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Ryan 43
Twins?
sourbob
Twin posts about the Twins. NICE.
Eric Foster
Might at well sell high. The Cubs SHOULD get a decent pitching prospect, if they eat some of the remaining contract.
Not to mention, Dempster may very well take a hometown discount on a 1-2 year deal to return in the offseason.
If this wasn’t a rebuilding season, the thought of RoLo, or Casey Coleman making starts for the big league club might make me want to roundhouse kick an old lady in the turkey neck.
cubs223425
Yeah, when I saw Randy Wells in after Garza got lit up last week, I knew there was no longer hope for even a mediocre season. When you turn to Randy Wells (who I said should have been traded after 2009), you know you’re just plain screwed.
I’m not sure if the Cubs would need to eat money, but it’s not like they’re spending it on anything else, so they might as well start negotiations by saying they’ll eat the whole contract, if necessary. It’s mostly an issue of who wants/needs him. Baltimore might have an interest, not sure.
Eric Foster
Agreed.
Wells pitched over his head his rookie season.
Any ballclub where Wells isn’t a long man out of the pen isn’t going anywhere.
Lets eat the money now, and see what future outfield assets we have. Baltimore would be a good destination. They seem to love a core of washed up Cubs prospects that never panned out.
We do have time on our side. At least until Brett Jackson can figure out on cutting down the strikeouts in AAA.
jb226 2
This is where the season starts getting interesting for Cubs fans. Let’s see what we can pull out of our hat.
hawkny11
I feel bad for the Cubbies and their long time loyal fans but Rome wasn’t built in a day….
Expect to wait a full season, perhaps two, before there will be a difference in the organization, and on the field. It takes that long just to weed out the deadwood, the malingerers, the naysayers and the underachievers.
Epstein and Hoyer know how to build a winner. But, like rebuilding a classic car, it takes a while to dismantle the old machine, locate and order replacement parts, put them in, tune it up and put the final product on display.
Novak
Get the worst record in baseball and draft the best player in the country possible. They aren’t going to make a run for a couple years, so they might as well get the best picks they can.
firealyellon
Dempster is by all accounts a real nice guy but frankly, he’s a mediocre pitcher in the AL and his fastball is 89 at this point in his career. I don’t see anyone dumb enough to give up a real prospect for him. Garza is the one chip they hold and I think Theo will correctly sell high on him this year.
Eric Foster
Supply and demand.
Pitching down the stretch by the deadline is a premium asset.
The Cubs can get at least a top 5 organizational pitching prospect.