CoolHandLuke

They better have the time when his hairpiece caught on fire.

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-I would have not resigned Neifi or Rusch - " " signed Eyre or Howry to the deals they got, but would have still persued them. - " made an attempt to sign Giles and BJ Ryan -Walker would be penciled in as the starter at 2B -pursued a guy like Byrd or Weaver as the 4th/5th starter to go along with JWill -if we lost out on Giles and failed at bringing in someone like Abreu, I would look to bring back Burnitz before signing crap like Jones. -Made my number one cf option Milton Bradley instead of Pierre -BAKER WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE

ADF as well

I'm pretty sure he can't be traded but I would love Brandon Erbe.

I could be totally wrong but when you mention Moneyball shouldn't you italicize it? I though Book titles get italicized and articles in journals, magazines, etc. get quotation marks.

I agree 100%. we are talking about a pitcher that has combined for 156 innings the past three years. and contrary to what has been said earlier, he's not in his early 20's, he turned 25 a few days ago (not that his age is the death of his potential). furthermore, if this trade is gutting the system for a player that isn't a difference maker (and for the record, I disagree that Huff wouldn't be a difference maker), what would happen to the system for a guy that is a difference maker? edit: this is posted before seeing what Tim wrote about misinterpreting. nonetheless, I think Guzman's greatest value to this team, considering the presence of Williams and Hill, is to ship him out. yes, players recover from injury, but rarely does a pitcher recover from labrum surgery and go onto have any sustained success. He just turned 24, not 25

What constitutes something being a "cola drink"? Just curious. I say soda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola

No. They just substitute the word cola for either 'pop' or 'soda'. Example: Do you want me to get you a cola? I'm pretty sure it is referring to people calling all soft drinks "coke"

As opposed to the great shortstops weve had. And what a horrible reason to not want to improve your team. Trading ARam for Tejada would not improve the team noticeably. Their offensive numbers are similar enough that it would be a wash, and the same problems would remain. Acquiring Tejada is only an impact move if Lee and Aramis are still on the team. Not if you get back Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis with Tejada.

They should really consider making him special hats with a narrower bill.

Or the Gremlin himself!!

OMG When I read Erstads name I puked a little bit in my mouth. This offseason just keeps getting better and better...

By no means am I a big Corey fan like a lot of people on this board are, but... why would KPat in RF be a "horrible" idea? Assuming we land Tejada (I know, big assumption) I'd be completely fine with Corey batting 8th for the Cubs next year. At his best Corey would be an average right fielder offensively. His defensive strength is his range, not his arm, which means that he would be wasted/ineffective defensively in RF. Most of all though, Corey in RF is an absolute failure to get production from a corner OF spot. If you go into next season with Cedeno, Murton, AND Patterson in your lineup, you're just asking for trouble, and it doesn't really matter all that much if you get Tejada, you've still got about half your lineup that has a very real chance of falling completely on its face. I think the question at hand is are the other options that much better than Corey? Will they get us into the playoffs? I think the answer is no, it would not be a big enough upgrade. So why not give Corey the chance to prove himself? If that is the question at hand then I think the answer has something to do with trading Derrek for a boatload of prospects/young guys who can help down the road. The reality is that most people including Jim Hendry have some aspirations of winning something this year and when the question is "what can we do to win this year?" then Corey Patterson in RF better have nothing to do with the answer.

Pat Burrell's value (disvalue) in his down year was tied entirely to his batting average, which, I would guess, was very much affected by his BABIP which, I would also guess, indicated he had a pretty unlucky year. Corey Patterson does not get on base at a decent clip even when he has a meciocre average so I don't get that comparison at all except that they were the same age.

That's not even close to what they supposedly were asking from us. I forget the name of their pitching prospect, but considering Anaheim's superior minor league system, he's probably better than anything the Cubs are offering. Cabrera & Shields are nice pickups too. Anaheim's pitching prospects aren't anywhere near as good as their hitting prospects. I was just going to say the same thing after reading that post.

This trade is bad for the sox unless they can flip one of their extra starters for immediate offensive help. When you have a rotation of Buehrle/Garcia/Garland/Contreras/McCarthy you dont trade your top prospect for help in the starting pitching department.

This caught my eye: Wow, Jon Garland and Chris Young would be way overpaying

All he did for them was hit worthless home runs when he should have been bunting and stealing.

ditto

I never said they had to trade him, I was just saying you can't compare this situation to Derrek Lee. And Pie, Williams, Hill and Cedeno are not exactly assorted crap.

Comment: I doubt Mateo will be able to stick on the Cards 40 man the entire season, he'll likely be returned by the end of Spring Training. wouldnt he have to stay on the 25 man roster to remain with the cards?

Derrek Lee didnt just request a trade either

I have a question. Why do some proposed lineups have Tejada between Lee and Ramirez? I wouldnt definately put tejada in the 5 hole behind Ramirez. It's not like he hits lefthanded

CQ!