Odds and Ends: Boras, Manny, Heilman

if heilman turns out even a fraction of what dempster did last year, i'll be a very happy cub fan.

tim, i can't remember, did you ever link to the story about pujols lobbying for manny in st. louis? i don't know if i saw that here or somewhere else. not that it'd ever happen, but it's a frightening thought.

I think Heilman will improve over last year. He is better than those numbers in '08. Lou likes two leties in the rotation, if possible. Although, that leaves Cotts as the only lefty in the pen. It will be interesting to see if who wins the 5th spot. Early guess, I think it will be Heilman. The Cubs have Marshall, Heilman, Gaudin and Guzman...all can be swingmen, short or long. Then you will have Shark in AAA getting more work and fine tuning pitches. Wuertz the one out/inning guy I guess. Hopefully, Gregg can be good and Marmol is what we think he can be and the pen is more consistant now.

I just heard some sports talk mention Pujols wanting Manny. Maybe Albert is testing the Cards front office to see if they will spend a little bit.

I'm guessing they are looking at Bako's experience and game calling over K. Hill. On ability, I think it is a wash. I would rather they kept the right handed hitting Blanco over the left handed hitting Bako though.

Why shouldn't he? It's an interesting read.

No Overbay in the list, though? Ouch.

I really hope you Cub fans don't get the same Heilman us Mets fans did. I must've lost years off my life watching him pitch.

A lot of Cubs fans are chuckleheads. They're more fickle than they are supportive. Remember Latroy Hawkins? This crowd does boo their own players, and have grown fond of throwing trash on their own field (if they're not busy talking on their cellphones).

I love the Cubbies; don't always love the Wrigley crowd.

^ What?

CitizenSnips- i agree, it's not neccessarily true he'll be accepted real well if he does poorly. Kind of on par for any passionate fan base.

my point exactly...

allaboutthephils, that is absurd, ridiculous, and stupid. So if the Mets bullpen was "built to win", and they held onto the lead last year, does that mean Philly wasn't built to win? Now that the Mets fixed their pen, are they built to win? The Mets and Phillies both are built to win. One has to lose. If the Mets win the NL East this year, it doesn't mean the Phillies, the 2008 world series champions, weren't built to win in 2009. Very flawed logic. And I remember you being a good poster when you were around more back in the day.