Cubs Acquire Robert Coello From Red Sox

For Tony Thomas, who at one time was a pretty good prospect.

over 1 year ago Al Yellon 30 comments 1 recs |

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Damnit!

You beat me by like a minute, Yellon.

by elgato on Feb 15, 2011 4:38 PM CST reply actions

And the same with someone else who actually DID post it.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 15, 2011 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

Oh, I posted it.

I just removed it.

by elgato on Feb 15, 2011 4:49 PM CST up reply actions

There goes my sleeper prospect

The tools were there, but Thomas is plagued by inconsistency. Good luck to him with Boston.

by Josh Timmers on Feb 15, 2011 4:48 PM CST reply actions

What do you know about Coello?

Seems like a decent pickup, considering our relative lack of young righty setup arms …

by elgato on Feb 15, 2011 5:00 PM CST up reply actions

He Total

And he eats Cannibals.

Music reference, all.

by timh815 on Feb 15, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

haha

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by katie casey on Feb 16, 2011 7:01 AM CST up reply actions

Sarcasm?

I hope so, because young, righty setup arms are the backbone of our system.

by RynoRooter on Feb 15, 2011 5:21 PM CST up reply actions

who got bounced out of organized baseball and ended up in the Golden League, where he was actually given a chance to pitch. He was good enough there to get signed by the Red Sox and actually pitched six games in the majors last year. He’s got a low 90s fastball and a forkball. Other pitches are mediocre.so he’s purely a middle reliever prospect.

by Josh Timmers on Feb 15, 2011 5:21 PM CST up reply actions

I should add

the dude misses a lot of bats, which is always a good thing.

by Josh Timmers on Feb 15, 2011 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

Except when he's walking in runs against three successive hitters. :)

by timh815 on Feb 15, 2011 5:30 PM CST up reply actions

converted catcher who misses a lot of bats

didnt we just sign one of them for 3 years

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by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 15, 2011 6:26 PM CST up reply actions

No we have a backup catcher whose bat

misses a lot of pitches.

by jpeters407 on Feb 15, 2011 9:35 PM CST up reply actions

i take it you are not aware of Marmol being a converted catcher

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by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 15, 2011 9:52 PM CST up reply actions

Hey oh!

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by daver on Feb 16, 2011 8:54 AM CST up reply actions

Can someone please tell

me if I’m happy about this. I know what Tony Thomas is, but I don’t know anything about the potential or role of the other guy.

DEJESUS!!!

by tomas21 on Feb 15, 2011 5:00 PM CST reply actions

Peripherals

all look good. Worth a try as a RH middle guy.

Thomas really never put it together, much to my chagrin… I saw Tony play many times at FSU. The Cubs have 2B types… so Thomas was definitely expendable.

This one probably goes down in the annals as a very minor deal.

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by Orval Overall on Dec 17, 2010 1:19 PM CST

by fsuapollo on Feb 15, 2011 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

Very likely

by Josh Timmers on Feb 15, 2011 5:23 PM CST up reply actions

If he has options left, he probably winds up at Iowa...

… as an injury replacement.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 15, 2011 5:27 PM CST up reply actions

According to AzPhil's site

He has three options left. I really like this deal now. A potentially effective pen arm for a guy soon to be passed in the organization by Flaherty, Lee, and DJLM. And already was behind Barney.

I wish TT well. Our glut of MI guys will be prioritized in the years to come. It’s better to get moderate potential value for them (like this) than not.

by timh815 on Feb 16, 2011 12:16 PM CST up reply actions

that's a legit season at any age

82 hits and 130 Ks in 107 innings, pretty darn good. Probably a minor deal when all is said and done, but always nice to have another live arm around

by PrincetonCubs on Feb 15, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions

wikipedia says

Robert Coello (born November 23, 1984 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization of Major League Baseball.

Coello attended Lake Region High School in Eagle Lake, Florida and Northwest Florida State College. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 20th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. After playing for Edmonton of the independent Golden Baseball League in 2008, he signed with the Red Sox organization for the 2009 season. He was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on September 5, 2010.1

by doofusguy on Feb 15, 2011 5:04 PM CST reply actions