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NL Central Notes: Barmes, Cardinals, Cubs, Garza

By Zach Links | September 5, 2011 at 7:38pm CDT

Let's take a look at some news out of the NL Central, where the Brewers hold a comfortable 10.5 game lead over St. Louis..

  • Astros shortstop Clint Barmes is facing free agency this offseason for the first time in his career and would like to return to the club, writes MLB.com's Brian McTaggart.  General Manager Ed Wade thinks so highly of Barmes that he was not made available at the trade deadline.
  • The Cardinals can't find room on the 40-man roster for Nick Stavinoha, who is headed for minor league free agency, writes Matthew Leach of MLB.com.  It appears likely that the outfielder will wind up elsewhere given the lack of openings in the organization.
  • Patrick Mooney of CSNChicago.com examines last winter's Matt Garza trade to see if the Cubs or Rays came out on top in the deal.  The eight-player trade sent Garza, Fernando Perez, and  Zach Rosscup to Chicago for Sam Fuld, Chris Archer, Brandon Guyer, Robinson Chirinos, and Hak-Ju Lee.  Ultimately, Mooney thinks that the trade benefited both parties.
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  1. Mike Murrill

    9 years ago

    are they headed to the post season?   then i guess it sucked for both of them

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    • Dynasty22

      9 years ago

      The Rays have a chance. Albeit a small chance while the Cubs are done.

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  2. baybombers

    9 years ago

    Barmes is a good pickup

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  3. David Silverberg

    9 years ago

    When Fuld was on his mini tear, I’m sure he helped win more games for the Rays then Garza did for the Cubs.

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    • baybombers

      9 years ago

      Fuld’s diving catch vs the white sox was jaw dropping

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    • baseball52

      9 years ago

      Garza surpassed Fuld’s season long WAR in 40 IP.

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    • Lunchbox45

      9 years ago

       this is absolutely ridiculous logic.

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      • vtadave

        9 years ago

        Well to be fair, it’s not really “logic”.

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    • Matt Moore

      9 years ago

      Fuld is almost 30 yrs old…

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    • Matt Moore

      9 years ago

      Fuld is almost 30 yrs old…

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  4. Encarnacion's Parrot

    9 years ago

    I doubt the Cards will lose sleep over losing Stavinoha.

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    • cards2WS

      9 years ago

      I doubt it too, but he could have became a quality bat or at least a power hitting versatile bench player.

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  5. vtadave

    9 years ago

    Sort of odd to think that a guy who hasn’t managed a .700 OPS this year was thought “highly of”, but then again, it’s Ed Wade we’re talking about.

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  6. KeithLawSucksInStl

    9 years ago

    “Release Patterson, add Stavinoha?!? Blasphemy! Veteran outfielders are the key, do you remember how important Randy Wells was last year?!?”

    -TLR

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    • Vossome93

      9 years ago

      *Randy Winn

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      • KeithLawSucksInStl

        9 years ago

        >< Duh. I guess that shows how important he really was!

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  7. cubs223425

    9 years ago

    I’d somewhat disagree about the Garza trade. It gave the Cubs Garza for his expensive years, and they don’t even have an extension worked out, so they might not get him for long.

    In return, I still think Archer is a #3/4 SP or a GOOD back-end RP, and the Cubs could REALLY use Hak-Ju Lee right now, seeing as Castro’s still nowhere near Lee defensively.

    Honestly, I wish that trade had included Barney over Lee because the Cubs would be very well-off being able to move Castro to 2B in my mind.

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  8. mark benson

    9 years ago

    The Barmes thing isn’t anything new. I seen it out there a few times that he wants to stay in Houston. Wasn’t there something on this site back in April or May where Barmes said he wanted to stay with the Astros. 

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