Theriot is servicable, and Blanco is a natural shortstop playing out of position at 2nd. Escobar showed some pop, but had cooled of the past 2 years… still a .300 hitter for his career, his and Theriot’s numbers are pretty similar…

In 63 games this year, Escobar has 11 errors, compared to Theriot’s 6 in 74. Theriot has more steals, but has been caught more.

Bottom line, there’s not much reason to trade for a position where we already have the same, if not a better player already there and under contract.

Unless they also want to send Mike Gonzalez, of course.

…is a bad seed. He seems to lack character and there is a reason that Cox wants to dump a guy with a ton of talent.

There has been exactly one year (2005) where he played 2B more than anywhere else. I really don’t get the whole “move him back to his natural position” idea. SS is his natural position. And he hasn’t even played a single inning at 2B since 2007.

Theriot is fine at SS, and a great value. Unless a Hanley Ramirez becomes available, it’s a waste of time to talk about other options.

His little bat flip always really annoyed me. I always thought he was good player though. His first series of his career was against the Cubs and I remember thinking about how good he was.

but the “all else” includes health, and Escobar has had his share of injuries. And I don’t see the Cubs matching up with the Braves’ wants at this point.

This doesn’t surprise me that much.