Odds and Ends: Teixeira, Izturis, Gaudin

If Gaudin is non-tendered, I might vomit. I really hope Hendry isn't as clueless as Sully apparently is...

Chad Gaudin should not be non-tendered. Seriously.

Gaudin IS a good bullpen arm...the only way I seem them doing this is if his injury from the end of last year is more serious that anyone thought...

i gotta vent about sully for a moment...he's absolutely awful. half the time he's a grumpy little twat, the other half he's lazy. his end of the year mailbag, after the playoff debacle, was to tell all cubs fans to take down all their cubs paraphernalia, not read about baseball on the internet, basically to completely forget about baseball altogether until next year. good idea paul. that way, you have a built in excuse for NOT tracking down sources and rumors, which you have succeeded in doing so far this offseason with flying colors. i check the trib first thing every morning, before i check foxsports or this site or anything else, and sully almost always has nothing. the sun-times does. sometimes. mark gonzales for the white sox does, sometimes, and for the same paper as sully. but rosenthal and the sun-times ALWAYS have the scoop before sully. he's the first one i read, but the LAST one to actually have the story. he doesn't even give updates on the sale of the cubs. absolutely ridiculous.

Obviously non tendering Gaudin would be because of his injury last year. Maybe he rushed back or had to alter his motion. Either way, he did not pitch the same as before the injury. Hopefully he recovered and comes back to pitch well. This Cub BP needs a guy like him.

100, I agree with your assesment.

A,

I respectfully disagree. There is zero information in Lee Jenkins' article to support your conclusion that Teixeira "will never sign with the Red Sox." I can only infer that you base your argument on the idea that Teixeira will hold the current Red Sox GM and the current Red Sox ownership responsible for the perceived slights of the past Red Sox GM and the past Red Sox ownership. The two new regimes are like day and night: players WANT to come to Boston now. I take everything Boras says with a grain of salt, but I don't think he is posturing when he says in the article, "He's [Teixeira's] not gregarious or emotional in his decision making. He is very businesslike, very much about information." I don't know if Tex will sign in Boston, but I highly doubt that Duquette and the previous ownership group will be the determining factors. Like every signing, it will be about dollars, years, and family considerations, which probably makes the Red Sox, among others, a contender for his services.

Can anyone remind me what non-tendered means and what it means for Gaudin?

The Cub's already made one mistake by not getting Woody for a one year deal (greatly reduces risk with good chance of a good year). Letting Gaudin go for nothing would be even more stupid. He would be lucky to get 3 million in arb and, if healthy, would be a better, and cheaper, 5th starter than Marquis. Even as a long man/6th starter he would be worth it.

A,

Any basis for that comment or are you just tossing bombs?

The Red Sox organization, owned by John Henry (who players love) and GM'd by Theo Epstein (who players respect) and managed by Terry Francona (who players love and respect) is "classless?"

Why, because you say so, because Dan Duquette had no people skills, or for some other reason?