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I'd really like the Cubs to hang onto Guzman. I'm not sure of his value at this point, but it's not near what it would be if the Cubs held onto him and he got healthy. I think it's worth the risk to keep him around if at all possible, simply for the upside. Obviously, if it comes down to giving up Guzman and having Huff in RF or not giving up Guzman and having Jones in RF, then you trade Angel. If Tampa really wants Rich Hill, I'd probably add him and throw in another (any non Gallagher, Marshall, Marmol, Williams) arm and see if they would be willing to part with Lugo. If not, they have to throw in a prospect on their end.

Please trade Wilkerson to the Cubs for Patterson, Texas. We will even throw in 2 pitching prospects of your choice.

If you took away the ball, it'd just be a group of men in pyjamas standing around in a field. there's still swinging a bat and running the bases. you can at least go thru the motions of baseball without the ball, but you can't do anything in poker without cards.

I think he could. The Cubs would be below average defensively at all 3 positions, but at least they could field a competent offensive OF, which is a bigger concern right now.

A four team trade? Impossible! :wink: It is going to take a multi-team trade in order to bring the likes of Bobby Abreu to the Cubs. But how are you going to get Jeff Weaver to sign with the Phillies? Too bad sign-and-trade deals are not allowed. Not really a 4-team trade. It's 3 seperate trades involving 4 teams. But yeah, it's gonna take another team to get Abreu to the Cubs.

Boston has Trot Nixon in RF. Floyd has said that he does not in any way want to go back to Boston. If the Mets get Manny, Floyd will be available.

I wouldn't be mad depending on how it all went down. There's no way the Cubs should let Derrek Lee walk. If they bomb this season, and are out of it by July, and contract talks have stalled, then you get something for Lee. I wouldn't look into trading Prior either, unless the Cubs are getting a great, young player in return. If the Cubs could get 2-3 ML ready and talented players from Lee and Prior to add to Pie, Cedeno, Murton, Zambrano, and Aramis it would at least be an interesting team.

Apparently, Seattle wants Arroyo over Clement. But as for the gist of the post, I think Philly wants more for Abreu. I still don't know what they are gonna do with Michaels (who's a bench player at this point), but I think they want a more established arm if they are getting rid of Abreu. The deal gives the money to go after Weaver, but I think they have better courses of action.

Murton could barely put up a .190 IsoP in college, and aside from his brief MLB stint, hasn't been within 35-40 points of that mark in his professional career. I don't think it's very feasible for him to make that jump in power. IMO, his best bet for higher production is continued luck/ability with Balls in play combined with a boost in power. Something like .300/.360/.450. You make very good points, but I'd be interested to see something on minor league power numbers vs. major league ones. Murton hit for much more power in a limited sample size, but just how abnormal is that? Plenty of young players have come into the league and had an increase in power numbers Bay and Sizemore stick out. Plenty others have been able to at least maintain their minor league power production. Despite the fact that the pitching is much better at the major league level, I believe that it is strongly possible that HR power (and maybe XBHs as a whole) is easier to come by at the ML level than it is in the majority of minor leagues. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but I think Murton playing 40 games with the wind blowing out in Wrigley, 8 in MMP, 8 in GABP, 8 in Miller, and a few games Colorado, Philly, Cleveland will enable him to hit for more power than he showed in cavernous parks in the Florida State and Southern Leagues.

Jenkins 05: 292/375/513 Burnitz 05: 258/322/435 Plus Jenkins is 5 years younger. I really doubt the brewers trade him unless they are blown away prospect wise or it's a midseason salary dump. Burnitz 04: 283/356/559. career- 255/348/485 Jenkins 04: 264/325/473. career- 281/349/508 BURNITZ=JENKINS Burnitz 04- in Colorado, Career- on a severe downswing. Hasn't approached his career numbers since 2001 in a normal home park. Jenkins 04- admittedly horrible, career- on an upswing, 03 and 05 are his best seasons, and nearly identical. While I agree that their careers look similar so far, and they are remarkably similar types of players....there is no comparison going forward. Burnitz career numbers will keep dropping. Jenkins will at least be maintained for a couple more years. So, yeah for historical purposes Jenkins= Burnitz, but for the purposes of getting production in RF for the 2006 Cubs and beyond....it's not even close.

Best that could possibly happen with the news we've heard. I don't know why that guy thinks it's such a given that Green will be traded, much less to the Cubs, when he has a no trade clause.

The most disheartening things are, in order: 1. Giles was not on their list, whatsoever. 2. Abreu doesn't seem like he was ever an option. 3. The outside of the box is still scary to Mr. Hendry and the Cubs.

The old Cowboys vs. Indians thing. While the rivalry isn't nearly as old as Bears/Packers, it has had more success. The Bears and Packers have been pretty bad teams for a long time. Both were terrible from the late 60's until the Bears in the mid-80s. And the Bears have been mostly bad since. The Pack was bad from their SuperBowl teams in the late 60's until the Brett Favre era, and are now headed back down. At the same time, the Cowboys and Redskins have often played with more at stake, combining for 13 SuperBowls with 8 victories since the 60s. The Bears/Pack have more of a history, and I think the Skins/Boys rivalry is losing some steam w/o Landry and Gibbs, but I think it can be argued either way.

I actually almost completely agree with that list.

I wouldn't non-tender him either. But RF? You've gotta be kidding me.

But isn't Mike Davis coaching this team? :shock: He wishes.

Pirates got screwed. Mueller would have looked nice for them.

Caddy. Brown has been sharing more and more time with Ricky, and he's had a case of fumbleitis recently.

I think it was a Saturday Fox game...it was definitely in May though. No, I think it was a Sunday WGN game. And I also believe that it was Mother's Day, just like it was Mother's Day when Sammy got beaned by Solomon Torres. That was Easter in 2003 :D ah, you're right. something about spring holiday Sundays that kills the Cubs.

it's not that hard for him to be my favorite, since I hate most of this team.

He knows as soon as he gets "lei'd" HAHAHA. meh

If you took away the cards, it would be called sitting and smoking.

I think it was a Saturday Fox game...it was definitely in May though. No, I think it was a Sunday WGN game. And I also believe that it was Mother's Day, just like it was Mother's Day when Sammy got beaned by Solomon Torres.

Wasn't it Mother's Day when that happened?

Conor, Carlos, Chad, Chris (the names of the D'Backs top Of prospects).