RonnieWooWooSanto

Really? Aren't some those seats in the upper deck rather high up? I've never been there, so my impression is strictly based on eatching games on TV.

I want Loney, Laroche, AND Ethier for Maddux and ARam. Or, as I said in antoher thread, ARam to the Angels for Mathis and Kendrick. Turn Mathis around with Pie and Hill/Guzman to Florida for Cabrera. I could live with an infield of Lee, Kendrick, Cedeno, and Cabrera in 2007. Why Loney? He has great numbers at Las Vegas, but he would never play with Derrek Lee being the starting first baseman. Unless you want to use him in the outfield or were planning to trade him immediately.

This is just a hunch. but I think that if the Cubs trade Maddux they would make sure he would be sent to the west coast or near his Vegas home. Earlier on Milwaukee was a possibility due to his brother, but now it seems Milwaukee would be making a mistake to make a playoff push.

If anything it is probably worth the gamble. They give 35 year old Dessens and get a younger Perez accompanied along with a couple of minor leaguers. And from a financial perspective it is worth it for the Royals.

Good. So Aramis will be retiring as a Cub.

It's a good thing Neifi is a ball of energy. :lol:

It really is. Give me one team that wouldn't want Arod instead of their 3B, with the exception of maybe the Mets and the Marlins. I think Ozzie Guillen just recently said that Joe Crede is better than Arod. If anyone has heard this maybe you can clarify.

The absolute worst is when Jeff Brantley is on it. But, I do happen to like Tim Kirkjian.

Add Restovich to your second list. He just sat on the bench with the Cubs and is doing well at Iowa. He hit his 17th HR tonight.

I mentioned in another thread recently that I agree with John Schuerholz and Stan Kasten. They refuse to negotiate NTCs. The only NTCs they have are the ones that are already in contracts they receive via trade.

The Royals have been busy the past couple of days.

"Usually we don't make snap judgments on opportunities, unless the guy is just stinking up the place so bad you can't help it." So without even recognizing it, he is saying that they are not going to give players opportunities. If they feel there is a possibility that a player deserves an opportunity then at that point Baker and company will confer amongst each other and decide if the opportunity will be granted. So I'm assuming he meant to say......... Usually we don't make snap judgments with players we have granted opportunities, unless the guy is just stinking up the place so bad you can't help it. So what he meant to say is false and beyond that he was unable to correctly convey that erroneous statement.

Just a side note: The A's are last in the AL in OBP. Kinda interesting. Actually, Beane's researchers have discovered that OBP is actually overvalued in the market today and that speed and young pithing is undervalued. Why'd they let Freddie Bynum go? Maybe they would have kept him if he wasn't out of options.

The A's won 20 straight in 2002. Scott Hatteberg hit a walk off HR in the bottom of the ninth to win the 20th game. I was there and it was unbelievable. I believe that is the game that is detailed in "Moneyball".

Probably right. What else could we add? Think aloud, please. Walker? They've got Ramon Martinez playing 2B with Kent on the DL. Ohman? Beimel is the only lefty in their pen with Perez out the door. Nevin? As insurance on Nomar and a RH power bat for the bench. They also have been playing Aybar at 2b since Kent has been out. You might be on to something with Ohman. Nevin.... I'm not sure they would even consider it because of the reputation he has. They just got rid of their clubhouse cancer...Odalis Perez.

Probably right. What else could we add? Think aloud, please. Based on what Eithier has done thus far he will be costly at the moment. They are desperate for pitching......Maddux and Howry could possible get it done. The Dodgers might have to give a low minor league prospect also. Note: FWIW,Eithier is projected to a an average major league player. I recently read this. I'll attempt to find where I read it. Dodger outfielder Joel Guzman has more power and projects much higher than Eithier and reportedly the Dodger brass has soured on him a bit. Personally I like Eithier, but Guzman might be attainable and a great move for the Cubs if possible.

Why is he bringing Canseco into this? :lol:

I actually like the idea of holding out for something significant, even though he's not really worth much. Teams get stupid when going after name pitchers. You never know. well, yeah, hold out as long as you can. but if he's left to rot on the cubs' roster 8/1 because hendry couldn't get a top of the line prospect for him, i'm going to be kinda upset. if the cubs were in the dodgers position and they traded murton (who is half the prospect ethier is) for a guy like maddux, i'd be irate. i can't get too excited for the cubs being in sell mode for the first time in a while anyway because of how hendry and co. judge prospects and draft picks. i'm not getting my hopes up. Sort of contradictory: you don't trust Hendry to do the right thing in evaluating other teams' talent (a legit criticisim, IMO). But now Hendry is apparently willing to do the right thing and go after a good one, but you are killing him for shooting too high. Can't have it both ways, no? If he holds out and trades Greg at the last second for a B-level guy or two, we will know that an A-level guy like Ethier wasn't made available, even though JH tried to get one (assuming the veracity of Stark's report). So why not hold out? And since you mentioned it, how about Murton and Maddux for Ethier and low level prospect? The Dodgers don't need outfielders so they probably wouldn't even want Murton. They have Joel Guzman, Delwyn Young and Matt Kemp st Las Vegas. And Jason Repko rehabbing there. Not to mention JD Drew, Kenny Lofton, and Jose Cruz Jr at the major league level. Granted Lofton and Cruz will be gone after this season. But, pitching interests them and Maddux and Dempster could probably net the Cubs a nice deal Eithier or not.

Once again...... Padilla hit 3 White Sox batters. At both times he had good control. How do you know it wasn't intentional? How can you even say that in all certainty?

Since Rich Hill is the topic of conversation in this thread, here's a portion of a Q&A that was on Baseball America's website. The first Q&A has nothing to do with Rich Hill, but rather about drafting economically and whether or not it is worth it. Check out the link. It is worth reading if you haven't already.

What about Padilla? It wasn't intentional. It's a collection of things. Saying in the papers he was going to do it, and being pissed that Garland did not carry out orders to bean someone, it shows me he had intentions of hitting a batter, and that is unaccepatble. I'm not debating a possible Guillen suspension. I was only asking about Padilla. Padilla hit 3 White Sox batters. At both times he had good control.

What about Padilla?

I was reading the Fox Sports website and came acrossthis Dayn Perry article. I figured I would post a portion that deals with idea of the Cubs sending Jones to Oakland.

One of the advertsing banners on this website is for CardsGear(St. Louis Cardinals). It just flashed at the top of the screen. That is the first time I have seen that before. Probably not going to sell much here. :shock:

He takes some scary routes.