in fact…..(you can fill in in rest)

The Orioles? The writer must think it’s April Fools Day.

This will never happen.

I’m in…even though it will never happen.

Having great players come out of your own system means you get several years of All-Star talent at minor league prices.

That sounds pretty good to me

I know he’s an excellent defensive SS, but he was galactically bad at the plate last year. And he’s never shown the ability to get on base more than 30% of the time. If I thought the 27 hr and .468 slg from 07 were likely to be repeated it would be different.

are we ready to do essentially Peavy for Vitters Olson Marshall Cedeno Pie AND Marquis..

Pie for Olson
Marquis has to go somewhere in this scenario
ANd then i assume it would cost us Vitters Cedeno/Fontenot Marshall and Olson for Peavy…

THat is a lot.. WHat happens if a starter gets injured? We would have to at that point put Shark at AAA to start at a moments notice.. That is a lot.. I dont know how i feel anymore..

I say pass.. Or wait till we want to play this game. Peavy HAS TO BE TRADED… they cant afford him..

olson has like a 6+ ERA in the majors… i would much rather have marshall thean olson… Just my opinion.. I kind of want to let Marshall pitch in the 5th spot for us.

OT: anyonse else as amazed by theis OSU OU game as me??? Do they play defense in the Big XII

Look at this quote from the article:

Orioles president Andy MacPhail said today that a deal is not imminent but acknowledged that Pie is the kind of player the Orioles are pursuing to broaden the club’s position depth.

“We have a lot of different irons in the fire,” MacPhail said. “We’re in the process of determining who our trading partners might be and which free agents we might have a chance to sign. We’re basically in the same position as everybody else, waiting for a couple of big dominoes to fall.”

That’s about as mealymouthed as you can get. He’ll still be saying that on Opening Day.

The O’s will trade when they get the right deal. I still don’t see Roberts happening.

how the mighty (in the mind of one man) have fallen.

and that is why I specifically said MLB games rather than just baseball games. I’m just trying to figure out if this level of posting activity on potential trades based on potential rumors or sportswriters creating smoke to fill up an article is normal. I mean, even the author of this thread called it, “Hate to do this, a Peavy post.”

I’ll just read the historical things like the Cubs Can of Worms and you all can continue writing and reading your trade rumors posts and we’ll all be happy. Can’t wait until the pitchers and catchers report.

Have a great Dec. 1.

In the second to last paragraph, I meant to say that those two prospects would join other players from the Cubs for Peavy.

… that the priority is a LH OF BEFORE getting a starting pitcher.

To me, that says that IF there’s any Peavy talk to be made, it’ll be after the winter meetings, not before.

…but we’d probably have to throw in Cedeno. WHICH I’D STILL TAKE!

I like Randy Winn….

and if the Cubs eat 3 M, on a one year contract, Marquis can look pretty attractive for teams that don’t want to have to fork over a 3 year deal.

If Greene is included where Cedeno is included with the Cubs the deal will have more players involved. SD is shedding payroll, $17-18M and getting two players who offer almost similar performance.

They might also might want something else like Fontenot whom I would rather have on the field than Theriot but neither actually have a position. The thing is it could be in the offing of one of the biggest blockbusters of the off season.

I think all of BCB would like to see a fanpost shortly thereafter complete with all the culinary details, including how many servings of crow were on the menu. ;-)

all deals start out? Speculation…….query…….rumor…….once a player is put on the block, such as the aformentioned (thousands of times) Padres hurler.

We’ll have to be patient on this one. I’ll repeat, this is a very unusual situation the Padres have put themselves in, by being so vocal about their end game. Once some team — any team — can be added to the mix, this will happen.

Peavy’s limited destination points (or, perhaps, more correctly — point) continues to be a major factor. If this trade doesn’t happen before the season — it will eventually take place, possibly at the trade deadline. At risk of repeating myself, the Padres do not want to pay Jake Peavy a freakin’ dime.

If Peavy isn’t moved, the fans will cheer but the Padres boardroom will be very dismal. The longer this takes, the better for the Cubs. The Padres will be desperate to move him. They put up a brave face (“We’d be happy to have Jake Peavy as our 2009 Opening Day pitcher,” says Kevin Towers) but John Moores wants the payroll slashed, so this deal has to happen.

between the managers.

What it is is conflict between messages being given to different people, which happens all the time, sometimes purposefully by two managers working together.

Nah. I read it as Piniella saying that the rotation is set. That is true. The Cubs do not need to sign another SP.

However, if you are the last of 30 teams that is in the running for a 27-year-old former Cy Young, you go for it.

In a way, Piniella has to say that his rotation is set, otherwise he may risk sending the message to his team that he’s not confident in them in the event Hendry can’t land Peavy.

If we land Peavy, then the rotation is set…

…unless Hendry can get Sabathia for free.

Linky

Here’s what he wrote:

On the Peavy front, it may be true that the Orioles are involved in a possible three-way deal involving the Cubs, Padres and Peavy. One thing is certain: second baseman Brian Roberts will not be coming to the Cubs in such a deal. If Peavy comes, that’s a lot of money to pay out, and the Cubs will have pitcher Jason Marquis and his nearly $10 million on the books, assuming he’s not part of this proposed trade.

There’s nothing really new there, nor does it say the Cubs are “still” looking at him. It’s couched in words like “may”, “if”, “assuming”, “proposed”.

Nothing to see here, move along.