O's Cabrera to be available?

That Mazzone guy who single-handedly assembled and fine tuned a Braves staff (including a particular 350-game winner who’s #31 will be retired at Wrigley in a few years) that was great for 10 years, that Mazzone? I like Ricky but it takes the pitcher and the coach to work together to get results. Mazzone has an awesome resume’, Cabrera doesn’t, at least yet.

I agree Cabrera is intriguing, but who knows what the Cubs would want to do in dealing with that psycho-path of an owner there. This kid may very well be in the mix for the Cubs to entertain in about 2 months; when the NWT deadline is a couple-3 weeks away.

I’ve seen a few of Cabrera’s games, and he strikes me as an on again/off again type of pitcher. The talent is definitely there, but he’s just too inconsistent right now. We already have that with Rich Hill. Because I think Hill will eventually make his way back to Chicago, I don’t think picking up Cabrera and having two guys like this in the rotation is a good idea. I’m not saying that Cabrera and Hill are similar types of pitchers—they’re very different. But what I am saying is that both of them have the potential to really suck it up on any given start and burn through the bullpen. That’s potentially a lot of strain on the bullpen. If one or both of them could become more consistent (like Hill was showing us last year), I wouldn’t mind this at all.

Is not the kind of pitcher the Cubs need down the stretch. As previously mentioned, you really have no idea what you might get from him. If this was Spring Training, I say go for it. In June/July, you really have to question getting him. He is pitching better right now but is it for real? He’s never had numbers as good as he has right now. Let’s see in a few weeks what they look like.

He has a .221 BABIP and only a 1.42 K/BB ratio. He’s gotten pretty lucky to have made it this far unscathed.

Now, I am actually something of an Orioles fan as well as loving the Cubs so I’ve seen him over the years. In my opinion the Orioles should definitely sell high at this point, I just hope that the Cubs don’t get sucked into that siren song. He’s been an infuriatingly inconsistent starter for them for years now, as Mazzone hasn’t had any luck fixing him. His stuff is electric but his control is terribly inconsistent, and those wheels will fall off before too long.

However, the way Angelos is, he probably does believe that Cabrera’s turned a corner and will either insist on getting the moon for him, or will hold onto him with the hopes of building to win in 2010.

for about 3 years now. He will routinely walk 5+ a start, throw 100 pitches into the 5th inning, get shelled, and strike out 8. That’s not the kind of pitcher that would be successful in Wrigley.

Fontenot and DeRosa have been getting the job done. Cabrera would be great.