Freddy Sanchez Rumors: Saturday

Regarding the Rockies, Alan Embree is out for the season after last night's injury, so they should be on the phone discussing John Grabow any second now.

Capps, Sanchez and Grabow for SS Reid Brignac, RHP Wade Davis, OF Desmond Jennings, and LHP Jake McGhee..... hows that sound??? the pirates get to clean house and get 4 promising young talents.

"Do the Cubs have any money to spend right now?"

No they dont. IMO this is just bad conjecture by Edes. The cubs onwernship situation is still NOT resolved. Sanchez will be owed $8 mill next year, when the cubs payroll will still be in the mid $130 mill range( even with Harden and Greggs contracts coming off due to more escalating contracts).

The Cubs can get some flexibility from the tribune if needed so I say they pull the trigger on this deal if it is them that are interested.

to me Tampa Bay makes the most sense to me to trade with... they dont have a closer... and 2B Iwamura is out for the whole year. Wade Davis becomes expandable because of all the good SP they have...same for Reid Brignac last year they wouldnt trade him but now with the break out of Bartlett and Ben Zobrist who can play SS and there 1st Overall pick in Tim Beckham who is there future at SS you would think both become expandable..throw in Grabow and get 2 to 3 more prospects which i want Desmond Jennings OF whos having a nice season in AA and is only 22.

I think that the Cubs can trade for him. The Giants are looking for a bat and the Cubs have a lot to trade. Lou is fed up with the Offense and i can see them trading a "hitter" for him. I think the Cubs can be VERY active in the trade deadline.

I wouldn't be shocked to see the brewers make a play for him. They need an everyday 2B bad. Criag Counsell should not be an everyday fixture in any line-up

i'd love to see him as a cub too, but everything i've read suggests that they cannot add a significant salary until the ownership situation is settled & the new owner approves. which has not happened & probably won't by the deadline. remember, they couldn't even afford to keep derosa who made half as much. unless the pirates eat a good bit of the salary, which they shouldn't... i just don't see it happening.

"The Cubs can get some flexibility from the tribune if needed so I say they pull the trigger on this deal if it is them that are interested."

No they cant. Everything that has been coming out of Hendry's mouth lately all suggests that they are standing pat. The checkbook has been taking away from Hendry, people need to accept that already. Any wishfull thinking that Zell is gonna give Hendry more payroll is delusional. If the cubs make any moves they are gonna be of the Jeff Baker, Ryan Freel type.

"The Giants are looking for a bat and the Cubs have a lot to trade"

Hey genius, Sanchez plays for the Pirates, not the Giants. Unbelievable. And no they have no interest in DH types like Jake Fox and Hoffpauer. The Pirates arent just going to give him away, especially to a team in their own division.

"Sanchez/Grabow for Blanco and you fill in the blanks to complete the trade. DFA Miles."

Oh well since the great andres blanco is being dangled im sure they pirates will jump all over that. Oh boy

forlife61,
Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

The Pirates will need a 2nd baseman if they trade Sanchez, If you don't want Blanco, fine, pick from the plethora of Cubs current 2nd basemen. You can have any or all of them.

The Cubs could do it if they're convinced they'll have a new owner by next year. They only have to have 5 Mill available and next year is the only real problem. Maybe the Cubs will add a little bit more to the package for cash considerations to the Cubs.

Posted by: CuBzwin | July 11, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Cubzwin,

I promise you that the Pirates giving the Cubs cash considerations won't happen. Part of the reason the Pirates are probably getting rid of him is payroll related, and even if they aren't they can certainly find another team to trade Sanchez to (outside of the divison as well too), get an equal package and not have to pay them anything.

I highly doubt Tampa is interested in Sanchez. Aki could be back before the season, and if anything happens to Zobrist, they have Aybar and Brignac to back him up. No real need for Sanchez and that salary which they can't take on anyways.

And they don't need a closer, bullpen has a 0.70 ERA since June 1. And throwing in someone like Grabow and thinking you cold get a prospect back of Desmond Jenning's caliber is pretty crazy.

"# Edes reports that a NL Central team is involved, and speculates that it could be the Cubs.
# Sanchez's $8MM vesting option based on plate appearances is an obstacle in any trade."

