Here's the real question. If we were to acquire aging former Brewer left handed slugger Geoff Jenkins would he outproduce aging former Brewer left handed slugger Jeromy Burnitz? Burnitz 2005 line with the Cubs: .258/.322/.435 I loved Burnitz because of his attitude. That's the only reason to love him.
We need to send in a team to take care of him. Who's interested in volunteering? http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/69/35/0000036935_20070111184710.jpg
Personally, I wouldn't do Hill for Crawford straight up either. There are better corner outfielders out there that can be had for less. Jason Bay, for example.
Al Leiter didn't get a full season of starting under his belt until he was 30. And Carl Crawford has absolutely zero chance to be Barry Bonds. No one with any credibility has ever made that comparison.
Absolutely nothing said about this on Tampa Bay radio. I'm gonna say this one is not true. I've been listening to the radio for 5 minutes now and haven't even heard "Crawford," "Chicago," or "trade."
To answer my own question, this is the station that is apparently reporting it: http://www.620wdae.com/main.html I'm at work and can't listen right now. Someone else try.
I'm not sure how you can compare Murton to Patterson. Murton is still a work in progress and put up good numbers in his only full season. And the issue here isn't that Pie may or may not succeed, it's that Jones and Hunter are both not good.