Another baseball source said Wednesday that the Cubs' yearlong efforts to land Baltimore leadoff...

Another baseball source said Wednesday that the Cubs' yearlong efforts to land Baltimore leadoff hitter Brian Roberts aren't dead, suggesting the Orioles might be more willing to move him with only one year left on his contract, pending the outcome of extension talks.

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Starting to run out pieces to trade for Roberts

Ceda goes to the Marlins, Gallagher went to the A’s

Pie, Veal, Marshall and Cedeno-doesnt terribly excite me.

I guess if you were really desperate you could ask them to move Hill, Marquis and Chad Gaudin but still. Lets face it, Marshall, Marquis and Gaudin could all go into our rotation and Hill is a wildcard, pun intended.

In the end it may boil down to does Brian want to stay. At some point, if the answer is no you have to judge it against what Matt Holliday went for and what you get versus draft picks. And Brian isnt going to fetch what Holliday was worth in theory.

by sanders833 on Nov 13, 2008 9:31 PM EST reply actions

I didn’t think the Cubs could annoy me any more than their fans already do, but I guess there’s always hope.

Their one prospect that I like: the Vitters kid who was selected before Matt Wieters a year and a half ago.

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Nov 13, 2008 11:09 PM EST reply actions

I don't see how we can trade Roberts

when we’re trying to build a middle infield.

If they wanted to send over Fontenot and Theriot, I’d take it. Short of that, I don’t see them having the chips to play.

Curt never met a buttered roll he didn't like.

by CoachOfEarl on Nov 14, 2008 12:52 PM EST reply actions

um, no

Those guys aren’t that good. Hell, Fontenot was a throw-in on the Sosa deal.

by pipkin on Nov 16, 2008 11:33 PM EST up reply actions

Wait...umm

Mike Fontenot hit .305 with 9 homers, 40 rbis, and 2 sb in 119 games (243 ABs). He was a bench guy that delivered big hits when they were needed and deserves to play every day. Sure, he has his problems with defense, but outside of that he’s definitely good.
And Ryan Theriot’s numbers might not reflect how important he was to the Cubs last year. He played more then good defense at short and delivered timely hits. His OBP (.387) and SLG (.359) certainly aren’t “great”, but they’re well within the realm of good.

by Dr Orpheus on Nov 17, 2008 1:57 AM EST up reply actions

Roberts for LaPorta

yea? nay? pimb?

by Dingbat Charlie on Nov 14, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply actions

ah who am I kidding

the tribe would never do it.

by Dingbat Charlie on Nov 14, 2008 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

yeah only if the Tribe

suddenly thought LaPorta was

Steve Swisher

If the Orioles trade Roberts I would really like to see us go for a SS or pitching, pitching, pitching…of course you look for the most talent and if Roberts is going to leave you have to do what you have to do.

LF we can find or just use Luke, Luis or Nolan for a while.

As for rebuilding the infield its kind of hard to do if Roberts wont stay.

by sanders833 on Nov 14, 2008 4:26 PM EST reply actions

Maybe trade him midseason

if no extension has been signed?

by Dr Orpheus on Nov 14, 2008 8:00 PM EST up reply actions

You’re not going to get anywhere near as much if you trade him as a mid-season rental. If you can’t sign this offseason, he needs to be traded this offseason.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Nov 16, 2008 1:10 PM EST up reply actions