Little Slide Rooter

Nice little tribute to Marmol there Gregg. But just in case, get on the horn Epstein.

Javier Baez postponed due to rain.

Love it. When some of the flotsam at AAA gets cleared out, i'd like to see a few AAA starts this year for him. I'd like to see him, Cabrera, and Rosscup on Iowa in the very near future. Alcantara seems to be in a bit of a slump. .195/.250/.341 in his last 10.

How about the Pirates as a trade partner? With Tabata on the DL, they have a hole in RF, and even then they could use a lefty out there. What was once a very strong rotation is now injury plagued with McDonald, Wandy, and Burnett on the DL. Not sure when they're expected back, but if in the not too distant future I could see them interested in Feldman as a temporary fix. If any are expected to be out longer, then they'd surely be interested in Garza.

Oh good.

Gallardo hasn't given up an ER in his past 3 games. But at least we can crack DUI jokes as he shuts down our meager offense.

Nobody knows in America. Puerto Rico's in America. And about Soler...

Welcome to every Scott Boras client ever. Boras is playing chicken. Jed and Theo are calling his bluff. They're back and forthing hourly while the kid nervously paces and Boras' assures him that he has it under control.

I'd love to see a bounceback from Hendricks after getting roughed up last time out.

That's a terrible return for the Cubs. Again, IMHO 1 Top 10-25>2-3 Top 50-100 You should get 2 top 50-100 guys (basically the Jimenez trade) or Castellanos plus a high risk/high upside lower level arm for Garza ALONE IMO. So to also get Schierholtz/Gregg/Navarro, you should be getting more than what you got. Castellanos, Garcia, and Thompson plus whatever is probably the package I would go for unless you can get Smyly? That package doesn't get me all giddy, but then again Detroit doesn't really have the system to pull off a trade like that. That's a terrible return for the Cubs. Again, IMHO 1 Top 10-25>2-3 Top 50-100 You should get 2 top 50-100 guys (basically the Jimenez trade) or Castellanos plus a high risk/high upside lower level arm for Garza ALONE IMO. So to also get Schierholtz/Gregg/Navarro, you should be getting more than what you got. Castellanos, Garcia, and Thompson plus whatever is probably the package I would go for unless you can get Smyly? That package doesn't get me all giddy, but then again Detroit doesn't really have the system to pull off a trade like that. Remember, we're talking about 2-3 months of Garza. I think that Jimenez had a few years under team control at the time. It's not often that a team is going to give up that much for a rental. That's a big part of what made the Dempster/Delgado deal so huge, and ultimately disappointing. Sometimes you'll get lucky with a team thats all in and willing to give up whatever it takes to make it happen; the Sabathia trade rings a bell, but Garza is not Sabathia, and the Tigers aren't in the need for front end pitching that the 2008 Brewers were.

Just saw that. You can't hope for anything better than that. As meaningless as it is. Its still really good to see. I don't know about meaningless. From what I understand about the DSL, ERA and WHIP should be taken with a grain of salt but the BB/Ks are what's relevant.

CF Bobby Hill Hopefully we hurry up and flip him along with Cody Ransom and Eric Jokisch or Matt Loosen for the next Aramis.

That's a terrible return for the Cubs. Again, IMHO 1 Top 10-25>2-3 Top 50-100

Thank you to whomever added Villanueva as I was going back to add him :good:

Which of the following players will Still be Cubs by 9/1/2013? I think that the only remotely surprising one is Russell, and both DeJesus and Schierholtz are moved. Soriano sticks around until at least the Spring.

So who is the first major player to be moved?

Detroit's wish list seems to be as follows; Need-Closer; Kevin Gregg Need-Catcher; Navarro Want-Left Fielder (talking of replacing Andy Dirks); Schierholtz, DeJesus, Soriano Luxury-Starting pitcher(Sanchez on DL, Porcello bad) Garza would give them the best overall rotation in baseball; Verlander/Scherzer/Sanchez/Garza/Fister or Feldman would be a nice #5 for them. Any chance that we could get Castalannos out of this? My thinking is that Schierholtz would have to be in the package, as his value goes beyond his stats due to his price and remaining years under team control . Say Garza, Schierholtz, Gregg, and Navarro for Castelannos+either 1 more quality piece or 2-3 lottery tickets/fringe guys? Maybe Crosby or Garcia enters the mix? I'm aware that we put our top 3 trade chips in one basket, but would it not be worth it for one top 10-25 prospect as opposed to 2-3 top 50-100s and a handful of lottery tickets?

Snake oil or not, if we could end up with something of value for Gregg, who we not only pulled from the bottom of the scrap heap, but many fans were infuriated when we did so that would be quite a win.

Szczur 3-6 1 BB Alcantara 1-3 2 BB, Almora 2-5 2 2B, Candelerio 2-5. Good night for relevant prospects aside from Baez, who was 0-4, but no K's. Speaking of relevant prospects, any word on Soler?

Great reliever, great price, but I like to think that they'll at least entertain offers.

When was Marmol Fan born from the ashes of Starlin Fan?

The Hooner filled in for the injured K Jax. The I Cub OF now consists of Hooner, Sappy, and Darnell "Not Good Enough for Even an Awful Nickname" McDonald. My guess is that Ty "He's Still Here?" Wright will take over, but who knows.

Rock Shoulders may not be keeping up his insane early season pace, but he's not going away. Before tonight, was at .269/.375/.502. Any chance he makes his way to Daytona in the near future?

Must be in effort to up Ransom's value from throw in to slightly more attractive throw in. It's because Castro sucks right now and the FO thinks he needs a day off. While this is all very true, if it was that simple I'd expect them to move Barney to SS, and Valbuena and Ransom at 2nd and 3rd or vice versa. That and the fact that we have 6 outfielders. But hey, who doesn't like outfielders?

Does Nolasco even have more value than Feldman at this point? Especially if Nolasco requires absorbing $6MM and Feldman doesn't?