
Originally Posted by
mikeydady
Wait? The cubs were offered Porcello straight up for Barney? And they didn't jump on it? Then there is no question that they have the most overrated GM in the game. Look at these stats I just looked up- Are these good numbers? I'd say Avery and a BP arm are far more valuable than this: The cubs need an 2B worse the the Os do.
Barney- Age 26
G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS AVG
SEASON 156 548 73 139 194 26 4 7 44 33 1 58 6 1 .254
OBP SLG OPS GO/AO
.299 .354 .653 1.25
If all the Os have to do to get Porcello is to do better than this boarder line mlb pro, I think I was offering too much in my ridiculous trade senario.
Barney is a borderline pro? If you only look at his offensive stats I could see how you got there. But that completely ignores the fact that he is pretty damn good defensively at second base. I know they don't mean as much anymore but there is a reason he won the GG at second last season. And the Cubs are really trying to build up the defense up the middle so them not being willing to trade Barney straight up for Porcello makes sense. Especially trading a major part of your infield defense for a pitcher who is going to rely on that very defense.
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