10-13-2009, 12:36 PM
<!--quoteo(post=66289:date=Oct 12 2009, 08:38 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Oct 12 2009, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=66288:date=Oct 12 2009, 09:18 PM:name=Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Andy @ Oct 12 2009, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hendry ended up trading:
Wuertz, Pie, Cedeno & Hill. Unless Heilman resigns with the Cubs, we'll have Hank Williamson (IA fodder) and a yet unnamed player to show for it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
absolutely true. And if he hadn't traded them, they would have all been cut, as (I'm fairly certain)they were out of options and had no place on the roster. Furthermore, I don't think you guys can argue that any of them, with the possible exception of Wuertz, deserved a spot on the roster.
And which of these guys was Hendry SUPPOSED to get anything more than a bucket of snot back for? Again, I'll concede Wuertz (although the market for 29 year olds with a nearly 1.5 whip probably isn't as huge as some of you guys seem to think), but what would you give up for a guy who walked 18 batters in 19 innings (who was a catastrophe this year, by the way). Or do we get the kings ransom for the shortstop with the .593 OPS this year? Pie got us a decent return, but Heilman blew up (as middle relievers tend to do).
I'm not saying Hendry did great, but you have to give up something to get something, and we didn't give up a whole lot in those deals.
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We could always bash Hendry for not trading Pie and Hill when they would have got something like Soriano.
Wuertz, Pie, Cedeno & Hill. Unless Heilman resigns with the Cubs, we'll have Hank Williamson (IA fodder) and a yet unnamed player to show for it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
absolutely true. And if he hadn't traded them, they would have all been cut, as (I'm fairly certain)they were out of options and had no place on the roster. Furthermore, I don't think you guys can argue that any of them, with the possible exception of Wuertz, deserved a spot on the roster.
And which of these guys was Hendry SUPPOSED to get anything more than a bucket of snot back for? Again, I'll concede Wuertz (although the market for 29 year olds with a nearly 1.5 whip probably isn't as huge as some of you guys seem to think), but what would you give up for a guy who walked 18 batters in 19 innings (who was a catastrophe this year, by the way). Or do we get the kings ransom for the shortstop with the .593 OPS this year? Pie got us a decent return, but Heilman blew up (as middle relievers tend to do).
I'm not saying Hendry did great, but you have to give up something to get something, and we didn't give up a whole lot in those deals.
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We could always bash Hendry for not trading Pie and Hill when they would have got something like Soriano.
I like you guys a lot.