The 2010 Cubs Free Agent and Roster Moves Thread: SAVEENG OUR KUBBEEZ!!11

[Slaky]

ANONYMOUS
First if you reveal your sources they are no longer going to be your sources.
Second i don't care which blog or which writers stories you read 90%
of it doesn't happen anyway.
Third this site has been right on alot last year. I know cause i was writting no way we get Miles, no way we get Heilman. But we did.
Maybe you could sign in with a real name instead of ANONYMOUS that way i could see how often you are right. ANONYMOUS

NERD FIGHT!!!

You know, that was my first thought as well.  Go figure.

Why don't you guys get it over with and touch dongs?

[CT III]

ANONYMOUS
First if you reveal your sources they are no longer going to be your sources.
Second i don't care which blog or which writers stories you read 90%
of it doesn't happen anyway.
Third this site has been right on alot last year. I know cause i was writting no way we get Miles, no way we get Heilman. But we did.
Maybe you could sign in with a real name instead of ANONYMOUS that way i could see how often you are right. ANONYMOUS

NERD FIGHT!!!

You know, that was my first thought as well.  Go figure.

Why don't you guys get it over with and touch dongs?

BH hasn't seen his own dong in 20 years.

[Yeti]

When I saw this story yesterday, I thought it would be nothing more than that, but it appears there's even more going on than I expected

[Powdered Toast Man]

According to ESPN Chicago's Bruce Levine, free agent reliever Matt Capps "is being pursued aggressively" by the Cubs.

The Nationals are also in the hunt for the recently non-tendered right-hander. The Cubs can't offer him a ninth-inning gig but they will be contenders in 2010 and may be able to outbid Washington. Capps, 26, was disappointing in 2009 but boasts a 3.61 career ERA in 271 2/3 innings.

[Weebs]

According to ESPN Chicago's Bruce Levine, free agent reliever Matt Capps "is being pursued aggressively" by the Cubs.

The Nationals are also in the hunt for the recently non-tendered right-hander. The Cubs can't offer him a ninth-inning gig but they will be contenders in 2010 and may be able to outbid Washington. Capps, 26, was disappointing in 2009 but boasts a 3.61 career ERA in 271 2/3 innings.

I saw this one coming a mile away.  Why wouldn't the Cubs want to put another couple million dollars into a middle reliever when the bullpen is the one area this team doesn't have to worry about?  Can they just sign Rick Ankiel already so we can bring this terrible off-season to a close?

[Powdered Toast Man]

According to ESPN Chicago's Bruce Levine, free agent reliever Matt Capps "is being pursued aggressively" by the Cubs.

The Nationals are also in the hunt for the recently non-tendered right-hander. The Cubs can't offer him a ninth-inning gig but they will be contenders in 2010 and may be able to outbid Washington. Capps, 26, was disappointing in 2009 but boasts a 3.61 career ERA in 271 2/3 innings.

I saw this one coming a mile away.  Why wouldn't the Cubs want to put another couple million dollars into a middle reliever when the bullpen is the one area this team doesn't have to worry about?  Can they just sign Rick Ankiel already so we can bring this terrible off-season to a close?

Weebs, did you watch the Cubs at all last year?

[Powdered Toast Man]

DPD:

According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Braves are prepared to send Javier Vazquez and LHP Boone Logan to the Yankees for outfielder Melky Cabrera, LHP Mike Dunn and a prospect.

The unnamed "prospect" may be RHP Arodys Vizcaino, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. In one fell swoop, the Yanks have acquired an excellent starter and freed up a spot in their outfield for a top free agent. Logan, 24, had a 5.19 ERA and 1.73 WHIP in 17 1/3 innings for the Braves this season. Dunn, who's also 24 and is headed to Atlanta, posted a 3.31 ERA and 1.41 WHIP between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cabrera, 25, hit .274/.336/.416 in 2009 with 13 home runs, 28 doubles, 10 stolen bases and 68 RBI in 485 at-bats.

[CBStew]

DPD:

According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Braves are prepared to send Javier Vazquez and LHP Boone Logan to the Yankees for outfielder Melky Cabrera, LHP Mike Dunn and a prospect.

