All this stuff is mixed up all over various threads so I figured I would start one where all of it can go since business is going to start picking up.

With Granderson down again and seemingly always injured I wonder what the Yankees would have to offer up for DeJesus.

I mentioned it elsewhere but with the Sawx having a decent season there could probably be a piece like Valbuena they would like to pick up with Bard coming back in return. I think they are over him but there is a hell of a lot of life left in that arm.

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Wow. Bard's in the minors, healthy, and not even pitching. He can't locate the strike zone. I'd be curious to hear the Epstoyer opinion on this guy.

I thought he pissed them off by demanding to be a starter and that didn't work and now they are in a pissing match. As long as he isn't a total dickbag of a person like Ian Stewart I think a change of scenery will do him good.

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They had Bard see a doctor last week. It was a psychiatrist. I wouldn't want to give up much, but I'd certainly take a chance on him.

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who is this Bard you guys are referencing? I'm assuming you don't mean William of Shake Spear.

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Theo was not happy after the game today. I think it was with Sullivan but in an interview he was expressing some displeasure with the OBP of the team and the lack of improvement in it. He seemed to throw down a challenge to the current staff and lineup to either fix it or he will find someone who will.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/ ... -cubs-obp/

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Fuji is on the DL again and Sanchez is coming up. He might actually be a decent addition to the pen.

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Sanchez has nasty stuff, none of which goes straight. He has Marmol-like control, however.

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If Theo has the balls.....this is when you trade Baez. His glove is terrible with 23 errors in 40 something games. His hitting is ok. Power is there but it sounds like make up and intangibles are very poor. He has some good raw tools but he also appears to be a total shithead. He is still a big prospect that has tremendous value. If you know he is going to be a lazy shithead then trade him to San Diego for Chase Headley. I just have a bad feeling that keeps getting worse about him.

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Alex Burnett has been claimed off waivers and added to the team as a replacement for Fuji who might be done for the next 12 months. According the the Japanese media he felt something snap in his elbow.

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If we can’t make improvements with the existing group, we will have to be even more aggressive acquiring players with on-base skills.”


Is that a threat to do his job better?

I see what you are saying but you want to get top of the rotation starting pitching for that type of big name prospect.

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Im all for trading prospects that are valued highly, but not because they seem like an asshole.

Most good MLB players are assholes

Oh I know a lot of good players are asshats but they respect the game between the lines. Baez worries me because it sounds like he is lazy with a poor work ethic and doesn't play the game the right way. That is exactly the kind of guy I want to dump off on another team for an established sure thing.

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Marmol has had a few real good games which is mind blowing. You might be able to throw out some bait and get a low level semi-prospect provided you pay most of the cash. They need to open a roster spot for Stevie Ballgame who is dominating his rehab assignment in Iowa.

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Unless there is an injury, they may have to DFA Clevenger or trade him unless he has an option left??

He hit 3 home runs today in Iowa. Get rid of one of the shit arms in the pen. Camp is first on the list.

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Didn't hear the news on the 3 bombs. Not really much of a role for him besides PH really unless they trade Navarro and make him the #2 catcher.

I'm underwhelmed by the rumored centerpiece of this deal.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minor ... ente001rey


Rumor: San Diego Padres in on Matt Garza to the Tune of Three Prospects
By Brett on June 24, 2013

Peter Gammons doesn’t always provide a lot of context for his reports these days, but you can’t deny that he’s got his sources. And I guess one of them was spilling beans on the San Diego Padres’ desire to pick up a starting pitcher. Specifically, Matt Garza.

Gammons reports that, according to a GM source, there is something going on between the Padres and Cubs involving Garza, Padres’ outfield prospect Reymond Fuentes, and two other unnamed prospects. Gammons doesn’t go any further than that, and you have to do a little dot-connecting to even get that far. Are these preliminary talks? Another GM speculating? Is this something that’s actually on the table? Are those other two prospects any good?

