Cubs trade Pie

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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->No, but we'll give them 1 high level prospect (Vitters) and 4 other middle to low level prospects that BTW aren't even ours necessarily.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm not sure what you are getting at here, but it would seem to me if we are able to trade for Peavy by giving up prospect, that just further proves that our system isn't bad.

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Why'd you call me Bz?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Because

A: I'm an idiot
B: I was too lazy to actually scroll up the page to look to see who I was responding to.

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->It's like they got the prospects as a bonus, the same way the Padres would get "bonus" prospects for Peavy along with them shedding the salary they needed so desperately to shed.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

But that CLEARLY isn't the case, if you believe Hendry. He essentially said the Padres were asking for too much prospect wise, and that is why the deal was called off in December. The prospects weren't a "bonus", but payment for trading Peavy.

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Major league ready doesn't make our system good, it makes it serviceable<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Serviceable compared to what? How many teams do you think are able to push out as many prospects as the Cubs have in the last 6 or 7 years? Certainly there are teams that have done better, but there are quite a few that have done much worse. Especially if you include the fact that the Cubs almost NEVER dump high salaried guys for impact prospects. Yes, the Marlins have developed quite a few more prospects than the Cubs, but a vast majority of them have come from other teams in dump trades.