Cards to Acquire Furcal

[Bombers]

Link: http://www.mlbtraderumors...oritizing-shortstop.html

 

We play them 12 times in 38 days - this is going to be fun. Go crew!!

[And That]

Furcal still has to waive his 10-and-5 no-trade rights, so the deal isn't done yet.

[RockCoCougars]

I hope that it doesn't, but this one could end up biting the Crew. It looks like Furcal is healthy and getting going- if so, he's a huge upgrade over Theriot at short and at the top of the lineup

[ninja33]

I'm interested to see what the cards gave up. Seems like the dodgers must have been asking for quite a bit (at least more than everyone expected) which is why Melvin moved on to Lopez/hairston

[PrinceEatMeat]

He's not exactly lighting the world on fire, but is 8 for his last 28. So he's getting it together a little bit. Pretty sure the price was either too high for Melvin, or our scouts just didn't like what they saw.

[RockCoCougars]

I don't bemoan the Brewers for not dealing for him as much as I do the Cardinals getting him. I would have been fine with any other team.

[StearnsFTW]

I think it's great the Cardinals got him.

 

I have no faith in his (in)ability to stay healthy.

[Funketown]

Furcal's line over the past three seasons is .271/.336/.389/.725 and he's probably an average fielder at this point. He's obviously a pretty big upgrade over Theriot, but I don't think this makes a huge difference; perhaps he makes them a game better over 70 games. He probably won't have that much more of an impact than Hairston.

[GAME05]

i was quietly hoping the Brewers didn't trade away the last of their farm system to get Furcal.

[StearnsFTW]

Furcal's line over the past three seasons is .271/.336/.389/.725 and he's probably an average fielder at this point. He's obviously a pretty big upgrade over Theriot, but I don't think this makes a huge difference; perhaps he makes them a game better over 70 games. He probably won't have that much more of an impact than Hairston.

I doubt it. He'll probably miss 2/3 of their remaining games. It's definitely a swing-for-the-fences type move, but I'm guessing it'll be a whiff.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

i agree with all comments concerning furcal staying healthy

[derflotr]

I like how all in one day Furcal isn't worth the trouble and Komatsu is nothing special. Got to love winning streaks.

[cwolf2012]

Remember, this is the Cardinals training staff. The same staff that got a guy back from a fracture in 15 days. I'm half expecting Furcal to hit .400 with 15 HRs and stay completely healthy, just because it's the freaking Cards.

[Oldcity]

One NL Central contender realized they have a terrible shortstop and did something about it.

 

The other did not.

[cwolf2012]

"One NL Central contender realized they have a terrible shortstop and did something about it.

 

The other did not."

 

This is cryptic. Furcal has been injured a lot and hitting poorly, but has name recognition. I honestly have no idea whether you're referring to the Brewers or the Cards as having upgraded their shortstop.

[Invader3K]

It's arguable that we did upgrade SS if Hairston actually gets some starts there.

[yoyo49]

alex castellanos going to LAD in the deal

[Oldcity]

Hairston isn't a shortstop upgrade. He's a utility upgrade. They have a huge need for a full time shortstop. The Cards got one; the Brewers didn't.

[endaround]

Harriston is a SS upgrade. Furcal is a DL upgrade.

[The Truth]

It's arguable that we did upgrade SS if Hairston actually gets some starts there.

Unfortunately, that is a huge "if"

 

Trying not to over-react this morning to Hairston sitting on the bench while Counsell, Lopez and Betancourt start

[crewcrazy]

For what it's worth, from Yahoo!'s Jeff Passan yesterday (in 3 separate tweets), when news of the deal first came out:

 

Me: "How does Furcal look?" Scout: "You know that guy on Tales From the Crypt?" Defense in particular, he says, is grim. Injuries took toll.

 

At the trade deadline, you need moments of levity. And someone dropping a Crypt Keeper comp on an active major leaguer qualifies.

 

Two things: 1) The Crypt Keeper, though dead, ran a cool TV show. 2) I still think Furcal was good acquisition. Just not the player he was.

 

Though to be fair, a corpse would likely be an upgrade over Theriot or anyone else they were playing at short.

[pitchleague]

Remember, this is the Cardinals training staff. The same staff that got a guy back from a fracture in 15 days. I'm half expecting Furcal to hit .400 with 15 HRs and stay completely healthy, just because it's the freaking Cards.

this is pretty much spot-on what I told my wife yesterday.

 

The guy has been hurt and when he has played he's been pretty terrible. Now that he's "healthy" he'll magically be much better? With him joining the Cardinals and being in a pennant race, he probably will start playing more like the Furcal of old instead of continuing to hit .212 and playing average to sub-par defense (for him.)

[craigharmann]

As Furcal was getting on the plane to fly to St. Louis, he tripped and broke his leg. According to the Cards training staff, he'll be out 3 days.

[razzzorsharp]

He moved the tying runner from 2nd to 3rd with class in his first at-bat.

[RockCoCougars]

He moved the tying runner from 2nd to 3rd with class in his first at-bat.

Did the commentators explain the ovation by saying that St. Louis fans are perhaps the most knowledgeable in the game?