IT IS ALIVE !!!! The Return of the Roberts Rumors

Down to the bottom. Dayn Perry of Fox advocates Shark and Cashner for Roberts.

Up top, he has his Peaviness going to the Mets

over 2 years ago Worf 14 comments 0 recs |

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I hesitate to say thats to much

Given that a few years ago Hill and Pie seemed to much; ironically both are there now. If nothing else, this would solve the Shark starter v Shark reliever debate

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on May 26, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions

i say no

and theres also the little publicized fact that the shark has a no trade clause.

It's not about money. It's about winning and getting over the hump. We've had the appetizer now, but we left the main course on the table.
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by laidbackliam on May 26, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions

god, no

that would be a bad trade.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 26, 2009 10:16 PM CDT reply actions

No thanks.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on May 26, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions

I'd love to see it happen

We could certainly use Roberts and Shark, being a work in progress, and Cashner, wouldn’t be too stiff a price to pay IMO.

At the same time this is just one guy pulling trade ideas out of thin air. there’s zero reason to believe a trade like this would ever happen.

by bluekoolaide on May 26, 2009 11:04 PM CDT reply actions

Samardzija has a no-trade clause

and if Perry did any research, he’d know that. There’s no way the Shark accepts a trade to Baltimore.

I’d probably do the trade otherwise.

by Josh Timmers on May 27, 2009 2:07 AM CDT reply actions

Forgetting the merits of trading Shark

Is there ANYONE on this damn team without a no-trade clause?

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on May 27, 2009 6:52 AM CDT reply actions

You people WAY overrate Spellcheck

Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...

by BLou on May 27, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions

gaaaaah!

i’m less sold on shark than i was a year ago, but i’d like to keep cashner around. trading our ‘cheap arm’ options for an expensive guy is a bad idea,

unless it is a move that you ‘really think’ will put you over the top.

but then, we could block thomas’ path to the bigs, so we can deal him for a reliever with an ERA in the mid fives. and a hefty three year deal. enough with the expensive vets. grow our own quality kids, or re-rack the ramirez trade (three guys we reaaaalllly didn’ t want for a short term fill-in at a need position and a future, not past, all-star).

by tim815 on May 27, 2009 7:30 AM CDT reply actions

I'd make the trade in a heartbeat....

…for all the same reasons that’ve been discussed ad nauseum for years now. OBP, steals, defense. He anchors both the offense and the defense in one fell swoop

As disagreeable as I find Mr Perry, the Cardinal fan, pretty much every trade he’s suggested would be just what the Dr ordered for all the teams involved. But as others have said—these are all ideas/theories and nothing more. Peavey would probably hate NYC—I HIGHLY doubt MacPhail would sign Roberts long term only to trade him shortly thereafter—The Braves may not have the quan for Holliday and trading Tommy Hanson for a 4 month rental on Holliday seems dumb….I’m not so sure Street is much of an upgrade over Rodney in the Tiger’s pen, etc, etc…

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like to him."
Solomon

by cubfever7 on May 27, 2009 8:09 AM CDT reply actions

Dayn Perry is a Cardinals fan.

No wonder he wants to make this deal. No thanks. Cashner has the chance to be a real special pitcher.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 27, 2009 8:39 AM CDT reply actions

Make the trade with Andy now

and in two years we can trade for Shark

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 27, 2009 8:51 AM CDT reply actions

Ah, this brings back sweet memories of the '07-'08 off-season.

We were so innocent then.

I think Hendry soured on just about any Roberts deal a long, long time ago. And I highly doubt he’d trade his treasured Notre Dame guy at this point. Plus, as mentioned above, Samardzija has an NTC, which he probably wouldn’t waive unless he and Rich Hill are better friends than any of us realize.

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by daver on May 27, 2009 9:58 AM CDT reply actions

I do that trade in a nanosecond if not for it being part of Dayn Perry's imagination

Peel back the onion and Samardizija simply isn’t a great pitching prospect. He’s got middling middle reliever written all over him. Cashner is a better pitching prospect and somebody who should have a bright major league future.

Cubs are built to win now, not tomorrow. I make that pretend trade NOW.

Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...

by BLou on May 27, 2009 12:23 PM CDT reply actions