Cubs To Determine Deadline Approach

[daddies3angels]

Members of the Cubs' front office will meet early next week to determine their approach for this summer’s trade deadline, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. The team intends to pursue top prospects and young players, but the details have yet to be determined, according to Levine.

It appears likely that the 30-44 Cubs will become sellers, in which case some pricey veterans could become trade bait. Aramis Ramirez won’t be one of them, since he won’t approve a trade, but Carlos Zambrano, Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome may find themselves on the trade market. Zambrano and Soriano have said they wouldn’t block trades.

GM Jim Hendry and assistant GM Randy Bush will direct top Cubs scouts during the meetings. Hendry will advise the scouts to monitor the clubs he believes match up best as possible trade partners for Chicago.

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Of course there going to target top prospects but NO TEAM going to give any up for any players Cubs have avaible LMAO


EDIT: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=6696180

another article on it

 

[waldo7239117]

JH will meet top scouts July 1st and go from there. But they do that every year. The time is coming....per Sully.

 

[Rice Cube]

Mostly salary dump deals. If they get anything back it's icing on the cake. The goal should be to relieve payroll, not to restock the farm here.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Mostly salary dump deals. If they get anything back it's icing on the cake. The goal should be to relieve payroll, not to restock the farm here.

I think we can do both.. It just won't be a drastic restock..

We should take some looks at guys who might be a little farther away but have high potentials.. Just need a lot of seasoning.

I'd be fine with doing that.

 

[Rice Cube]

I think we can do both.. It just won't be a drastic restock..

We should take some looks at guys who might be a little farther away but have high potentials.. Just need a lot of seasoning.

I'd be fine with doing that.

You presume that there are GMs less intelligent than our own

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

You presume that there are GMs less intelligent than our own

No of course not..

In every system there are always guys that have high ceilings but are very far away.

Knowing that.. we should be able to pry a few of these players away while shedding salary.

 

[DewsSox79]

It is called getting rid of "bad" money. The Ricketts are looking for salary relief. Dont expect another GM to be like "yeah Il take that contract, and hell,,,,,il give you some prospects too" cmon now lets not get crazy.

 

[tbo41fan]

It is called getting rid of "bad" money. The Ricketts are looking for salary relief. Dont expect another GM to be like "yeah Il take that contract, and hell,,,,,il give you some prospects too" cmon now lets not get crazy.

they have to give us something...it is a "trade" afterall

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

they have to give us something...it is a "trade" afterall

Basically my point.. We have to get something back..

We aren't "selling" players off.

 

[dabynsky]

It is called getting rid of "bad" money. The Ricketts are looking for salary relief. Dont expect another GM to be like "yeah Il take that contract, and hell,,,,,il give you some prospects too" cmon now lets not get crazy.

It depends what we are talking about here. If we are talking about Alfonso Soriano, of course just getting the waiver fee to be rid of the rest of his contract would be outstanding. If we are talking about Carlos Pena though that is a different story, especially if the Cubs pick up the deferred money.

 

[DewsSox79]

It depends what we are talking about here. If we are talking about Alfonso Soriano, of course just getting the waiver fee to be rid of the rest of his contract would be outstanding. If we are talking about Carlos Pena though that is a different story, especially if the Cubs pick up the deferred money.

totally different on the pena situation and the cubs picking up the def money.

 

[dabynsky]

totally different on the pena situation and the cubs picking up the def money.

So again I don't think the Cubs will be too active, but I think two guys will be dealt and possibly more. Here is my breakdown of the situation:
1B Carlos Pena-I think is the biggest chip we have. If the Cubs pick up the deferred money he is only making 5 million. That is a steal for a left handed bat that will hit you 30 homeruns, get on base, and play a very good 1B. The Cubs ought to be able to get a legitimate prospect or two for him.

Kosuke Fukudome-The Cubs would love to be rid of him, and this year there might be a market for him. He is overpaid for his production at 13.5 million, but a team should be interested in a guy with an OBP over .400 and capable of playing all 3 OF spots. The amount of money should determine what the Cubs are able to get for him. If the Cubs pick up a fair chunk of the salary, you should be able to get some actual prospects back.

Aramis Ramirez-Is not going to be traded. He has said that he won't accept a trade, but more importantly his 14 million dollar team option becomes guaranteed if he is traded. No team is going to take him on with that option year kicking in.

Alfonso Soriano-Is not going to be traded. Soriano may be more than content to play for whoever, but the Cubs won't be lucky enough to find someone to pay for him. And if the Cubs are going to have to pay for him, they might as well get the .800 OPS production out of him that he provides.

Carlos Zambrano-Again I don't think is going to be traded because he is worth more to the Cubs than other teams. A lot of people seem to think that the Cubs will have to pay the vast majority of the salary and get nothing back to move him. If that is the case, the Cubs are better off getting the production if they are going to have to pay for him.

Ryan Dempster-Can basically plug in the same information about Aramis Ramirez here. Dempster's option is a player option and if he pitches like he has since May 1st, he will earn that player option.

John Grabow-Hasn't been good, but teams are always looking for relievers, particularly left handed relievers. He makes 4.8 million so you aren't getting much for him even if you pick up some of the salary, and you probably have to get anyone interested in him.

 

[Rice Cube]

They should just DFA Grabow.

 

[dabynsky]

They should just DFA Grabow.

I think the Cubs get nothing back for him but I could see them picking up half his salary and trading him for a PTBNL that turns into a small amount of cash down the road.

 

[Rice Cube]

I think the Cubs get nothing back for him but I could see them picking up half his salary and trading him for a PTBNL that turns into a small amount of cash down the road.

We can ask the question a different way...if you were a GM of a contending club, would you want John Grabow?

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

We can ask the question a different way...if you were a GM of a contending club, would you want John Grabow?

If Im the Yankees..

hellz yea

 

[DewsSox79]

We can ask the question a different way...if you were a GM of a contending club, would you want John Grabow?

yuck.

 

[dabynsky]

We can ask the question a different way...if you were a GM of a contending club, would you want John Grabow?

Want John Grabow? Of course I don't want John Grabow or think that he is the piece that gets my team over the hump. That said teams are always looking for relievers, and there are a number of teams that could use Grabow as a lefty in the pen. Just a quick glance through the stats for relievers in the National League these three teams popped up: Washington, Milwaukee, Arizona.

Are we going to get anything for Grabow? No of course not, but I wouldn't be shocked if the Cubs could find a contender that needed a lefty handed reliever that didn't want to part with anything to get it.

 

[Rice Cube]

Want John Grabow? Of course I don't want John Grabow or think that he is the piece that gets my team over the hump. That said teams are always looking for relievers, and there are a number of teams that could use Grabow as a lefty in the pen. Just a quick glance through the stats for relievers in the National League these three teams popped up: Washington, Milwaukee, Arizona.

Are we going to get anything for Grabow? No of course not, but I wouldn't be shocked if the Cubs could find a contender that needed a lefty handed reliever that didn't want to part with anything to get it.

Certainly it's possible, but I think the Cubs are better off just releasing him