man this is awful news.. Nevin has not hit over .240 in Texas and absolutely blows he is a DH he cannot play defense.. and will be nothing more than an overpaid (11 mil the rest of the year) pinch hitter.. what the hell are we thinking.

Oh, that's a good one!  Ohhhh....  Oh, man... Oh, you got me there.

...right?

At the time of the trade he was hitting .250/.345  since the trade he is now hitting .208/.305

Tell me how this is a good trade?

Anyone ? Anyone? Bueller?

If they are paying 6 mil.. and you stretch that 10 mil out.. They pay him 2 mil over the rest of the year.. which is equivalent to what you owe Hairston.. This is a bad deal IMO ..  

The benefit tends to be on the peripheral. Nevin IS a power threat and could offer some protection for ARam who is showing signs of life.

Plus, it allows the Cubs to not rush Lee. If he comes back before he's ready, he might change his swing to compensate, etc, and then there's more of a problem. Plus, Lee may need a day off or two at least in the early going.

Depends on how much salary the Rangers keep and what players are involved.

If it gets Womack off the roster somehow, even better.

Rangers- with today's Astros announcement they wanted to remain in the Texas press, and they knew this would be a bigger story than some old guy coming back to pitch

Cubs- JHJ was cheering for the White Sox during the recent interleague series, and has been dancing around the clubhouse singing about how great they are doing, Hendry knew he needed to get him out of town before Barrett beat the crap out of him and was suspended another 10 games

hey, its the only thing that makes sense

AVG/OBP/SLG
266/311/418

That's not very good, but it's better than Neifi, Hairston, or Womack (despite his hot start), and that's who Nevin would replace in the lineup, with Walker shifting back to 2nd. Like many have said on this blog before - it doesn't take much to improve offensively on the second basemen the Cubs have been running out there.
All in all, this is more of a sideways move than anything, with the potential for a small upgrade offensively. Maybe Nevin can borrow some of Womack's "new Cub" pixie dust until Lee returns.

Not a great, season changing deal, but we are better off.

Before you jump all over me with Nevin's horrible fielding in RF, it likely won't be much worse than Jones's to date, and his the difference in his bat and Jones's when a lefty is on the mound will more than make up for it.

I'd put more out there, but i gotta run to a meeting...

First of all, some of the same people are calling the kettle black.  Some people bitch about everything from the season is over to I hate Freddy Bynum to anything they can find to complain about.  

The last two weeks that's all that has been done on this site is complaining, whining, and bitching.  For anyone (including myself) to attack someone for voicing their opinion about a trade which is obviously not the greatest.. ( again my opinion) is selfish, short-sighted, and hypocritical..

Sure Nevin may end up being at best 2003 Randall Simon.. and that's fine.  and yes we signed Jerry Hairston's illegitmate brother Tony Womack who can put up Hairston-esque numbers at a fraction of the price.   But do know that Phil Nevin in no way shape or form is a step in the right direction.

What we have here is another HIGH strikeout guy who will clog the bench.  Dusty doesn't want the bases clogged because sometimes he gets lonely when the bases are loaded.. so he clogs the bench instead.

I see Nevin as a "poor man's" Craig Wilson.

He has value in his ability to play all of the corner positions as well as catch.  And while he's not a gold-glover at any of those positions, neither is John Mabry.

And once Lee returns, Nevin might be assigned to face the occassional lefty, which will rest Jacque Jones on those days.

Plus, Nevin helps ease the load caused by Barret's pending 7-10 game suspension.

And while Nevin's batting line isn't great, it is WAY better than what Neifi, Hairston, and Bynum were doing and WILL be better than Womack's production once Tony Womack likely returns to his career norms.

And historically Nevin's been very good against LHPs, who have totally eaten our lunch all year long.

And we only gave up Jerry Hairston Jr., who played himself out of a job and who was not really contributing very much to the team.

As it has been lamented, we already have a number of Second-Basemen.  Neifi is better defensively, Bynum is faster, and Womack is...well...Womack is...more experienced.

At the very least, we have a better hitter coming off the bench than Hairston.  If that fact alone were the only benefit (and it's not), this would be a good deal.

The only way I see this hurting us is if:

1. It puts Walker on the bench in favor of Nevin and Womack.
2. Nevin replaces Matt Murton in LF.

This move does make our OF defense take a little bit of a hit, as Hairston is likely a better OFer defensively than Nevin.

And-- I'm not sure who the back-up CFer is now.  Bynum?  Neifi?  Womack?  Blanco?  

In all, these seems like a pretty shrewd deal for Hendry.

I'm on board with it.  We'll see how it plays out.

for everyone going to wrigley tonight, break out the brooms! we're about to sweep the reds and I am watching the game out in AZ on WGN. let me see those brooms!

1. If you put Nevin at first you can put Walker back at second and Neifi can do whatever it is he does on the bench.
   
2. Dusty can give Murton a day off and still have a righty in the lineup.
   
3. Give Jones a day off against lefties, since he hits lefties reasonably well.
   
4. Would you rather have Jerry Hairston or Phil Nevin have your back in a bench clearing brawl?

People are complaining that we traded a guy 0HR, 4 RBI and a .497 OPS for a guy who has 9HR, 31 RBI and an OPS above .700? It's one thing to complain that this move is not enough... but if anyone would rather have Hairston than Nevin at this point I want to know what they are smoking.

Luis

1.  Gets rid of backlog at 2B--I'd rather trade Neifi, but am glad we still have Walker
2.  Nevin can play catcher while Barrett is on his suspension
3.  Nevin can play RF for Jacque when we face a LHP
4.  Nevin can play 1B until Lee comes back (don't expect it to be too soon after the cast comes off)
5.  Can back up Aramis at 3B
6.  Provides right handed power (something we don't have) off the bench

I thought he was dead.