Comments on: Is Hughes being readied to start again?

By: Potch

Potch — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:59:34 +0000

Twins “Very Close” To Acquiring Orlando Cabrera
By Tim Dierkes [July 31 at 11:56am CST]

11:56am: Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle says Cabrera to the Twins is “very close.”

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By: L to the 2nd

L to the 2nd — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:50:08 +0000

Can’t see SD giving up Gonzalez – cheap & signed long term. Makes no sense – even for SD

By: Carmine

Carmine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:31:05 +0000

m shirt

Really, at some point, you have to remember the fans regardless of how bad your team is. It’s like with the Pirates trading away everyone on their team for the haul of players they got. But seriously they got rid of everyone and you know they’re still going nowhere because their ownership refuses to spend money anyway. Sorry, that went from the Padres to how much I hate Pittsburgh’s front office.

By: m shirt

m shirt — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:23:17 +0000

Wave Your Hat July 31st, 2009 at 11:34 am

It’s hard to believe the Padres would really trade him. How are they going to get fans to the park the next two years?
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I was just in San Diego last month. Gonzalez’s face is plastered all over that city. He is literally the face of the franchise. I’m not saying that Towers is above tossing him off, but I just can’t imagine being a fan of a team that operates like that.

By: carl

carl — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:22:03 +0000

betsy July 31st, 2009 at 12:19 pm

Carl, are you kidding? I can’t open the link……..

Yeah its just Jarred Washburn

By: BD 2.0

BD 2.0 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:20:37 +0000

I’m not arguing that Washburn is an elite pitcher or someone who will consistently give you a 2.60 ERA…

but for the price the Tigers paid, I think it’s an absolute steal.

as CB said, it’s a buyers market.

By: betsy

betsy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:08 +0000

Carl, are you kidding? I can’t open the link……..

By: BD 2.0

BD 2.0 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:01 +0000

Patrick,

I agree with you to an extent.

But a 2.60 ERA 2/3 of the way through a season – that’s quite a bit of luck….

you can show me 1,000 stats. the one’s that count, on the field, look pretty good.

he must be doing something right.

for $4M and a couple nothing prospects, the Tigers just made themselves much better.

By: Carmine

Carmine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:18:51 +0000

BD:

Oh no, there is certainly something done right when you’re giving up fewer than 3 earned runs per 9. It’s not an accident. Washburn knows he pitches in a big park with great outfield defense.

By: stuart

stuart — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:17:53 +0000

now to the sux… vmartinez is a very good hitter. he also is 30, cannot catch well. varitek is done after this year obviously. if the sux get vmart. they will give up at least 3 very good prospects.

if the sux get gonzalez the yare giving up 4 or 5 prospects, better group of players then vmart.this includes young arms…

the sux rotation is ; beckett, lester, then wakefield, smoltz, matsuzaka, and laptop. laptop will be in these trades and the sux need some starting arms for the futre…

the sux have issues long term and no cathcer of the future huge ???at SS and 3B and other areas…

cash is not mortgaging the future. Also if Montero keeps this up he will be on the big club sometime next year……………