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  1. Hanner Perea to IU.
  2. Keith Law crapped on this deal on ESPN Insider. In short, DeWitt can't run or hit. Wallach's velocity hasn't improved and he can't be taken seriously until it does. Also thinks he is too old for his level. Thinks Smit could be a capable middle reliever fairly soon.
  3. I was there that evening. What a wild game. Cubs gave up quite a few runs in the 9th to the Rockies and then the Cubs came back to win it on a Soriano blooper in the 9th.
  4. The Hermida love never dies, haha. Where in the world would he play?
  5. Curious to see if anything else happens today (Nady, Fontenot, Fukudome etc). Seems like most of trade candidates the Cubs have left could easily slip waivers and go into August though.
  6. He'd obviously upgrade over Theriot. Looking over his numbers he didnhave some good years before his final stinker of a year in Atlanta. Guess it all depends if Theriot is invoked in the Lilly deal or not.
  7. I'm use a bit skeptical about his true value and ability outside Arizona. For Theriot? Sure, but his HR number will give him a probably unwarranted salary boost.
  8. Apparently Lilly would mind though. IIRC the Twins are on his NTC list. Yeah, I know. I always wonder though if they change their minds over time. A lot can change, the Twins are in the race and play in a new park. That might matter, then again it might not.
  9. Chill. What are your expectations from Zambrano going forward though the end of his deal?
  10. Gammons thinks Lilly will stay. Said the Cubs would ideally like to trade him and possibly look to resign him. Doesn't think they are getting what he is worth, and if they don't, will not trade him.
  11. I guess I'm just more down on Zambrano than most, and due mainly to his production, not the other issues. I don't think a potential trade of Zambrano would really hurt the Cubs all that much on the field. The Cubs are in a hole with his contract whether they keep him or not.
  12. Making it all that much dumber to be actively selling him, at a low. I'm not arguing that point, I agree. I just don't think is at all surprising to anyone.
  13. Do you really think it was a secret around MLB that the Cubs would like to trade him if possible? Like I said, its is far from an ideal situation, but I don't think a Twitter post blew the secret that Cubs might want to move him. It's not the twitter post that informed the league, it's the Cubs informing the league that led to the twitter post. This team can't keep going into offseasons intent on trading away assets. It's horrible business. I don't think the Cubs had to tell the league. Looking at his production, salary, and other issues tells teams all they need to know that Cubs would probably like to move him if possible.
  14. Do you really think it was a secret around MLB that the Cubs would like to trade him if possible? Like I said, its is far from an ideal situation, but I don't think a Twitter post blew the secret that Cubs might want to move him.
  15. Is trading Zambrano that big of deal? The situation is not ideal, the Cubs will be paying quite a bit or have to take back a contract just as ugly. I'd assume the issues would be more to do with that and not because of any production lost from Z. I guess there is always hope that he can get back to what he used to be and everything will be fine. Are there realistic hopes that he can be close to what he once was?
  16. With guys like Wells there are always going to be some doubt and question marks. I think it is fair to see that he has average stuff. There will be days when he gets knocked around when not hitting his spots. Despite that, he's cheap and has done well as a back end guy. I think Wells becomes much more valuable as that back end guy with a few "better stuff" guys in front of him.
  17. Interesting article on baseball academies in the Dominican. The Cubs complex is not painted in the best light. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2004099,00.html
  18. What do you think the market for Fukudome is? This was just posted by Olney: Is there any hope to get a decent player back or do you think the Cubs are just looking to dump the salary. What is his value?
  19. Mark Riggins on the minor league side. Riggins is great. He's had multiple chances to be a major league pitching coach (he was with the Cardinals for a short time) but prefers to work with minor leaguers. I'm biased because I know him, but he is very good at what he does.
  20. He's out due to the thumb... http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5353885
  21. I doubt there is much to this. The Cubs really don't have room for another OF as it is. The part about the Cubs then wanting to trade Byrd doesn't seem to make a lot of sense either.
  22. Castro has been taking a few walks lately. Although I think this last one was more of Cueto being careful and working around him in order to get to Wells.
  23. Pretty hilarious how hard it is for the Cubs to score a run right now.
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