Quick hits
When starting this post, I'm guessing it's going to be a relatively short Cubs post. Here are the updates I've gotten so far today.
First, rumor has it that the Cubs have submitted a 3 year/$44 million deal for Jason Schmidt. A solid deal, he's still pretty young, and 3 years isn't too long to be on the hook. When I say pretty young, I mean he's not 43 or anything like that. And he could be yet another anchor on the staff, someone with solid control on a staff who tends to walk a lot. Someone else with control, in addition to Rich Hill.
Second, now Manny Ramirez is on the trading block. And one rumor says that he could be dealt by Saturday. Reportedly the Cubs have offered Murton, Howry and two young pitchers (I think) for him. The situation is intriguing because Manny's contract is nowhere near as huge as it looked a couple years ago. Also, there are rumors that the Red Sox may just want him gone soon, so it wouldn't take a deal that would knock them out to pull the trigger.
I'd like having Manny Ramirez on the Cubs, but we would definitely need to get a solid CF. Assuming Soriano moves to right, we can't have Jones in center and Ramirez in left. Ramirez is a black hole over there. He'll hit enough to make up for it, especially in Wrigley. So you need a solid cf to hold the fort between the two. A Vernon Wells type of cf. Of course, if we unload 4 guys for Ramirez, you can almost guarantee that's the final big move of the offseason.
The Cubs still need to shore up the rotation. Apparently pitchers' agents don't want to do anything until the winter meetings next week where the Yankees can set the market for pitchers. So there may not be too much happening on that front, although if we could bring in Schmidt before, that would help set the market.
Also, I'm really hoping next week is the week that the Indians trade Cliff Lee our way in exchange for Jacque Jones straight up. Wait, we'll send Carlos Marmol over too. And maybe Ryan O'Malley. I like that deal. Pull the trigger Hendry.
Finally, it's absolutely crazy to see that the Cubs are actually players in the market this offseason. If MacPhail were still president, we wouldn't have Soriano, we would have DeRosa (probably), and we would probably have Mark Mulder and Jason Marquis on our staff already. We also might have Moises Alou and Cliff Floyd. Oh, we probably wouldn't have Aramis either. I am seriously on the verge of being optimistic about next season.
First, rumor has it that the Cubs have submitted a 3 year/$44 million deal for Jason Schmidt. A solid deal, he's still pretty young, and 3 years isn't too long to be on the hook. When I say pretty young, I mean he's not 43 or anything like that. And he could be yet another anchor on the staff, someone with solid control on a staff who tends to walk a lot. Someone else with control, in addition to Rich Hill.
Second, now Manny Ramirez is on the trading block. And one rumor says that he could be dealt by Saturday. Reportedly the Cubs have offered Murton, Howry and two young pitchers (I think) for him. The situation is intriguing because Manny's contract is nowhere near as huge as it looked a couple years ago. Also, there are rumors that the Red Sox may just want him gone soon, so it wouldn't take a deal that would knock them out to pull the trigger.
I'd like having Manny Ramirez on the Cubs, but we would definitely need to get a solid CF. Assuming Soriano moves to right, we can't have Jones in center and Ramirez in left. Ramirez is a black hole over there. He'll hit enough to make up for it, especially in Wrigley. So you need a solid cf to hold the fort between the two. A Vernon Wells type of cf. Of course, if we unload 4 guys for Ramirez, you can almost guarantee that's the final big move of the offseason.
The Cubs still need to shore up the rotation. Apparently pitchers' agents don't want to do anything until the winter meetings next week where the Yankees can set the market for pitchers. So there may not be too much happening on that front, although if we could bring in Schmidt before, that would help set the market.
Also, I'm really hoping next week is the week that the Indians trade Cliff Lee our way in exchange for Jacque Jones straight up. Wait, we'll send Carlos Marmol over too. And maybe Ryan O'Malley. I like that deal. Pull the trigger Hendry.
Finally, it's absolutely crazy to see that the Cubs are actually players in the market this offseason. If MacPhail were still president, we wouldn't have Soriano, we would have DeRosa (probably), and we would probably have Mark Mulder and Jason Marquis on our staff already. We also might have Moises Alou and Cliff Floyd. Oh, we probably wouldn't have Aramis either. I am seriously on the verge of being optimistic about next season.
posted by Jtrouble at 10:06 AM
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