Cubs Deal Ryu
For those of you who witnessed the hilarity, here's what happened. jonpyardi and I both posted diaries about this deal just as it was posted on the Trib's website. Then I got an email from Al, who said "hey, this is the kind of stuff I want you to put on the front page when I'm not around."
So Julie, in her infinite wisdom, said "Hey, no problem. I'll put it on the front page right now!"
Fast foward about 8 minutes, as Julie tries to figure out why she can no longer find the diary anywhere. Oops.
So sorry to Al and to everyone whose comments got deleted. I am fully aware of my suckitude. It is, however, my first week on the job.
Now then, the Trib reported today that the Cubs sent righty Jae Kuk Ryu to Tampa Bay for a couple of propects:
Outfielder Andrew Lopez, who hit .256 with four home runs and 27 RBIs at Class-A Princeton, and right-handed pitcher Gregory Reinhard, who went 6-10 for Class-A Southwest Michigan, were acquired for Ryu, who briefly pitched for the Cubs last season.
Lopez was an eighth round selection in the 2005 draft, while Reinhard was selected in the sixth round of the same draft. The Cubs had to pare the roster down to 40 by the start of camp, after being one man over due to the addition of Notre Dame pitcher Jeff Samardzija last month.
Ryu is 36-28 with a 3.42 ERA in 118 minor league games, and was 0-1 with an 8.40 ERA in his brief stint with the Cubs last summer.
Sorry to all of you who were big fans of ERAs over 25.00. For my part, I have yet to forgive Ryu for his debut performance, for which I am still in therapy.
The two guys we got don't sound like anything all that special, either:
A graduate of Elk Grove (Calif.) High School, Lopez batted .325 (39-for-120) in 34 games with Princeton in 2005.
Reinhard, 23, was Tampa Bay's sixth-round selection in the 2005 draft. His 142.0 innings pitched and 134 strikeouts each ranked third on the Single-A Southwest Michigan's pitching staff in 2006. A native of Marinette, Wis., he posted a 5-3 record with a 3.52 ERA (31 ER/79.1 IP) in 14 home starts while going 1-7 with a 5.74 ERA (40 ER/62.2 IP) in 13 road games (12 starts).
Reinhard, who attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, set the school record with 19 strikeouts against the University of Wisconsin-Stout on April 17, 2005.
So, I guess to sum up my feelings on this deal, I can only say, "meh."
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Hey
by cubbieboy on Feb 13, 2007 4:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Something..
by cubbieboy on Feb 13, 2007 4:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Julie the diary messer upper
by gravedigger on Feb 13, 2007 4:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
She's a rookie.
by sparkles721 on Feb 13, 2007 4:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Weary is the head that wears the crown
by cubbieboy on Feb 13, 2007 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes Julie is cool
by gravedigger on Feb 13, 2007 4:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wrote this in
by cubbieboy on Feb 13, 2007 4:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Da Leter!!
by cubbieboy on Feb 13, 2007 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
and we're still laughing
by Faith plus 1 on Feb 13, 2007 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
more clutter in the farm system
by Faith plus 1 on Feb 13, 2007 4:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I miss Ryu already.
by tyger1147 on Feb 13, 2007 4:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
He coulda been a contender!
by cubbiejulie on Feb 13, 2007 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually thought he could have.
As far as Julie's problem in shifting the diary to the main page, I have no idea why that happened. What's even weirder is that "by" that's still sitting in the recommended diaries list.
by Al on Feb 13, 2007 7:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Al
by cubbiejulie on Feb 13, 2007 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, he wasn't.
by Al on Feb 13, 2007 7:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
by gravedigger on Feb 13, 2007 7:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Intentional cruelty to animals
I didn't like him.
by cubbiejulie on Feb 13, 2007 7:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You raise a valid point.
I wish him well, and I DO hope he has learned a valuable lesson.
by Al on Feb 13, 2007 7:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
not sure why
by tomas21 on Feb 13, 2007 4:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nobody
by mrcubsfan on Feb 13, 2007 8:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ryu would have rotted in Iowa..
by Chanman25 on Feb 13, 2007 4:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Because...
by tyger1147 on Feb 13, 2007 5:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sun Times
by wccubfan on Feb 13, 2007 5:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You're right...
by tyger1147 on Feb 13, 2007 5:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here's another birdkiller...Randy Johnson!
Man, what bad luck. For the bird I mean.
Sum bitch exploded.
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 5:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Did the umpire
by baturkey on Feb 13, 2007 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what a horrible horrible deal...
by shawndgoldman on Feb 13, 2007 6:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
thank you
by Faith plus 1 on Feb 13, 2007 6:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No you're not
by gravedigger on Feb 13, 2007 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm all meh on this one...
Ryu isn't going to amount to anything and neither are the guys we got for him.
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 6:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ryu had a higher ceiling
by Faith plus 1 on Feb 13, 2007 6:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ceiling schmeiling...
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 6:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bad deal
by pageian on Feb 13, 2007 7:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the youngsterites never lose...
I'm sorry. I've seen his career arc, I've read scouting reports and I'm not buying it.
Ryu will amount to little if anything. It's a meh deal. Nothing to get even remotely upset over. Nothing to get even remotely excited about.
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 7:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you
by rlpete on Feb 14, 2007 10:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not true...
by tyger1147 on Feb 14, 2007 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you're probably right...
All prospects are a crap-shoot, but we basically traded in a 1-in-10 chance at hitting the jackpot for two 1-in-100 chances. That's just dumb.
by shawndgoldman on Feb 13, 2007 9:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's far closer to...
Negligible imo, though you are right, it would be nice for one of these young deals that we stop getting pennies or nickles or even dimes on the dollar for once.
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's my problem.
Did they not want to pay for his flight over from Korea or something?
by tyger1147 on Feb 13, 2007 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe the Cubs had to cut...
Any player removed from the 40 man roster has to be put through waivers, and chances are Ryu never would have made it back to Iowa.
But then, why couldn't Buck Coats, Rocky Cherry, etc been passed through? I guess Hendry likes his porn star names.
It is curious that this was done I agree tyger, and you'd like to know if we could have gotten more in return, but it still falls in the meh category with me, and much ado about nothing.
I guess I'm just pleased Hendry didn't trade Marmol or Marshall in the same deal.
by theprognosticator on Feb 13, 2007 11:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ryu's departure
Was he Derrek's dad or uncle? I always got Leon and Leron confused.
by Clark Addison on Feb 13, 2007 6:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Leon Lee is Derrek's dad.
Both of them played in Japan.
by Al on Feb 13, 2007 7:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
by wild bill on Feb 13, 2007 7:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for nothing.
So long, Ryu!
by 08Cubs on Feb 13, 2007 8:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It's meaningful because it's meaningless
The only value produced was Choi, as trade bait for Derrek Lee.
Baseball America rated Ryu as the Cubs' #10 prospect in December of 2003.
So, it's meaningful in the sense of:
- The failure of another top ten Cub prospect.
- The failure of another supposedly smart management guy (Leon Lee) to ptoduce as a Cub--joining McPhail, Baker, Larry Himes, etc.
by BillV on Feb 13, 2007 9:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Floyd is the reason behind this trade
Hendry's options here were either, a) deal a guy like Ryu for a couple of mildly intriguing longshot A-ball prospects, or b) just drop a guy like Buck Coats for nada.
I like option a), personally. Neither Ryu nor Coats figure to amount to much. May as well see if we can get lucky with Reinhard or Lopez.
by davearm on Feb 13, 2007 11:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Update from the Trib
by zambranofan on Feb 14, 2007 7:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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