He's doing this on purpose
It was just released that the Cubs and the White Sox have swapped relief pitchers. To this I say fantastic.
The Cubs give up a solid young reliever in David Aardsma who perhaps could have been groomed to be the next closer and/or outstanding setup guy out of our bullpen. He has electric stuff. And when I use that cliche, I mean he has a plus fastball and really not much else. But if he can develop something else and reign in some control (something which probably never would happen with the Cubs), he can be a really solid pitcher.
The Cubs also gave up some prospect dude named Carlos Vazquez. I know nothing of him, so I'm not too worried about it.
Oh, but who did we get? Neal Cotts. Can you tell me why we need another lefty out of the bullpen? We have Scott Eyre. Eyre is much better. Why would we give up a young guy like Aardsma, AND a prospect for Cotts?
In case you weren't aware, Cotts sucked last year. He had an ERA of 5.17. I didn't follow the White Sox last year because why would I? but wasn't he kind of in the doghouse after sucking ass? So, we give up two young guys for a lefty coming off of a shitty year.
Now, Larry Rothschild is a terrible pitching coach. Why the Cubs think he can help revive anyone's career is beyond me. I know, let's trade away some of our young guys with live arms for guys coming off shitty years. Then our terrible pitching coach can't be blamed with the shitty guys suck!
Oh, also, the last trade between the two teams was Matt Karchner for Jon Garland. Yeah, that worked out pretty well for the Cubs.
If this deal doesn't set up some other trade, I'm going to be super pissed.
The Cubs give up a solid young reliever in David Aardsma who perhaps could have been groomed to be the next closer and/or outstanding setup guy out of our bullpen. He has electric stuff. And when I use that cliche, I mean he has a plus fastball and really not much else. But if he can develop something else and reign in some control (something which probably never would happen with the Cubs), he can be a really solid pitcher.
The Cubs also gave up some prospect dude named Carlos Vazquez. I know nothing of him, so I'm not too worried about it.
Oh, but who did we get? Neal Cotts. Can you tell me why we need another lefty out of the bullpen? We have Scott Eyre. Eyre is much better. Why would we give up a young guy like Aardsma, AND a prospect for Cotts?
In case you weren't aware, Cotts sucked last year. He had an ERA of 5.17. I didn't follow the White Sox last year because why would I? but wasn't he kind of in the doghouse after sucking ass? So, we give up two young guys for a lefty coming off of a shitty year.
Now, Larry Rothschild is a terrible pitching coach. Why the Cubs think he can help revive anyone's career is beyond me. I know, let's trade away some of our young guys with live arms for guys coming off shitty years. Then our terrible pitching coach can't be blamed with the shitty guys suck!
Oh, also, the last trade between the two teams was Matt Karchner for Jon Garland. Yeah, that worked out pretty well for the Cubs.
If this deal doesn't set up some other trade, I'm going to be super pissed.
posted by Jtrouble at 11:32 AM
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