Rosenthal On Roberts, Hudson, Counsell

Sanchez for Cantu will never happen.

anyone notice that rosenthal said jacobs had 36hrs and 119 rbis

Sanchez for Cantu SHOULDN'T happen!

Sanchez and Alderson for Fielder would be better.

Sanchez + prospect for Fielder wouldn't cut it for Melvin.

Dodgers got 50 mil! Cheap bastards, I feel like a kc royals fan!!

Why do you want Fielder if you have Sandoval?

"Sanchez + prospect for Fielder wouldn't cut it for Melvin."

Maybe Snachez + Bumgardner or Alderson (whichever one is better, I keep hearing conflicting reports) + Sosa + reliever (Romo perhaps).

$50 million? Let's say $20 million to Manny. Who's left that's worthy of spending the rest of that on? Jon Garland? Ugh...

This sure would have looked nice:

Sabathia
Billingsley
Kuroda
Kershaw
Pick 'em

"There are no conflicting reports on Bumgarner v. Alderson."

Baseball Prospectus rated Bumgarner higher yet strangely called Alderson a better prospect. And I swore I saw something about Alderson rated higher somewhere else.

if the brewers were to trade Fielder to the Giants they would want Cain+reliver=prince

Ummmmm yeah..... Pierre will not give you a good prospect back. Unless you pay all of his salary plus some. Come on we all know that Ben Sheets will sign with the Red Sox. Injury plagued and getting cheaper. By now he is a bargin for any team besides the Marlins sadly.

How about Heilman to the Brewers for a prospect?

He could either be a reliever to set up Trevor Hoffman or they could put him in the mix for their seemingly open rotation at this point.

The kid has one bad season and fans hate the guy. I remember when he was first coming up and people couldn't wait to see him pitch. He is a good pitcher with 2 good pitches and 1 decent one. He wants to start, it will motivate him. I think his problem was he doesn't want to be a reliever. He is a starter. Last year of college he went close to 13-0 if I remember right. Just saying.

It'd be funny if the Giants traded for Hart, since he stinks.

Matt Cain and Bumgarner for Prince Fielder and Corey Hart.

Then Brewers can sign Adam Dunn to play RF and move Mat Gamel to 1B where he belongs or trade Rickie Weeks, Brad Nelson, and Taylor Green for Jorge Cantu to play 1B.

chris w ur stupid sandoval at 3b and fielder at 1b

Kelly, Reyes, and Locke for Roberts with a window to negotiate an extension would work for me, then add dunn for 2 yrs 15 million which looks like it could do it at this point or 1 yr 7.5 mil if he wants a 1 yr deal. then sign andruw to the minimum and glavine if he proves he can pitch again. the braves have 10-15 million left to spend from what i hear, thatd be 17-18 for those 4 but then kelly and jojo's money is outgoing so itd be right around 15 million

Sorry to be an ass, Tim, but there's something wrong with:
"The Mariners are Brewers are eyeing Craig Counsell."

as well as

"The Orioles have their ears open Brian Roberts..."

start wearing purple, I think maybe where the confusion on MB vs TA is coming in is that it was thought that Alderson was much more refined and much closer to big league ready while Madison had the higher upside and needed some seasoning, but Madison showed a great deal of polish and was MiLB Pitcher of the year so he's leaped way up the rankings. But you can never have too much pitching and Im content to wait for Villalona and Posey and others to develop than get rid of all our potentiall great pitchers.

Adam Dunn take 7.5M are you serious????? His salary last year was 9M (2year 18M). And now he wants 4 years 56M. Thats 14M per year not overall

I don't know what's a more ignorant statement. Thinking the Giants would trade Cain this year or thinking that Tim Alderson is more highly regarded within the Giants system then Madison Bumgarner.

How could there be conflicting reports between Bumgarner and Alderson? Both were drafted the same year by the Giants. Bumgarner was #1 and Alderson #2. Wouldn't you think the Giants picked Bumgarner because he's the better prospect? They certainly know more about developing pitchers then Baseball America, minor league ball or any other blogers who create propsect ranking lists.

Burrell got 2 for 16 and the market is even more depressed now. Dunn might want to take a 1 or 2 yr deal at this point because he could make more on his next contract. dunn cant play defense, has a lack of passion for the game, strikes out a ton, and is not good in the clutch. that said i'd love to have him for the power and walks but he is not getting anywhere near 14 million a year anymore. somewhere between 7-9 million a year is a realistic prediction at this point. Id pass on glavine to give Dunn the extra million but adam isn't getting the contract he wants

I am so sick and tired of people whining about Soriano leading off. The point of a lead-off hitter is to have a good OBP and he is kind of weak there and I will agree with that but 1.) Not a lot of lead-off guys are serious home run threats and we have one. 2.) Lou is never going to move him so stop whining. Just give it up and enjoy all of Sori's 1st pitch homers. Oh and dont b!tch at me about strike-outs to start the game. You are all crying about not getting Dunn and aside from his home runs all he does is strike out. Just stop. And the Cubs wont get Roberts as much as we are dyin for him. Lets just get Peavy and end this freakin WS drought. (idk if i spelled drought right...)

The Cubs won 97 games last season, most of them with Soriano at leadoff. I'm with Lou, it isn't broke, so leave it alone. Roberts would be great, but they don't need him. I say stick to landing Peavy. With him they'll have an unstoppable rotation along with a badass hitting lineup.

The cubs may set a record this year for runs scored this year.Heres the lineup the way i see it as it stands right now.

1.soriano
2.theriot
3.bradley
4.ramierez
5.lee
6.soto
7.fukudome/reed johnson
8.cedeno
9.pitcher

how do you defend against a line up that has to push an all star 1st baseman career 300 20 hr guy down to the 5 hole and a upcoming possible 30 hr hitting catcher to the sixth hole, the cubs easily out scored everyone last year and i believe they will easily eclipse that this year,they have potientially 5 guys who could eclipse 25 hrs and 80 plus rbi's,and one the better front 4 starting rotations in baseball,if this team cant bring a world series back home to cubbie land then i dont just dont see it happening anytime soon,more then likely they will have to start to rip this team apart next year and rebuild in some areas because age will start to creep in with some of the vets on this team its now or never for this nucleaus of players.

"The cubs may set a record this year for runs scored this year.Heres the lineup the way i see it as it stands right now.

1.soriano
2.theriot
3.bradley
4.ramierez
5.lee
6.soto
7.fukudome/reed johnson
8.cedeno
9.pitcher "

Um Ronny Cedeno is not our starting second baseman. fontenot or miles. just to calrify

call me crazy but I would love to see ichuro leading off for the cubs i dont think it could happen but oh what an upgrade in the leadoff spot

How bout Fielder and Hart for Sandoval and Cain?