Cubs send Izturis to Pitt for PTBNL

[bsglorydays]

According to XM, the Cubs just traded Cesar Izturis to the Pirates for a PTBNL.

[bsglorydays]

Perhaps Jack Wilson is about to be traded.

[goirish2107]

they really are doing a number on their roster, and have been non-stop since last off-season. that can't be good for team chemistry. i would think thats an advantage to us, having had the same guys around the whole time, with minimal changes

[Thurston Fluff]

Are the Cubs playing fantasy baseball? I don't know what it does for team chemistry but it can't help a manager to have a new bunch of guys to learn their strengths and weaknesses on a continual basis. Then agian it was Izturis. Maybe they are looking for Lou's type of guys and are adding by subtracting.

[TooLiveBrew]

For the Bucs' sake, I hope they can deal Captain Jack & his ridiculous contract. $8-ish mil./year for a poor-hit SS is crippling to a payroll that low. Now Boston on the other hand....(just thinkin')

[bsglorydays]

I think it works both ways with chemistry. Sure, the team is constantly changing. But, at the same time, players can look at it as "management is trying to make a run."

 

Granted, trading Izturis doesn't accomplish much other than clearing a spot on the 25-man roster.

[Invader3K]

Honestly, I don't believe at the MLB level that chemistry is all that important. Yeah, you can't have big locker room cancers, but overall these guys are pros, and I don't think one guy leaving and another coming in will have that much of an effect.

[JohnBriggs12]

The loss of Izturis helps their team chemistry. The Cubs got it going when they brought up Fontenot. Fontenot, Theriot and De Rosa have all been key components of their recent charge. Izturis was never close to being a team leader on this team.

 

There's one more element to this deal. It makes room for Ronny Cedeno. Sure Cedeno struggled last year, but he had a stretch where he hit, and he's been scorching AAA this year: .362/.430/.559, .989 OPS.

[Jopal78]

Unfortunately, it is a lucky-stroke for the Cubs. They had: DeRosa, Theriot, Fontenot, all ahead of Izturis. Additionally, Ronny Cedeno has been hitting AAA pitching very well. Izturis was a black hole on their roster due to his offensive struggles, and hefty paycheck. Now the Cubs' roster crunch is somewhat slackened.

 

It seems with the ownership up in the air, the Cubs are not allowed to simply release players and eat the remainder of the contract, hence Jacque Jones is still on the team as was Izturis. Therefore, even though they are more than likely paying Izturis' contract, they now can shuffle their roster around to add another bullpen arm, or they can call up Cedeno and give DeRosa more time in RF.

 

Long story short, Hendry gets Littlefield to bail him out off a mess he made

[Brian the Automator]

Who would trade for Jack Wilson?...

[Loopee]

Bill Bavasi?

[homer]

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Who would trade for Jack Wilson?...

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Jim Bowden

[bsglorydays]

Who would trade for Jack Wilson?...

 

That is the 8 million dollar question.

 

There's one more element to this deal. It makes room for Ronny Cedeno.

 

I don't see that happening, because Cedeno likely wouldn't get any more playing time that Izturis was getting. But, I've been wrong many, many times before and nothing surprises me with Jim Hendry.

[brewmann04]

Maybe it now Clears the way for that Blockbuster Trade

 

AROD to the Cubs .

 

 

However with the yanks making their maove this might not Actually Happen until the Offseason.

[SeriesFinale]

Aramis Ramirez will truly miss him.

[Brian the Automator]

[ However with the yanks making their maove this might not Actually Happen until the Offseason. ]

 

A-Rod has the opportunity to become a free agent after this season, and word is that he'll excersise that option.

[jazzytrav]

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Who would trade for Jack Wilson?...

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Possibly the same guy that traded for Jason Kendall?

[brewmann04]

yanks are caught in a bind they are making a run but they know Arod would look to test the Waters. we all know Lou would love to have Arod back.

[bsglorydays]

C Jake Fox was the player the Cubs called up. How many catchers do they plan on using this year?

 

He can also play 1B and OF, though.

[recte44]

Blue Jays will trade for Wilson, that's my guess.

[dadofandrew]

While Izturis is close to wortless, I guess Wilson is worthless and expensive...so Cesar would be an upgrade.

[BREWCREW5]

Its probably for a reliever....

[MoneyballMan]

So with Izturis gone, who's going to grab Ramirez's "boys" from behind the next time he hits a walk-off HR? Maybe Ramirez WAS bothered by that even though he seemed to enjoy it in that video....

[AdvantageSchneider]

I don't get what the Pirates get out of this deal. Izturis is a FA after this year is he not? What's the point in trading for a guy for 2 months, when you aren't going anywhere anyway.

 

If they do trade away Wilson, and I highly doubt they do, they must have a guy in the minors that could give them what Izturis would do for them. Doesn't make sense, other than Tracy and Izturis get to have that ex-dodgers reunion they must have been hoping to have.

[hawing]

Perhaps the Cubs believe that Jack Wilson is the magic bullet, the last piece needed to bring down the Brewers once and for all.

 

There's something horribly poetic to the notion. Horrible for me, at least.