance in the past. Farnsworth is better than Eyre. The problem with all of these signings is the years. Considering their ages and salaries, Farnsworth is probably a bad signing, Howry and Eyre are definitely bad signings, and Gordon is a terrible signing.

[Diffusion]

Hendry trying to justify Eyre/Howry contracts by pointing to where the market's moved since.

 

Overlooking of course that the Eyre/Howry deals contributed to the market going that way.

The Eyre signing doesnt bother me as much as the Neifi and Rusch signs. I liked the Howry signing.

 

Relievers that by rights should have an ERA around 3.50 based on their peripherals are very handy (and both Howry and Eyre are around that mark). But $4m each a year really is a steep price to pay for that.

 

Honestly, at this point with Ryan getting over $9 mill and with Farnsworth getting over $6 mill, do the Eyre and Howry signings look that bad? I understand Ryan is better, but I dont think he is over twice the reliever Howry or Eyre are, and I think they are both better than Farnsworth.

 

As I said, Hendry played a large part in setting the market, and he set it way too high. He takes two of the most widely overrated relievers off the market (because they're not relievers in the long term that can sustain 2.something ERAs), which limits the number of remaining options, and he also pays for the privilege in both dollars and years. Other relievers use the Howry and Eyre deals to justify yet higher and longer demands, teams get nervous about the market moving and they panic buy, and the whole process repeats itself over. The biggest beneficaries are those free agents that sign last before the money runs out.

[Soul]

Last year Hendry put all his eggs in one basket. When he couldn't dump Sosa in time for other free agents, our season was over before Spring Training ever began.

 

This year, more of the same. If the Cubs don't sign Furcal, it's over before it starts.

 

This Hendry fellow. Not good. Not even close.

[biittner77]

As I said, Hendry played a large part in setting the market, and he set it way too high. He takes two of the most widely overrated relievers off the market (because they're not relievers in the long term that can sustain 2.something ERAs), which limits the number of remaining options, and he also pays for the privilege in both dollars and years. Other relievers use the Howry and Eyre deals to justify yet higher and longer demands, teams get nervous about the market moving and they panic buy, and the whole process repeats itself over. The biggest beneficaries are those free agents that sign last before the money runs out.

 

Doesn't it also benefit the Cubs if the market is high? Perhaps he overpaid for these 2 guys but he effectively knocked a lot of teams out of the FA pitcher market thus creating more of a demand for pitching via trades. If his intention was to drive the price up so high that teams with limited resources couldn't get players they wanted then I'd have to say it worked out pretty well in that he got the 2 guys he wanted and everyone else is left overpaying. The trick now will be to use that surplus pitching he has in trades for OF help.

[mg420]

Last year Hendry put all his eggs in one basket. When he couldn't dump Sosa in time for other free agents, our season was over before Spring Training ever began.

 

This year, more of the same. If the Cubs don't sign Furcal, it's over before it starts.

 

This Hendry fellow. Not good. Not even close.

 

i would say prior, wood & jobo getting injured had alot more to do with the 2005 failure than anything else.

[cjbucks]

HAHAHH WHAT A JOKE!! "If we pitch it good enough and we catch it good enough we'll win our share of games". Great way to end the interview. This catching the ball bs from Hendry is getting a bit ridiculous.

 

Pretty sure he just said it to get that moran Murph to shut his pie hole.

[YearofDaCubs]

HAHAHH WHAT A JOKE!! "If we pitch it good enough and we catch it good enough we'll win our share of games". Great way to end the interview. This catching the ball bs from Hendry is getting a bit ridiculous.

 

Pretty sure he just said it to get that moran Murph to shut his pie hole.

No. actually he really meant it. He has been quoted in the past and I personally heard him say on a WGN interview he wants players who can catch the ball. There is no joke here unfortunately.

[YearofDaCubs]

Last year Hendry put all his eggs in one basket. When he couldn't dump Sosa in time for other free agents, our season was over before Spring Training ever began.

 

This year, more of the same. If the Cubs don't sign Furcal, it's over before it starts.

 

This Hendry fellow. Not good. Not even close.

 

i would say prior, wood & jobo getting injured had alot more to do with the 2005 failure than anything else.

So you were actually counting on Borowski who was coming off a serious injury? Not a good idea. If we had a better offense chances are we would have made the playoffs in 2005. THe fact that Hendry made the team worse and the incompetence of the manager had more to do with it if you ask me.

[JC]

You know, I can't stand blow hards like Murph on the radio. I really can't stomach listening to loud mouths like him. But, he held Jim's feet to the fire on a couple of issues that surprised me. Good for him. I wish more people would do that. However, the likelihood of repeat interviews declines exponentially.