2012 Free Agent and Trade Ideas Thread 17

[TooL D/R/T]

"Little known fact about baseball: the owner of the Boston
Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in order to finance a
Broadway musical, '"No No Nanette"












As you were...

[A New Era]

How were we? Oh yeah

A Soriano-Bourn-Choo OF would be pretty nice to have.

It certainly would, all you'd have to do is find an acceptable 3B and all of a sudden you'd have a great pitching staff with a very good offense.

[deltaclown]

I'd begrudgingly give a Brian Wilson signing my blessing. I could even learn to tolerate him if he pitches well.

[Chicago657]

I've seen from a few places, from people I respect, that someone like Bourne wouldn't fit our current plan. And to me that's just mind boggling. "We won't be competitive next season, signing players like that is a waste". Well we're only not going to be competitive if we don't make moves to improve positions. I understand you need the young "core", but this plan thing has gotten way past ridiculous. We only really need to improve in a few places, a signing like Bourne would absolutely mesh with putting out a competitive team soon and for the long run.

One could argue wasting Rizzo/Castro/Shark's years of productivity is a far greater crime.

[nmansportsfan]

A couple of non tenders that intrigue me for our BP are Daniel Schlareth and Peter Moylan.

[BigRoy]

Any interest in Jurjins as a buy low candidate?

[StrandedCub]

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cubs take fliers on Karstens and/or Jurrjens.

[bulldog312]

Any interest in Jurjins as a buy low candidate?

Not unless he can show his velocity is back.

[davell]

I'd really like Karstens as a 6th or 7th SP.

[Max Power]

I'd begrudgingly give a Brian Wilson signing my blessing. I could even learn to tolerate him if he pitches well.

We tolerated Dempster's painfully unfunny schtick, we can handle Wilson. Easily.

[SenorGato]

Id be all over Reynolds. We need the pop. He would likely get a boost moving to the nl. Iirc his problems defensively are due to his range.if you can place him in the right spots you can hide him there. Sign me up for Wilson too

Maybe in the middle of the season another fluff piece can be written about how he's never received defensive coaching until coming to the Cubs. Either way, the Cubs desperately need some power. I think there's currently one player in the lineup who's ever hit 30 HRs. The lineup ranked 24th in HRs.

[ABE32]

NON TENDERED

POSITION PLAYERS

Jesus Flores, C, Nationals - Age: 28; .213/.248/.329; .241/.289/.375
Ben Francisco, OF, Rays - Age: 31; .228/.270/.421; .257/.326/.425
Jack Hannahan, 3B, Indians - Age: 32; .244/.312/.341; .234/.316/.355
Dan Johnson, 1B, White Sox - Age: 33; .364/.548/.818; .237/.338/.412
Jermaine Mitchell, OF, A's - Age: 28; .252/.345/.386 (AAA); .281/.380/.423 (minors)
Wil Nieves, C, Diamondbacks - Age: 35; .301/.330/.410; .229/.274/.301
Omar Quintanilla, 2B/SS, Orioles - Age: 31; .243/.312/.361; .220/.279/.302
Mark Reynolds, 1B, Orioles - Age: 29; .221/.335/.429; .235/.332/.475Derrick Robinson, OF Royals - Age: 25; .268/.344/.325 (AAA); .255/.321/.324 (minors)
Nate Schierholtz, OF, Phillies - Age: 28; .257/.321/.407; .270/.319/.409
Brandon Snyder, 1B/3B/OF, Rangers - Age: 26; .277/.309/.446; .276/.324/.418
Geovany Soto, C, Rangers - Age, 29; .198/.270/.343; .248/.336/.437
Ian Stewart, 3B, Cubs - Age: 27; .201/.292/.335; .232/.319/.417
Ryan Sweeney, OF, Red Sox - Age: 27; .260/.303/.373; .280/.338/.378
Andre Torres, OF, Mets - Age: 34; .230/.327/.337; .241/.320/.388
Bobby Wilson, C, Blue Jays - Age: 29; .211/.277/.292; .208/.272/.321

Note: Mariners non-tendered 2B Robert Andino but shortly thereafter re-signed him to a one-year contract.

PITCHERS

Manny Acosta, RHP, Mets - Age: 31; 47 1/3, 6.46; 248.0, 3.99
Scott Atchison, RHP, Red Sox - Age: 36; 51 1/3, 1.58; 209 2/3, 3.48
Jacob Brigham, RHP, Rangers - Age: 24; 127 2/3, 4.72 (AA); 599 1/3, 4.49 (minors)
Anthony Carter, RHP, White Sox - Age: 26; 62 2/3, 4.60; 615.0, 4.70
Jaye Chapman, RHP, Cubs - Age: 25; 12.0, 3.75; 12.0, 3.75
Tom Gorzelanny, LHP, Nationals - Age: 30; 72.0, 2.88; 735.0, 4.41
Rich Hill, LHP, Red Sox - Age: 32; 19 2/3, 1.83; 427.0, 4.59
Jair Jurrjens, RHP, Braves - Age: 26; 48 1/3, 6.89; 750 2/3, 3.62
Jeff Karstens, RHP, Pirates - Age: 30; 90 2/3, 3.97; 592 1/3, 4.44
John Lannan, LHP, Nationals - Age: 28; 32 2/3, 4.13; 783 2/3 4.01
Peter Moylan, RHP, Braves - Age: 33; 5.0, 1.80; 260 2/3, 2.59
Juan Oramas, LHP, Padres - Age: 22; 35 1/3, 6.37 (AAA); 439 2/3, 3.05 (minors)
Manny Parra, LHP, Brewers - Age: 30; 58 2/3, 5.06; 513.0, 5.12
Mike Pelfrey, RHP, Mets - Age: 28; 19 2/3, 2.29; 896 1/3, 4.36
Rafael Perez, LHP, Indians - Age: 30; 7 2/3, 3.52; 329.0, 3.64
Stuart Pomeranz, RHP, Orioles - Age: 27; 6.0, 3.00; 6.0, 3.00
Zach Putman, RHP, Cubs - Age: 25; 2.0, 0.00; 9 1/3, 4.82
Daniel Schlereth, LHP, Tigers - Age: 26; 7.0, 10.29; 93.0, 4.35
Chris Seddon, LHP, Indians - Age: 29; 34 1/3, 3.67; 74.0, 5.47
Brian Wilson, RHP, Giants - Age: 30; 2.0, 9.00; 320.0, 3.21

[1972 Cubs]

How were we? Oh yeah


It certainly would, all you'd have to do is find an acceptable 3B and all of a sudden you'd have a great pitching staff with a very good offense.

Slow down with the great pitching and very good offense. Still have a long way to go before you can start making those comments.

[davell]

I've always had it in my mind that Wood is traded this offseason. If so, is it important to go get a lefty SP to most here? Personally, I don't care, but I've never looked into whether there's any importance to it or not.

[CubbieSteve]

Sweeney, Moylan and Reynolds interest me out of the non-tender group


I guess Brian Wilson too