12-22-2009, 05:18 PM
<!--quoteo(post=72804:date=Dec 22 2009, 03:10 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Dec 22 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=72790:date=Dec 22 2009, 01:41 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 22 2009, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><b><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->I don't have any faith in Hendry's ability to pull off a good trade for Zambrano. First, he'd decide to trade him, then he would tell every member of the media that the Cubs *have* to move him. Then he'd suspend him for the first month of the season. Then he'd trade him for a replacement-level 2B and eat all of Zambrano's salary.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--></b>
Damn, that was good, Butch. Painful, but spot-on.
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Yeah, that was spot on. I mean, when you think of how bad Jim Hendry has done, the FIRST thing that pops into your head is all the bad trades he made. I mean there was the Pierre trade (because we traded away a guy who baseball reference shows has comps to Mike Harkey), and then there was..well....ummm...let's see....oh yeah, the fucking moron traded away Aardsma!!!!!!!! Who, after being traded 2 more times, actually had a pretty decent year!
Geez, that record really speaks for itself, doesn't it? Painful, but spot-on.
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It's a double edged sword in some ways...More than moves he made that we regret, Hendry has no made moves that he could have made that we would have benefitted from. He is well known for holding prospects, overvaluing them, and not making moves until the guys are valueless. One thing that I would imagine Cubs fans would like to see more of is the Cubs using their own prospects to trade for people's veteran stars. Instead, Hendry sat on Patterson and Pie, and many others from that highly rated farm system from a long time ago until those guys had no value. If he used them over time to add pieces to the team, one could say things may have been different - no way to be sure, of course...it's all speculation.
Hendry hasn't made many deals that bit him in the ass. That's a good thing. But his lack of willingness to trade top prospects for bigtime players is concerning. He's done it well many of the times he tried.
Damn, that was good, Butch. Painful, but spot-on.
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Yeah, that was spot on. I mean, when you think of how bad Jim Hendry has done, the FIRST thing that pops into your head is all the bad trades he made. I mean there was the Pierre trade (because we traded away a guy who baseball reference shows has comps to Mike Harkey), and then there was..well....ummm...let's see....oh yeah, the fucking moron traded away Aardsma!!!!!!!! Who, after being traded 2 more times, actually had a pretty decent year!
Geez, that record really speaks for itself, doesn't it? Painful, but spot-on.
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It's a double edged sword in some ways...More than moves he made that we regret, Hendry has no made moves that he could have made that we would have benefitted from. He is well known for holding prospects, overvaluing them, and not making moves until the guys are valueless. One thing that I would imagine Cubs fans would like to see more of is the Cubs using their own prospects to trade for people's veteran stars. Instead, Hendry sat on Patterson and Pie, and many others from that highly rated farm system from a long time ago until those guys had no value. If he used them over time to add pieces to the team, one could say things may have been different - no way to be sure, of course...it's all speculation.
Hendry hasn't made many deals that bit him in the ass. That's a good thing. But his lack of willingness to trade top prospects for bigtime players is concerning. He's done it well many of the times he tried.