Jon Heyman of SI says it's $6MM, not $9MM, coming back.

I would've preferred that.

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Second City Saint

Just when I thought the Mariners were heading in the right direction

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

They are. They hate Silva as much as the cubs hate Bradley.

Cubs hate for Bradley > Mariners hate for Silva

Keyser's hate for the Cub = Keyser's love for the Cub

True, but the Mariners wouldn't do that. They wanted to dump their big pile as much as the Cubs. Would the Cubs just cut Silva now and "save" the couple million over just cutting Bradley? I suppose as long as he's paid for, you keep Silva and pray he's decent enough to be #5.

Now batting MARK TEAHEN

It won't happen, but if it did, that certainly would be the biggest F U to the Cardinals and Card fans.

What's funny is, right now, the Card fans are all saying how Holliday isn't worth big money and if he is demanding big money, then the Cards are better off without him. However, you just know that if the Cards and Holliday do work something out, regardless of how much money he costs, he will be praised as the best thing ever... you just know it.

maybe now hendry will move on to more important things that need to be done with this team. good riddance and now everyone can stop obsessing over it

Martin where ya been...we were just talkin' bout you.

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I don't think they are all saying that, at least this fan isn't saying that. Holliday is getting a fair offer, and he'd be foolish not to consider hitting in a lineup where opposing teams are constantly walking Pujols with ducks on the pond.

No way Holliday makes any sense to the Cub, he can't play center or right field.

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You find a way to fit Holliday into your lineup.

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Second City Saint

that is the last thing this team needs to do, sign another big money guy to play a position he cant play. signing willie mays in his prime to play center would not get this team over the hump and winning a world series. no more big money, back-loaded long-term contracts. enough.

The Mariners signed this guy for $48 million over 4 years in 2008? Holy crap that was dumb. It's not like he was good and then fell apart; he'd had one good season, in 2005.

Throw him in the bullpen and hope he can eat up some innings.

Yeah and people are praising Jack Z for finding someone dumb enough to trade for him. Jim Hendry, the gift that keeps on giving.

It's just less money to pay a guy to stay home but I still think there was a better deal out there to be had. Hold on for a while, talk about how you talked to him and he's changed, let time pass for people to forget and then trade him when you don't look so desperate. This only saves you about $4-5 mildo. There was a better way to play this.

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You know me like that.

I REALLY want to find out what TB's offer was for Burrell. Burrrell has value as a 4th outfielder/pinch hitter or they could have traded him to an AL team. It's hard to believe the best option was trading for arguably the worst player in baseball.

playing what? Fourth baseman? Unless he took a bat to Soriano's knee first, there's no position for him.

Watch Silva come in and be fine. AL to NL might be good for him. I'll go out on a limb and call it a good trade for the Cubs that puts 'em back at the top of the Central.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

You are another one who would be bitching about this trade no matter what Hendry did.

Shouldn't you be polishing up your life size picture of Rios and Pierre?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Wow. What are you drinking?

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You know me like that.

Capri Sun '91-raspberry.

I have no backup reason...just my tea leaves...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I hope those aren't the same leaves that told you Mariano Rivera was 'done'.

Only Cub fans would welcome a guy who has gone 5-18 over the last 2 seasons with open arms.

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I'm not welcoming him at all. I want the guy released before they even get down to AZ.

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Second City Saint

they're surgically stuck that way. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

those aren't cub fans...

Who's welcoming him? He's just the shit we got back in trade. I would love to see him cut, but that's not gonna happen.

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JohnKirk wrote: I dont get it...

hes not welcome. hes just collateral damage in this fiasco

The trade he should have learned from was the Jason Marquis trade. Just last year Hendry traded a player with value for a worthless player (Luis Vizcaino) under the guise of 'saving money'. Vizcaino (and his $3.5M contract) was released while Marquis went on to lead his playoff team in starts, wins and was 2nd in innings pitched. Marquis was also offered arbitration and if he doesn't resign the Rockies will get a supplemental draft pick in June. Troy Renck (Rockies beat writer) wrote an article how it was the best trade the Rockies ever made. I have a feeling a Mariner's beat writer will be writing the same article this time next year.

Frank always has to stick his nose into any Cubs related posts
and then make a totally ignorant comment. Is anyone surprised today?
This was the best deal that Hendry could make, which is why he did it.
His only options were to get another bad contract or wait
until just before spring training and trade Bradley for a couple of marginal
prospects and also pay all of Bradley's salary like he did when he dumped Sosa.
No one in Cubland is happy about Carlos Silva, Frankie, just interested to see
if he has anything left in the tank that might help us out. There is always hope.
That is why we are Cub fans.

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