I suspect that, if there are specific prospect names being floated, the talks are a shade beyond preliminary. That said, it’s still June. As we know, during trade season, front office executives talk to dozens of other front office executives about hundreds of possible trades. The vast majority fizzle before they even become a realistic possibility. Just be careful about getting too caught up in every single rumor.

This one, however, does have some superficial appeal. The Padres are in the market for a starting pitcher, according to a recent Jon Heyman report. And, given their budgetary constraints, they’d likely be looking to pick up an inexpensive option or one that comes from a team that can send cash (like the Cubs). A good chunk of the Cubs’ front office came over from the Padres (GM Jed Hoyer, VP of Scouting and Player Development Jason McLeod, and Scouting Director Jaron Madison), so they certainly know the system well, and probably have pet favorites they’d like to import.

As for Fuentes, specifically, he’s a former Red Sox first round pick who was – you guessed it – traded to the Padres in the Adrian Gonzalez deal (with Anthony Rizzo). An outfielder, Fuentes mostly played center field until this year, when he’s been shifted primarily to right field. In right field, his bat doesn’t play nearly as well, because he’s a speedy guy without a lot of pop. He’s repeating AA this year as a 22-year-old and killing it there (.332/.419/.472), but really struggled in his first go around at the level (.218/.301/.302 with 133 Ks in 541 PAs – ouch). Because of that down 2012 season, he’d fallen off of most folks top 10/top 20 Padres prospect lists coming into this season. That makes him a nice buy low candidate (if, for example, the Cubs front office knows something about that 2012 season or adjustments he’s made this year), but it doesn’t make him a particularly attractive centerpiece in a Garza deal – especially in late June when the market hasn’t fully developed yet.

If the Cubs dealt Garza (and cash) to the Padres for Fuentes and two prospects, well, I couldn’t really call that a win or a loss until I knew the identities of the other two prospects. Did Gammons list Fuentes because he was the biggest name in the deal? Or is that the only name he was told/only name he recognized immediately, and the other prospects are arguably better? If it’s the former, well, it’s hard to see the deal making sense for the Cubs. Which is to say I’m guessing the explanation hews more closely to that second possibility.

Fuentes, for his part, looks like a quality outfield prospect. And, despite the Cubs’ outfield talent lower in the system, they could probably use a young outfielder who is theoretically ready to step in as a starter in 2014. It remains to be seen whether Fuentes even is that kind of guy, but I imagine that would be the thinking.

We’ll see if more smoke comes out of this Garza/Padres stuff, or if Gammons was merely reporting one of many preliminary Garza-related rumors that are probably swirling right now.

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Fuentes is what the previous regime thought Ceaser would be. I'd be surprised if Theo and Co didn't try to somehow get Cory Spangenberg in that trade

No deal to the padres if Headley isn't part of it IMO.

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How can they give up Headly in a deadline trade. They need him for a playoff run.

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They are 1 game over .500. They need to lose a few games and give up the dream and then trade Headley because they wont be able to sign him.

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So long Ian Stewart and Carlos Marmol

I wonder if there will be corresponding moves in the minors of if Vitters and Jackson just come off the DL so they can get hurt in a week and go back on it.

Takahashi was traded for cash or a ptbnl or nothing...last week.

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Can't believe there's any debate on whether to keep or shop Russell. MLB bullpens and performances vary so much year to year, almost 100% of the time you sell high. Russell should go to the highest bidder.

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I'd like to have Vitters on the South Side. Is his defense that bad?

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WTF? Heyman says the Cubs are not "inclined" to trade him? Hopefully this is the Cubs trying to drive up their asking price.

Thankfully it's from Heyman whose sources have been inconsistent at best. It's not like we are talking Aroldis Chapman type talent. He's been a very good reliever (even though Sveum uses him as a LOOGY too often). A team can rebuild a bullpen in one offseason. It's done every season. Get what you can for him.

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