Comments on: Daily Farm Report 11/7/08

By: TICY

TICY — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:55:30 +0000

Did anyone else get onto the Troy Cate bandwagon as hard as i did when he was tearing it up as a starter? God, i thought he’d come out of nowhere and help out. So disappointing.

By: jrocke217

jrocke217 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:32:12 +0000

clark,

the answer to your question will be posted at the birdhouse in a little while.

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:04:37 +0000

I don’t know if this has been addressed before, but why isn’t Freese on the Caribes anymore?

By: lawless

lawless — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:01:00 +0000

Most “interesting” scrap heap finds:

1. Joel Guzman
2. Daniel Haigwood
3. Eric Threets
4. Eric Milton (look at the LOOGY possibilities)
5. Victor Diaz
6. Cory Doyne
7. Jose Capelan

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:21:58 +0000

options* darn it.

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:21:39 +0000

reduces our* trading optoins

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:21:02 +0000

I don’t like the Holliday-Ludwick deal either. It doesn’t really improve the team that much, and doesn’t address any of its needs either.

This is exactly why I was unenthusiastic about bringing Tony back. He’s a manager, not a GM; the team shouldn’t be making decisions just to appease him, if indeed that is what’s going on with the Holliday trade.

I’m not a big Boggs fan, but I don’t get trading Schumaker and Ludwick. I don’t think Holliday is worth making that trade for. It increases our salary, reduces are trading options, and doesn’t address any needs. Where’s the upside to this?

As far as ML free agents go, why not sign Jeff Weaver? It seems like Duncan fixed him once, he might be able to do it again…

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:26:30 +0000

For whatever it’s worth, I’ll be very upset if the Cards make that trade. Like Leach said, it doesn’t address our current needs and seems to be a trade being made out of respect to TLR’s final contract year. Boggs has good stuff and Skip was one of our most consistent hitters. You don’t really have anyone to replace their 2009 roles so I don’t do it. And I think Ludwick has another 3-4 good years ahead of him, cheaply as well

By: Secret Sauce

Secret Sauce — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:48:53 +0000

How many more “difference makers” can the Cubs have? Juan Pierre, Fukudome, Harden, Soriano have all been named the “final piece” to the Cubs championship puzzle, so if they were to get Peavy, it personally doesn’t bother me a bit. If they want to pay him 80+ million over five years, have at it. Even if they do win the World Series, as a Cardinal fan I would be incredibly dissapointed, but the bottom line is they didn’t win this year, and will likely be the only franchise in professional sports that will have gone 100 years without a title.

By: shaneo69

shaneo69 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:54 +0000

Rosenthal on foxsports.com is saying it would be Ludwick, Skip, and Boggs for Holliday.

BTW, I absolutely despise Rosenthal. Guy is always trying to think up ways the Cubs can come up with a lineup of all-stars and five Cy Young pitchers, while at the same time questioning a Cards move to get Holliday.

I don’t know how many times he’s started a column with “Imagine Dice-K pitching to Fukudome in the World Series”, “Imagine if the Cubs added Brian Roberts to their already potent lineup”, “Imagine the Cubs with a rotation of Zambrano, Peavy, Dempster, Lilly, and Harden”…