A precursor to a Kendall trade?

by jpl on Jun 20, 2007 9:05 AM PDT

The Cubs just traded away Michael Barrett to San Diego for the Padres backup catcher.....

Could this be a precursor to another deal with the A's? Piniella is known for liking a defensive catcher. The A's happen to have an interesting situation at catcher with a possibly available great game caller in Jason Kendall. Could Kendall be bleeding Cubbie Blue soon?

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cause they're not wasting enough money

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jun 20, 2007 9:10 AM PDT reply actions

Well . . .

It makes no sense for the Cubs to acquire Kendall and would be a waste of money, so given Hendry's track record I would have to say it's entirely possible.

I'd like to eat my lunch, but Billy just kicked me out of my office.

by BlameChannel53 on Jun 20, 2007 9:13 AM PDT reply actions

Agreed.

They're just that dumb.

Maybe we can get Mark Prior for him...

I figure between Prior and Harden, you can get 33 starts next year, as long as Harden waits for Prior to come off the DL to get hurt. One for the price of two, but one good one!

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by The Pilots Dared Me To Die on Jun 20, 2007 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmmmm

I think the Cubs just wanted to get rid of Barrett. A backup catcher was probably the best they could get for him.....

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Jun 20, 2007 9:39 AM PDT reply actions

Cubs are tossing in $$$ to get the deal done

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Jun 20, 2007 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions

catcher

koyie hill and Rob bowen are terrible catchers though. Do the cubs have a good young catcher in the minors?

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by bballfanr33 on Jun 20, 2007 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions

they have a couple of catchers

mark reed, geovany soto, chris robinson and jake fox. reed is the younger brother of jeremy reed and has had a similar career path thus far (he cant hit), soto did ok in AAA last year, and robinson and fox are in AA. of those fox has the most upside.

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by harendaman365 on Jun 20, 2007 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

In a word...

No.

The Kendall Shift: 6 infielders and 2 catchers.

by Ozzz on Jun 20, 2007 9:41 AM PDT reply actions

Well...

If we were to trade Kendall to the Cubbies who could we get in return?

by Blake44 on Jun 20, 2007 9:44 AM PDT reply actions

Addition by subtraction

Salary relief, roster spot, maybe a low level prospect, a bucket of balls. Does it really matter?

by panchopunch on Jun 20, 2007 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions

A bucket of grit

and some disc brakes.

What stank flatulist.

by andeux on Jun 20, 2007 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions

thats sounds like...

Erstad.

"I see Milton Bradley being the Oaktown player that breaks out this year." breaks out... breaks out of where? jail?

by gdub171 on Jun 21, 2007 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Just for the sake of arguement

The big hang-up in any plan to deal Kendall is his no-trade clause. However, he's having a lousy year with the bat and if he wants to get a decent contract next year he needs to get his bat going. He's had some success vs. NL teams this year, maybe the idea of making a few extra million dollars next year by posting a respectable batting line would be enough to get him to waive his NTC.

Yep. Warm and fuzzy... that's me.

by grover on Jun 20, 2007 10:09 AM PDT reply actions

The chances are also greater

that he would be re-signed by the Cubs than by the A's

by jpl on Jun 20, 2007 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

NL Central

Cubs saw what he's done against the Astros and Cardinals (batting like .500 with doubles and a fricking HR). Plus, Pinella is looking for a tag team partner to take on Lackey and Dibble.

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jun 20, 2007 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

if they're that dumb

then God bless'em!

"The problems in the world today are so enormous they cannot be solved with the level of thinking that created them."- A. Einstein

by The Pilots Dared Me To Die on Jun 20, 2007 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Barrett's had some attitude issues.

But he's a pretty good hitter for a catcher. If the Cubs were willing to give him up for only a backup catcher, why didn't BB make an offer?

"We were s--, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."

by lenscrafters on Jun 20, 2007 10:20 AM PDT reply actions

we already traded him to make room for Kendall

before. Now, that was back yonder when Beane thought Kendall could hit.

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jun 20, 2007 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions

no

that was for damien miller in 04. Kendall was in 05.

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by bballfanr33 on Jun 20, 2007 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

so we traded Barrett before we got Kendall

Beane was just thinking a year ahead in clearing space for Kendall...

Signatures? We don't need no stinking signatures.

by jubjub on Jun 20, 2007 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Wasn't he traded a day after acquiring him

to bring in Damien Miller?

by jpl on Jun 20, 2007 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Back then

Barrett was a below average catcher who couldn't hit. If Beane had known he'd eventually become a great hitter, he'd have held onto him.

"We were s--, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."

by lenscrafters on Jun 20, 2007 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions

yeah

we got him from the Expos for a PTBNL then gave the cubbies cash and Barrett

by buddahead9 on Jun 20, 2007 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions

re: barrett/miller

I thought, at the time, that we kind of wanted Barrett for ourselves but couldn't agree on a contract since he was arby eligible. We then spun him off in a trade to a team that wanted him no matter what (Cubs).

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by davebenfremont on Jun 20, 2007 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

zambrano

i think the barrett trade has more to do with keeping their star pitcher, you know the one that is not on the dl, happy by getting rid of the cancer, er, i mean catcher.

although it would be nice to free up the salary, maybe even for another deal...

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by peoples27 on Jun 20, 2007 6:53 PM PDT reply actions