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And if Roberts REALLY wanted out of Balitmore, he would go publicly about wanting to be traded. That's not true. I think it's pretty obvious by his statements about the whole thing that he'd prefer to be traded, he's just not the type of guy that's going to come out and say "trade me". He said when the offseason started that he didn't want to be the "last man standing" in a rebuilding project.
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Hilarious. All this is doing is pissing off Derosa.
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Small update from Churchill at http://www.prospectinsider.com
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It has been widely reported that Jim and Andy actually did reach an agreement and then Peter Angelos stepped in and did what he does best, he got involved. Also, would someone please, please, please, show me just one article besides Ken Rosenthal's in the beginning of January that even remotely sites any credible source of the Indians saying they are interested at all? Because all I can find is the Rosenthal piece, which is two months old, and there hasn't been one whisper anywhere else that I can find of them still having interest. When I look now, all I find is knucklehead O's fans making this junk up in forums. Someone please link an article or real rumor to this somewhere. Of course, now that I've said this, the Indians are tayloring Roberts' Indians jersey as we speak probably. IMHO that would be fine with me, I'm tired of MacPhail holding a ransom over us. Let's just move on, I'd much rather see Hendry go after Chone Figgins. Eww. No thanks on Chone Figgins.
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Hendry denies that Roberts talks have heated up: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/825531,CST-SPT-cubnt05.article
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Ok, he responded. Ugh.
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I haven't asked him. The only reason I asked him about Roberts was because he had an Orioles contact. I have no idea if he'd know anything about the Cubs.
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I'm not sure if anybody is familiar with Jason Churchill or not, but he runs a site called http://www.prospectinsider.com. He's mostly a Mariners guy, but has contacts with the Orioles as well. Over the past month or so I've been in a little bit of contact with him through e-mails regarding the Roberts situation. I hadn't heard from him in awhile, so I sent him an e-mail yesterday asking what he thinks the chances are of the Roberts trade going through, and he said this: I sent him another e-mail asking if it was cool if I shared the info with this board, and he responded by saying it was fine as long as I gave a link to Prospect Insider. He also had this to say: I just got this e-mail and I have no idea what that means, so I sent him an e-mail to clarify. I'll let you guys know what he says. Any idea as to what that means?
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Nothing new here, but I haven't seen it posted. From usatoday.com: http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?UID=21148606613917ec&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a21148606613917ecPost%3aece19d86-0c47-4e0d-aed5-a10cf99031a5&loc=interstitialskip
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They finally said something about him on cubs.com.
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Has anybody heard anything at all? I haven't heard a single mention of him anywhere.
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Crane Kenney on ESPN 1000 w/Waddle and Silvy
17 Seconds replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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I see no reason that the minor injuries to those guys should affect a trade. Those are pretty much non-issues.
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If Fukudome bats 2nd, this lineup is going to be crazy top heavy.
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What did Kap say? Deal won't happen for at least 7-10 days. Are you sure he said "at least" 7-10 days, and not "within" 7-10 days? Somebody on OH said that he said a deal would happen in 7-10 days or sooner. Great, now my credibility is being measures against the always reliable Big Bird, Belkast, Peace etc. The writer said he thought Roberts would be a Cub by opening day, nothing had changed in the last 48 hours or was imminent and that he didn't think a deal would happen for 7 - 10 days at the earliest. No, it wasn't one of the "insiders". It was a Cubs fan that heard the same Kaplan report and heard it differently than you.
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What did Kap say? Deal won't happen for at least 7-10 days. Are you sure he said "at least" 7-10 days, and not "within" 7-10 days? Somebody on OH said that he said a deal would happen in 7-10 days or sooner.
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What did Kap say? Baltimore writer said Oriole scout on way to Mesa to scout Cub pitchers. Deal won't happen for at least 7-10 days. Thinks Gallagher and Cedeno in deal for sure. Orioles also want Ceda. Doesn't think the O's want Murton - don't think he would be a good platoon player. Thinks the talks wouldn't have gone on this long if a deal wasn't going to happen. If the O's take Marquis, Payton would have to go to the Cubs. Says O's not trading Sherrill. Is there anywhere that I can read/listen to that report?
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What did Kap say? There was a Cubs fan on OH who said that Kaplan went on TV and said that the Roberts deal is heating up and that the Orioles want both Pie and Ceda and the Cubs want Sherrill in the deal. The Pie part makes me skeptical that it would ever go through, unless the Cubs are planning to trade Marquis for Crisp and Pie, Ceda, and Marshall for Roberts and Sherrill. There have been numerous reports that Pie isn't going anywhere though. And I see no reason why this poster would lie, which is why I passed it along even without seeing it myself. There's no real value in lying about a television report that's just a rumor anyway. I'm pretty sure that guy is full of it. I've seen him post some ridiculous stuff over the past couple weeks and he seems to just be interested in getting a rise out of people. I'm 95% sure Kaplan never said that. Less than a week ago, that same poster said this: Yeah, sounds like a 15 year old messing around on the internet.
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I still don't get this Reds bandwagon stuff. That pitching is still garbage.
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That's not entirely true. I remember reading that the original deal between the Cubs and Padres was Michael Barrett, Jacque Jones, and Cesar Izturis for Greene, Bowen, and Linebrink. However, that trade fell apart for money reasons so the Barrett for Bowen and a prospect trade went through. Haha. Yeah, I *really* don't think that has any substance to it at all. Where did you hear about that?
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False.
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How will the bullpen look come opening day?
17 Seconds replied to cuubs4life's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
They're already said that likely only one of Pie/Fuld will make the team. Also, I don't think Fontenot serves any purpose on this team. He's not a good defender, he can't play multiple positions, he doesn't steal bases, and isn't great with the bat. -
Marquis - "start me or trade me": Lou - "He can go"
17 Seconds replied to JGalt73's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think Lou's reply pretty much puts a wrap on Jason Marquis' stint as a Chicago Cub. -
Did you guys see this post on OH? Seriously, what the hell?
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Anyone else hear that report by Levine? Yes, I heard it as well. BTW, I believe that all of Levine's "baseball beat" reports are on ESPNAM1000.com Do you know where? I can only find a Levine interview with Kerry Wood. The Woody interview was played this morning on Levine's "Talking Baseball" show. I can't check right now, because I'm on my phone and unable to open multiple windows, but yesterday, there was a link to all of his beat reports and interviews on the front page of ESPNam1000.com I found it. Thanks.