Rob

Would that be a regression? That's basically what he is. It's more than just a couple walks. Willits: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/images/willire03_006.png Theriot: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/images/theriry01_006.png Fuld: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/images/fuldsa01_006.png Pie: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/pecota/images/piefe01_006.png

Wuertz + for this guys doesn't seem very sensible. "This guy" was #3 in rookie of the year voting last year. Yeah, and in 89 Walton and Smith went 1/2. ROY and other voting is meaningless to me. We're talking about a guy who has done a decent job hitting for average and getting on base at an old age for every level, and he hits for no power. I don't see him making much of a career out of his skillset. Wuertz, as a middle reliever, may be of equal value, but I'd much rather include Wuertz in a deal for something meaningful, not another 4th outfielder. Coming from a GM who so grossly overvalues veteran relievers, I can't imagine how he can justify trading one of his best + prospects for this guy. From what I see, he was 5th in voting. He would be our starting CF, IMO. Thats a scary thought. Pie and Fuld fight it out for the CF job in spring training. Pie spanks Fuld around a bit, wins the job easily. So we trade for a slightly supercharged version of Fuld... I could see the justification for using Willits as our CF against lefties. But he shouldn't be taking over against righties. And while I could probably stand the loss of Wuertz, tossing in more alongside him is grossly overpaying.

Marshall, I'd assume?

it's a lot better than Theriot's His D is fading fast. I'd rather have Theriot than Uribe right now. Really? Uribe is projected to have a .251 EqA. Theriot is projected at .237. And even if Uribe's defense is on the decline, he's still got to be much better than Theriot.

maybe i'm thinking of David or Chris I know Chris's old handle was something to do with the DJaxx...

Shut-up douche. says the guy with "cubbie" in his screen name Douche' I know...It's the only thing I could think of when I created a username. At least you tried to be creative. Take a gander at my username. Thrilling, aint it? yeah, but it wasn't always just Rob though, right? Incorrect. All of my posts at NSBB have been made under the "Rob" handle.

Shut-up douche. says the guy with "cubbie" in his screen name Douche' I know...It's the only thing I could think of when I created a username. At least you tried to be creative. Take a gander at my username. Thrilling, aint it?

I just traded for him in the fantasy league. I'm not expecting 40 SB. But I had damn well better get 20-25.

Not as absurd as the size of your sig pic, wow I dont have a sig and 7000+ posts is absurd....especially for Brian Roberts.... Pfft.. I nearly have 7000 posts about Brian Roberts by myself.

It was supposed to have been done in "about ten days" since about a hundred days ago.

He's on a minor league contract. I see no reason to not keep him in AAA until fate forces our hand... unless we think we can catch lightning in a bottle.

Group A: Ryan Howard Group B: Ryan Braun, Alfonso Soriano Group C: Vladimir Guerrero, Aramis Ramirez, Nick Swisher Group D: Chase Utley, Jeff Francouer, Gary Sheffield, Ryan Zimmerman, Nick Markakis WC: Mark Reynolds

So Bruce Kison is two people? :D After PA tears him in half for speaking with a member of the press, he will be...

You already have Aramis Ramirez at third, and Jim Thome at UTIL. Were you really counting on Longoria to displace one of them?

So you believe Billy Crystal is a Yankee?? :D At least somebody caught that...

180. Kelvim Escobar 181. Chad Cordero 182. Luke Scott 183. Ian Snell 184. Mike Napoli 185. Hank Blalock 186. Dustin McGowan

I really wont believe Roberts is a Cub until I've seen him bat while wearing a Cubs jersey.

Why isn't Colorado getting in on the Brian Roberts action? Seems simple to me: Baltimore receives Ian Stewart and Franklin Morales Colorado gets Brian Roberts Colorado increases their chances of winning the NL West, Baltimore gets a couple of key pieces to their rebuilding project. If I'm the Rockies, I'd rather try to play Stewart at 2B and give Morales a spot in the rotation this year.