The unnamed "prospect" may be RHP Arodys Vizcaino, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. In one fell swoop, the Yanks have acquired an excellent starter and freed up a spot in their outfield for a top free agent. Logan, 24, had a 5.19 ERA and 1.73 WHIP in 17 1/3 innings for the Braves this season. Dunn, who's also 24 and is headed to Atlanta, posted a 3.31 ERA and 1.41 WHIP between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cabrera, 25, hit .274/.336/.416 in 2009 with 13 home runs, 28 doubles, 10 stolen bases and 68 RBI in 485 at-bats.

So this means....

[Weebs]

According to ESPN Chicago's Bruce Levine, free agent reliever Matt Capps "is being pursued aggressively" by the Cubs.

The Nationals are also in the hunt for the recently non-tendered right-hander. The Cubs can't offer him a ninth-inning gig but they will be contenders in 2010 and may be able to outbid Washington. Capps, 26, was disappointing in 2009 but boasts a 3.61 career ERA in 271 2/3 innings.

I saw this one coming a mile away.  Why wouldn't the Cubs want to put another couple million dollars into a middle reliever when the bullpen is the one area this team doesn't have to worry about?  Can they just sign Rick Ankiel already so we can bring this terrible off-season to a close?

Weebs, did you watch the Cubs at all last year?

But relief pitching is incredibly inconsistent and paying several million dollars when you have plenty of pitching talent in the farm system is just a waste of money, especially when other positions are way more important.

[Weebs]

DPD:

According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Braves are prepared to send Javier Vazquez and LHP Boone Logan to the Yankees for outfielder Melky Cabrera, LHP Mike Dunn and a prospect.

The unnamed "prospect" may be RHP Arodys Vizcaino, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. In one fell swoop, the Yanks have acquired an excellent starter and freed up a spot in their outfield for a top free agent. Logan, 24, had a 5.19 ERA and 1.73 WHIP in 17 1/3 innings for the Braves this season. Dunn, who's also 24 and is headed to Atlanta, posted a 3.31 ERA and 1.41 WHIP between Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cabrera, 25, hit .274/.336/.416 in 2009 with 13 home runs, 28 doubles, 10 stolen bases and 68 RBI in 485 at-bats.

So this means....

DPD

I think it means the Cubs will not be trading for Melky Cabreara.  Thank god.

[Eli]

But relief pitching is incredibly inconsistent and paying several million dollars when you have plenty of pitching talent in the farm system is just a waste of money, especially when other positions are way more important.

I'm gonna this a Weebs post.

This.

[Kermit, B.]

So, if the Cubs trade Zambrano, their starting rotation is:

1.  A serial killer coming off knee surgery who might not be ready for Opening Day.
2.  A second-year player who faded as the year wore on.
3.  A converted closer/rodeo clown.
4.  The result of a failed science experiment in which a man tried to use a transporter on a bear and a pig.
5.  Sloth from Goonies or the best wide receiver in Chicago.

Is that about right?  Sounds fun!

[Slaky]

So, if the Cubs trade Zambrano, their starting rotation is:

1.  A serial killer coming off knee surgery who might not be ready for Opening Day.
2.  A second-year player who faded as the year wore on.
3.  A converted closer/rodeo clown.
4.  The result of a failed science experiment in which a man tried to use a transporter on a bear and a pig.
5.  Sloth from Goonies or the best wide receiver in Chicago.

Is that about right?  Sounds fun!

It's as if they're trying to remind us of the 90s. Why must we be punished? Who is really running this team?

So many questions...

[Quality Start Machine]

Trading Carlos Zambrano would be the most idiotic thing the Cubs could do since letting Greg Maddux walk.

That is all.

[PenFoe]

Trading Carlos Zambrano would be the most idiotic thing the Cubs could do since letting Greg Maddux walk.

That is all.

What's the opposite of THIS?

Not This?

Trading Zambrano really wouldn't be that bad unless Hendry is the one who does it.
This team is not 1 Zambrano away from a World Series...as long as the right architect was handling it, a rebuilding wouldn't look so bad.