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Why do you say that? Teams trade withing the division all the time. Sean Casey, the Captian of the Reds was just traded to Pittsburgh for a left handed pitcher. The Mets are most definately a player for Tejada. The sports talk radio here is polluted with the rumors. Yea, but it's not like Sean Casey is Manny Ramirez or Miguel Tejada. I'd trade Neifi to the Cardinals. I'd GIVE Neify to the Cardinals. I don't know, it might come back to haunt us. :lol:

It's a fluke. We should trade him while his value is high. :wink:

I know everyone would like to see something guaranteed solid to fill that question mark, but the quesion has to be asked: does that lineup allow the Corey Patterson Experiment to continue on the northside of Chicago? Would Cliff Floyd playing RF be enough to allow Neifi to start at SS? Same question. Not quite the same, in that Perez will almost definitely not improve, while it is possible, though unlikely, that Patterson will rebound and actually have a bit of value.

Remove Mora and Tejada and they are nothing but "weakness". that roberts cracker wasnt too bad I believe the correct way to phrase that sentence would be, "That cracker, Roberts, wasn't too bad." On second thought, "Roberts, that cracker, wasn't too bad," is probably the best.

Has anyone said this? I know that I've said Walker is close to being as good as Tejada, but I never said he was better, and I don't think anyone else has. Think Baltimore would take him for Tejada? Throw in anyone else also? I know what the answer from Baltimore would be-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It probably would, but that doesn't mean anything. You aren't even reading what I'm writing now, are you? All I'm saying is that acquiring Tejada probably isn't the best way to use our prospects.

Has anyone said this? I know that I've said Walker is close to being as good as Tejada, but I never said he was better, and I don't think anyone else has. EDIT: Wow, I must be about the 50th consecutive person to say that.

Because he isn't really that great of an offensive player. We got slightly less production from Walker last year that we would probably get from Tejada this year. Just because he plays a positon were offense is scarce doesn't mean we should overpay for him, especially if it is possible to upgrade more cheaply at another position. What were his numbers last year? No way is he comparable to Walker. Tejada last year: 304/.349/.515/.864 Walker last year: .305/.355/.474/.829 Try RBI's and HR's. Selective use of numbers is meaningless. NO ONE in baseball would try to equate Todd Walker being the equal to Tejada. Don't you think measuring by HR's and RBI's is being selective too? Besides, trying to measure a player with those stats doesn't give you the whole picture. Yes, Miguel hits more homeruns, but this is partly becuase he has many more at bats than Walker. Walker is close to being as productive as Tejada.

Because he isn't really that great of an offensive player. We got slightly less production from Walker last year that we would probably get from Tejada this year. Just because he plays a positon were offense is scarce doesn't mean we should overpay for him, especially if it is possible to upgrade more cheaply at another position. What? You think Walker produces anything near Tejada? That really makes me scratch my head wondering if I look at different numbers and evaluation of talent. Check their stats pages, or the stats posted on this board. They are not that far apart.

Because he isn't really that great of an offensive player. We got slightly less production from Walker last year that we would probably get from Tejada this year. Just because he plays a positon were offense is scarce doesn't mean we should overpay for him, especially if it is possible to upgrade more cheaply at another position. What were his numbers last year? No way is he comparable to Walker. His line last year was .305/.349/.515. His OBP was worse than Walker's by a bit, and his power was significantly, but not immensely, higher. I'd say that saying Tejada was slightly better than Walker isn't too far off base. In any case, a player with a .864 OPS probably isn't worth three or four good prospects, especially if that player is turning 30 and has a large contract.

Because he isn't really that great of an offensive player. We got slightly less production from Walker last year that we would probably get from Tejada this year. Just because he plays a positon were offense is scarce doesn't mean we should overpay for him, especially if it is possible to upgrade more cheaply at another position.

No way. We'd cripple ourselves. In what way? Cedeno isn't going to play SS and he doesn't have the bat for second IMO. Pierre is going to sign a 3 or 4 year deal with the Cubs so that gets rid of Pie. The pitchers would hurt but they might be gone for a Dunn or Abreu anyway so why not get a bat that covers a postion that most teams don't have one? We still need a RF, and there aren't any good ones out there. What do we have left to trade at this point? After the Pierre trade and this, there's nothing even remotely close to Major League ready that's of any worth. It also rids you of any rotation depth you have. Now you're looking at Prior, Z, Wood, Maddux, Rusch, and Wellemeyer is the only starter that could step in unless you're JC. We've already dealt the top two AA arms, so Ryu, who isn't a great prospect is the best player that's closest to the bigs. Making that deal you settle SS, but you no longer have any trading chips to improve the team, and the only thing you get is a 30 year old average defensive SS that'll hit .350/.500 at 12.5 million per for 4 years. Terrible idea for the short and long-term. If there aren't any good RF, why not get a SS who produces like a RF? Then you can afford to go after one of those not so good RF. Because it would be too expensive? Hendry could ask about this, but I'm not holding my breath, whether he inquires or not. The asking price would probably be much too high to be worth it.

Wilkerson is better by virtue of his OBP and SLG. Still, Pierre should do fine as a leadoff hitter.

What do you expect him to say? "The first major acquisition for my team this year sucks. Juan Pierre is an unreformable piece of garbage."

Sounds like Hendry's ready to go into the season with Cedeno starting at SS...Fine by me! He didn't quite go that far, but I'm sure he didn't want to insult Neifi. :roll:

However, I don't think the Cubs would play Pie in RF. Well that would make me throw up in my mouth. I can sorta see the reasoning behind Hendry giving multi-year deals to guys coming off career years, but a guy coming off a bad, bad season? That idea shouldn't even be entertained. I mean again. It would be a lot cheaper to sign a player coming off of a down year than a player coming off a career year. It still wouldn't be worth it if the contract was very long, though.

Hey, this is a truth-free zone! :evil:

Can she play CF?

Ooh, ooh, I vote #2! Let m4d rise from the dead to troll once more!

md4 didn't have much time on this board, and none of us ever really got to know him well. But those close to him know him as a compassionate, and caring person. They, and hopefully we too, will remember the good things about m4d. The laughter, and the joy he brought into our minds and our hearts. His friends know that this is the way he would have liked to have passed on; doing what he does best, trolling.

Let's not pretend Furcal was going to tip the balance. If this is true, it is a good thing that Hendry didn't try to go after him further,

Want to know who I'm betting on?

Don't ban yourself. I think of this like Gammons breaking a story. He doesn't ban himself from ESPN when he gets it wrong. FWIW I beielve you believe it is true. There is a difference between that and posting false stuff. I disagree. If he made up his conversation with Kasper, he falls under the category of rumor creator, and we don't more need of that kind of thing around here.

Well that was informative. :lol: I'm pretty sure what you are talking about is already being dicussed in another thread. EDIT: Darn, beat to the punch.

my computer was freezing up so I clicked submit a few times and it ended up posting three times. I know, it just seems that it is happening more often recently. Probably just a slowdown in the site causing many people to do what you did.

What's with all the double and triple posts lately?