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  1. Little Slide Rooter
    That's just it. If we got him and sent him to Iowa, fine by me. However, the whole reason they're shopping him is because he equested a trade after being optioned to AAA after spring training.
  2. Little Slide Rooter
    @Cubs: #Cubs lineup vs. @Nationals 4/7: Johnson RF, Mather 3B, Castro SS, Soriano LF, Baker 1B, Soto C, Byrd CF, Barney 2B, Garza P Lefty killahs. Call it want you want, but it's U-G-L-Y.
  3. Little Slide Rooter
    That was quick.
  4. Little Slide Rooter
    Perhaps if July rolls around and were out of contention and don't get any offers, I guess we could do worse. I think he has a few years under team control. However, if we do have a fire sale at some point, the name of the game should be getting as many high ceiling prospects as possible, and even if the key to the deal is more Abner Abreu than Chris Archer then so be it, and hopefully we get an intriguing supplementary piece as well. If not, I'd assume that Byrd would be a Type B and the pick would also be more valuable than Lannan. I guess if we could get Lannan for Johnson or DeWitt maybe but there's nobody in the rotation I'd want to bump for him and even if someone were injured I'd prefer Wood and maybe Wells over him.
  5. Little Slide Rooter
    Perhaps try him in corner outfield spot. We don't have anything resembling a corner outfield prospect. The closest we have is Reggie Golden and who knows when/if he'll have his breakthrough.
  6. Little Slide Rooter
    I didn't realize that Simpson had been sent to Daytona. Is it progess related or simply a see what happens situation?
  7. Little Slide Rooter
    The bottom line is that there is 0 reason to trade Byrd for Lannan. Not now. Maybe not ever. You never know when a team is going to lose an outfielder or decide they need another right handed bat, and Marlon Byrd is the perfect target for a contender looking to add a solid bat without mortgaging their farm system. Take away Byrds injury shortened 2011, and between '07-'10 he has a .294/.350/.456/.807 line and is a serviceable outfielder. If he can get back to that for the first half of the season, then yes, I think that we can get a similar return as the DeRosa one, especially if we eat whatever salary remains. Maybe better depending on who needs what and how badly they need it. Even if he put up something more like his .276/.324/.395 2011 line, it would be better than a lot of 4th outfielders in the league and that alone would get us something like the Kosuke return or better. Remember, 1 more playoff spot means more contenders which means more buyers. Then again, we could be contenders in which case we wouldn't trade him at all, certainly not for a poor mans lefty Jason Marquis.
  8. Little Slide Rooter
    Dempster's seniority on the team Perhaps they thought that labeling him the teams default "ace" would boost his trade value.
  9. Little Slide Rooter
    Ugh If we had last years lack of pitching depth, I'd be interested in a flier, but as is, is he even an upgrade over Wells, Wood, or dare I say Coleman or Lopez? Byrd mentioned in the article. I know Byrd isn't going to net us any blue chippers, but we could certainly get a better return. Yeah, because you have any idea. I'm actually quite certain that we could get 2-3 high ceiling, low level guys and even if they never make it to AA it's still more valuable than another 6-7 starter/swingman. For Marlon Byrd? I doubt it, unless your definition of high ceiling is generous. Again, I'd use the DeRosa package as a template. While DeRosa was more versatile than Byrd, CF is also a premium position. Also, DeRosa was also a salary dump so if we were to take on most/all of Byrds remaining, we should get at least something similar. Hell, even if it was more like the Kosuke return it would be more useful than Lannan.
  10. Little Slide Rooter
    On the bright side, if Dempster can string together 3-4 more starts like this one, time to start shopping him?
  11. Little Slide Rooter
    Run of the mill journeyman middle reliever, has been with Royals, Rays, and Jays since 2004, was pretty good in 2010. First crack at the Nl, so there's that.
  12. Little Slide Rooter
    With another 35 mil, give or take between Dempster, Byrd, Pena, Zambrano, and some additonal miscelanny(Wood, Baker, Johnson) coming of the books after this season, if nothing else there's no excuse not to extend Castro.
  13. Little Slide Rooter
    With Rizzo + Vitters, there wasn't going to much corner IF playing time available for Smith. Not bothered by it, but not sure the point of getting rid of him over some of the 30 somethings.
  14. Little Slide Rooter
    Ugh If we had last years lack of pitching depth, I'd be interested in a flier, but as is, is he even an upgrade over Wells, Wood, or dare I say Coleman or Lopez? Byrd mentioned in the article. I know Byrd isn't going to net us any blue chippers, but we could certainly get a better return. Yeah, because you have any idea. I'm actually quite certain that we could get 2-3 high ceiling, low level guys and even if they never make it to AA it's still more valuable than another 6-7 starter/swingman.
  15. Little Slide Rooter
    A couple of names that arent coming up on any roster are Dunston and Gretzky. I'll assume that they're ticketed for AZL?
  16. Little Slide Rooter
    But the question would remain, would Lannan be an upgrade over Wells and Wood? Sure, he could be depth but he's requested a trade because he was demoted, and it wouldn't make sense to just push him over Wells and Wood simply because he was a malcontent with his last team.
  17. Little Slide Rooter
    Ugh If we had last years lack of pitching depth, I'd be interested in a flier, but as is, is he even an upgrade over Wells, Wood, or dare I say Coleman or Lopez? Byrd mentioned in the article. I know Byrd isn't going to net us any blue chippers, but we could certainly get a better return.
  18. Little Slide Rooter
    2 questions: 1. Was our lack of offense due more to Strasberg or our lack of offense or a bit of both? 2. Was their lack of offense due more to Dempster or their lack of offense or a bit of both?
  19. Little Slide Rooter
    Ugh.
  20. Little Slide Rooter
    Ugh, 3 walks in .1 inning for Kid K.
  21. Little Slide Rooter
    Not sure why we let him go and kept Maine, but whatever.
  22. Little Slide Rooter
    A White Sox friend of mine was telling me that Valbuena also terrorizes the White Sox. I looked it up, and he has a .308/.378/.474 line vs. the Sox and is pretty much hapless against everyone else aside from a very small sample size vs. the Cubs (1.538 OPS) and Brewers (.967 OPS). I guess he likes the greater Chicagoland area.
  23. Little Slide Rooter
    Please tell me someone else clicked that link. Man, that really let me down. I was expecting at least a Rick Roll.
  24. Little Slide Rooter
    this entire post made me vomit in my mouth Is this a big league bench or the heart of the order for the 2013 Newark Bears?
  25. Little Slide Rooter
    Sure, lets send the guy who could be really good to Iowa and keep 2 mop up men and an all stuff, no control gut. that would be maddening considering that Dolis' clock has already started ticking.
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