Cubs trade Gorzelanny to Nationals for 3 Prospects

[Funketown]

Cubs receive Graham Hicks, a 20 year old lefty starter who has put up some decent numbers in low A, as well as A.J. Morris, a 24 year old starter who put up around a 3.6 FIP in 70 or so A+ innings last year, and Michael Burgess, who OPS'd just under .800 in 400 AA at bats last year.

 

I can't give more of a scouting report than that, so maybe someone else here can.

[molitor fan]

Oh jeesh, great trade for the Cubs....I actually have seen Burgess a couple times in the minors and he has a great chance of breaking through and being a power hitter

[berniebrewer4life]

Not too much of a shocker, since the Garza trade, i was wondering who they were going to dump. Seems like a decent haul for them, but i don't know a ton about the nationals prospects.

[JohnBriggs12]

Oh jeesh, great trade for the Cubs....I actually have seen Burgess a couple times in the minors and he has a great chance of breaking through and being a power hitter

I completely disagree. With all due respect to Randy Wells, Carlos Silva, Jeff Samardzija etc., Gorzelanny was their 4th best starter in my opinion and only lefty.

 

Burgess has power, but has plenty of holes as evidenced by his mediocre .257 lifetime BA. He's enough of a prospect to be a trade chip for them down the road but he's not that close to being an impact major leaguer.

[Ennder]

I think it is a good deal for the Cubs as well. I don't think they are playing for 2011 as much as 2012 or 2013 though.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Nice trade for Cubs. That's a surprising haul for Gorzellany. I didn't like the Garza trade for them since they should be playing for 2013, but combined with this one it's not as bad for them.

 

The Nats are delusional.

[cubfan1126]

This just through me for a loop.

Just read in the Daily Herald that the Cubs signed Gorzelanny to a 1 yr deal yesterday.
Then I read this that he was traded yesterday.
Wondering what funketown was smokin'

Then went to cubs.com and apparently he was traded while he was being signed.

Wierd. Yeah I'd say this is most definitely a futures deal. Kind of ambivelant about it.