Report: Shannon Stewart claimed by Cubs

[bobskube]

Bruce Levine of AM-1000 in Chicago is reported that the Cubs have claimed Shannon Stewart from the Oakland A's.

 

They have 48 hours to work out a deal between the two clubs or else deal is null and void.

 

This would help Cubs outfield a bit, which could be enough to win our anemic battle or our division.

[princeginterhallhelms04]

Am i the only one having visions of stewart running in to the ivy and breaking his wrist/arm. Dude just can't stay off the DL and more power to the cubs if they want to acquire an injury risk in stewart.

[kgbaseball]

He'd only be a quick fix until Soriano comes back. It'd be a good move, in my opinion, since they aren't real high on Murton. Plus, Angel Pagan was just put on the DL today for colitis.

[burniebrewer]

He's a nice veteran, but very fragile.

[Brian the Automator]

If they give up chicken feed for him, I don't see how it's a bad move. If they give up decent prospects, it's probably not a good move for them.

[JoeHova]

are the margins on this thread as messed up for everybody else as they are for me? I wonder what's up.

[Brian the Automator]

princeginterhallhelms04's sig is all jacked up...

 

Just a reminder, no images in sigs please.

[1992casey]

princeginterhallhelms04, please check for an August 4th PM from me regarding your signature. You should be able to find it by clicking on the Inbox link on the top of any forum page.

[endaround]

Is Stewart really better than Murton? Really don't get why Murton is treated so poorly. He's shown more than everyone's fave Crawford at the same age. I understand Murton started slowly, but really its like last year didn't happen.

[Oldcity]

This is probably the tenth time I've posted how I'd love for the Brewers to get Matt Murton at some point, because I'm pretty sure he'd come cheap.

[bsglorydays]

I hope the Cubs get him. He's not an upgrade over the guys currently on their roster, particularly Murton.

[rotoherb]

It's because Murton really has only one tool, hitting. He botched a number of plays in the OF earlier in the season and that got him into Lou's doghouse, he can't play CF, and he's not particularly fast. Baseball execs and managers aren't overly enamoured with guys who can hit well, but not great, and that's all they do.

 

But getting Stewart wouldn't really be replacing Murton, it would be replacing Fontenot/Cedeno, because with Stewart the Cubs could move DeRosa back to the second base, which would probably be an upgrade at the plate and defensively in the OF. Stewart also hits righthanded so they could platoon him with Jaques Jones or Cliff Floyd as well. I do think getting Stewart would help the Cubs in the short term.

 

I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but Aramis Ramirez has been out the last two games with a wrist injury and went back to Chicago for tests so he'll be out at least another couple of games. Having him out for any period of time would be a much bigger hit than Soriano to the Cubs.

[Fatter than Joey]

BTW -- Pie was recalled to replace Pagan on the DL

[JoeHova]

Plus, Angel Pagan was just put on the DL today for colitis.

oh, that's terrible. I don't know much about Colitis, but I do know that it ruined Dajuan Wagner's NBA career. He had to get his colon removed, which is horrifying. While that apparently isn't that common, removal of the large intestine to treat the disease is, which is perhaps equally horrifying. Apparently only 1 in 10,000 people get this disease, so bad luck for Angel. I know many of us dislike the Cubs, but I wish Angel all the best and I hope he is able to get through this without having have large swaths of his gastro-intestinal tract removed.

[Thurston Fluff]

oh, that's terrible. I don't know much about Colitis, but I do know that it ruined Dajuan Wagner's NBA career

 

Yes it is bad. We had a wrestler on our team who had it. It took forever for him to get right agian and it was painful. He had a bunch of his intestines removed. I won't get to graphic but ever since he has to go to the bathroom every couple hours. I'd rather lose the division to the Cubs than have someone suffer like that.