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Tradeable

When it develops its own players, a solid baseball organization also produces tradeable veterans. Tradeability is something of a foreign concept to Cub fans. It does not apply to high-profile flops, players you wish had never come in the door. Cub fans are quite familiar with players of that sort. Recent examples are Soriano, Fukudome, [...]

Posted 21 February 2010 † Phil § Hendry § Ricketts § prospect § trade ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A weak defense

Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times has written a defense of Alfonso Soriano, in which appears this item:

It also has been well documented that what drove the price so high had nothing to do with the baseball operations side of the team, nor Jim Hendry. It came directly from the top of an organization that was about [...]

Posted 04 September 2009 † Phil § Hendry § bradley § soriano ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,