Escalating contract paying a player a more then he should make? That part has Hendry written all over it.

But the problem is ownership. We might be able to do it if the Rats pick up at least a chunk of the remaining 08 cost, but not sure how much future cost they can add either since the situation is up in the air.

And this is where I again give Hendry the middle finger he deserves. Please do us all a favor and turn in your Resignation, you real life Elmer Fud!

Suzysman,

Just a question,

When new ownership takes over, do they remove both Hendry and Pinella?

The only way the Cubs could get Sanchez is if the Pirates take Miles and pay the difference in salary between Miles and Sanchez. Of course we'd add prospects though.

"The only way the Cubs could get Sanchez is if the Pirates take Miles and pay the difference in salary between Miles and Sanchez. Of course we'd add prospects though."

Let's see.. Sanchez, valuable and productive player that is well worth his salary both this year and probably the 8M option for next year, vs the not worth a roster spot Aaron Miles you are asking the Bucs to take back that Hendry gave a 2 year contract to and still has 4M left through next year? Why not just ask them to take Bradley off of the Cubs hands instead, the odds are the same of Huntington being suffering from temporary insanity and going along with either proposal anyway.

It cant be the Cubs. I dont see a reason why it would be the cubs!

The Rockies interest in Freddy Sanchez has not cooled off, because they were never interested to begin with. Those were just assumptions and nonsensical reports from the Pittsburgh side of things.

"The Rockies interest in Freddy Sanchez has not cooled off, because they were never interested to begin with. Those were just assumptions and nonsensical reports from the Pittsburgh side of things."

Funny how people with no knowledge whatsoever of what is going on in a team's front office can be sure of things like this. Especially since I read a report from a COLORADO newspaper saying that the Rockies would be willing to part with Gonzalez or Weathers for Sanchez.

Well I'm guessing you're talking about the Denver Post, but according to todays Denver Post columnist Troy Renck says "The Rockies have been baffled by reports of their interest in Pittsburgh's Freddy Sanchez. They are not attempting to acquire him, their focus squarely on bullpen arms. No deal is expected until it gets closer to the July 31 trading deadline. . . ."

so someone is full of beans, but I doubt Renck would make up that the Front Office told him they aren't interested.

"Funny how people with no knowledge whatsoever of what is going on in a team's front office can be sure of things like this. Especially since I read a report from a COLORADO newspaper saying that the Rockies would be willing to part with Gonzalez or Weathers for Sanchez."

Get your facts straight. That was John Perrotto from Pittsburgh making those ridiculous claims about Gonzalez and Weathers for Sanchez.

Tracy Ringolsby from Inside The Rockies (a Hall of Fame writer by the way) shot down the Sanchez rumors from minute one. If there had been any shred of possibility or truth to those rumors, he would have reported it. He didn't report it, the rumors never made a single bit of sense anyways, so it's safe to say there was never any interest.

The only players of interest to Colorado on the Pittsburgh roster are Grabow and Capps.

"Tracy Ringolsby from Inside The Rockies (a Hall of Fame writer by the way)"

Peter Gammons is a HOF-writer. Plenty of sh#% writers are in the writer HOF. It doesn't mean squat.

"Peter Gammons is a HOF-writer. Plenty of sh#% writers are in the writer HOF. It doesn't mean squat."

I know you probably have no idea who Tracy Ringolsby is, but please do not mention him in the same breath as Peter Gammons. I understand your point about the HOF, but that's like comparing ice cream to horse manure.

Tracy earned his spot.

OK. No lower level guys, Neal, because that would be too much. Just take two of Castro/Cashner/Jackson.That would be a win for the Bucs.

"Freddy Sanchez....heh, I can see the dumb jokes now, the Jason/Freddy MIF"

Beat me to it. I'm impressed.

Can someone tell me what it would take for the Cubs to acquire Sanchez??

I wish Dave Littlefield was still the GM of the Pirates, we fleeced them a few times with Aramis Ramirez and Kenny Lofton also with Randall Simon back in 2003 and we gave up Bobby Hill, no longer in Baseball

Trade F sanchez R doumit 4 Josh vitters A cashner and pay some of sanchez's salary or snell

Sanchez to mariners for J.Wilson, J.Clement, and M.Wilson done deal the cubs arent even goin to be a factor