170. Johnny Damon 171. Felix Pie 172. Jack Cust 173. Jeff Francoeur 174. Alex Gordon 175. Rafael Furcal

157. Ken Griffey Jr. 158. Jeremy Accardo 159. Evan Longoria 160. Randy Johnson 161. Freddy Sanchez 162. Edwin Encarnacion

1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Albert Pujols 3. Hanley Ramirez 4. Jose Reyes 5. Ryan Braun 6. David Wright 7. Chase Utley 8. Jimmy Rollins 9. Miguel Cabrera 10. Johan Santana 11. Matt Holliday 12. Ryan Howard 13. Grady Sizemore 14. Prince Fielder 15. Jake Peavy 16. Troy Tulowitzki 17. Victor Martinez 18. Carl Crawford 19. Alfonso Soriano 20. David Ortiz 21. Carlos Beltran 22. Brandon Webb 23. Vlad Guerrero 24. Ichiro 25. Derrek Lee 26. Russell Martin 27. Joe Mauer 28. Brandon Phillips 29. Brian Roberts 30. BJ Upton 31. Derek Jeter 32. Corey Hart 33. Josh Beckett 34. Manny Ramirez 35. Dan Haren 36. Robinson Cano 37. Justin Verlander 38. Erik Bedard 39. Aramis Ramirez 40. Cole Hamels 41. Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones 42. Adam Dunn 43. Mark Teixeira 44. CC Sabathia 45. Carlos Lee 46. Lance Berkman 47. Roy Halladay 48. Carlos Zambrano 49. Scott Kazmir 50. Francisco Liriano 51. John Smoltz 52. John Lackey 53. Chris Young (the outfielder) 54. Curtis Granderson 55. Brian McCann 56. Ian Kinsler 57. Magglio Ordonez 58. Jorge Posad 59. Khalil Greene 60. Carlos Guillen 61. Garrett Atkins 62. Felix Hernandez 63. Aaron Rowand 64. Geovany Soto 65. Chris Young (the weirdly proportioned pitcher) 66. Roy Oswalt 67. Aaron Harang 68. Ryan Zimmerman 69. Carlos Pena 70. Joe Nathan 71. Matt Kemp 72. Francisco Rodriguez 73. Dan Uggla 74. Gary Sheffield 75. Jonathan Paplebon 76. Daisuke Matsuzaka 77. Hunter Pence 78. Tim Lincecum 79. Rich Hill 80. Nick Markakis 81. Rickie Weeks 82. Kosuke Fukudome 83. Kenji Johjima 84. Fausto Carmona 85. JJ Putz 86. Takashi Saito 87. Jose Valverde 88. Todd Helton 89. Javier Vazquez 90. Nick Swisher 91. James Shields 92. Miguel Tejada 93. Brad Hawpe 94. Hideki Matsui 95. Travis Hafner 96. Edgar Renteria 97. Alex Rios 98. JJ Hardy 99. Chone Figgins 100. Billy Wagner 101. Joba Chamberlain 102. A.J. Burnett- picking for IMB 103. Bobby Abreu 104. Shane Victorino 105. Mariano Rivera 106. Placido Polanco 107. Kevin Kouzmanoff 108. Jason Bay 109. Josh Hamilton 110. Brad Penny 111. Michael Young 112. Torii Hunter 113. Adrian Gonzalez 114. Matt Cain 115. Eric Byrnes (IMB) 116. Huston Street 117. Adrian Beltre 118. Howie Kendrick 119. Brett Myers 120. Andruw Jones 121. Justin Morneau 122. Bobby Jenks 123. Ben Sheets 124. John Maine 125. Matt Capps 126. Delmon Young 127. Pedro Martinez 128. Francisco Cordero 129. Rich Harden 130. JI....JIM THOME 131. Tim Hudson 132. Adam Wainwright 133. Paul Konerko 134. Kelly Johnson 135. Ted Lilly 136. Yovani Gallardo 137. Joakim Soria 138. Rafael Soriano 139. Yunel Escobar 140. BJ Ryan 141. Trevor Hoffman 142. Pat Burrell 143. Josh Fields 144. Chad Billingsley 145. Kerry Wood 146. Jeff Kent 147. Jermaine Dye 148. Jarrod Saltalamacchia 149. J.R. Towles 150. James Loney 151. Lastings Milledge

You left out my Rafael Soriano pick at 138.

Ugh. Crisp hasn't been worth a damn except for 2004-2005... and he wasn't even very good then. I'd have no trouble giving up Marquis and Fuld to use Crisp as a platoon CF and bat off the bench. But if he wouldn't be happy with that role, we shouldn't be in any hurry to acquire him.

He doesn't have any inside info.

Winning isn't the point of spring training games. Setting the team up to win in the regular season is what spring training is for.