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MLB: Cubs have a little payroll flexabilty could make a trade

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They're not involved in the chase for Roy Halladay, but the Cubs could still add players before next week's trade deadline, according to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times. The Cubs apparently have enough payroll flexibility to add a "mid-level" player and Wittenmyer suggests the team could pursue relievers such as George Sherrill and Chad Qualls. GM Jim Hendry said the Cubs can make moves "if something comes up," but didn't discuss specific needs.
The Cubs, who nearly acquired Chris Coste earlier in the month, could also pursue catching help if Geovany Soto's injury lingers longer than expected.
 
As much as I think that would be a good addition with Sanchez having another year on his deal I think I just don't see it happening untill the ownership would be approved by the rest of the mlb owners and that won't be untill after the 31st
 
I don't care who it is but they need a new infielder. Either a 2B or a SS (moving Theriot to 2B). I was hot on Sanchez at first but I want someone with a little more pop, like a Dan Uggla.

And you can never have enough bullpen help, Sherrill would be awesome. Unfortunately, he's a hot item and will probably cost a lot.
 
If they can't get a good starter at either 2b or ss then they had better not make a move for another backup middle infielder. I think the bullpen is ok wouldn't mind another LH pitcher down there thou
 
DJK15 said:
I don't care who it is but they need a new infielder. Either a 2B or a SS (moving Theriot to 2B). I was hot on Sanchez at first but I want someone with a little more pop, like a Dan Uggla.

And you can never have enough bullpen help, Sherrill would be awesome. Unfortunately, he's a hot item and will probably cost a lot.
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Good luck getting Uggla
 
Barring an unforeseen setback with catcher Geovany Soto (oblique) or an injury, the Cubs are most likely to seek a veteran reliever, preferably a left-hander, and are said to have interest in Baltimore closer George Sherrill -- not to mention a strong relationship and recent trade history with the Orioles.
A right-hander, such as Arizona Diamondbacks closer Chad Qualls, might not be out of the question. The Cubs are among about 15 teams kicking the tires on Qualls. How newly signed lefty B.J. Ryan looks as he gets deeper into a throwing program over the next week -- he threw from a mound for the Cubs for the first time Monday -- could have a major influence over such a decision.
Hendry wouldn't get specific about the team's plans Tuesday, but it appears with 10 days to go until the July 31 non-waiver deadline, the Cubs may wait a few more days before aggressively pursuing a direction.
''Obviously, we'll stay on top of it,'' Hendry said. ''If something comes up that we think makes us better, we'll try to do something.''
 
In all seriousness, I wish we still had Mark DeRosa!

Hendry had his head up his *** on that one. You can never replace a guy like DeRosa in the lineup. Guy can fill in the corner outfield spots, first base, third base (this year with rami's injury earlier), and even give us that little bit of pop that we need as second base right now. I'm still ****** about not resigning him.
 
CP44 said:
Good luck getting Uggla
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The Marlins will try to dump salary (Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, perhaps others) if they decide before the July 31 trade deadline that contending for postseason is unrealistic. But they entered Tuesday still believing they can contend. Larry Beinfest said there is now ``an openness'' to trading for another bat, but the Marlins see few realistic options -- available Oakland outfielder Matt Holliday, making $13.5 million, is too pricey. -- Miami Herald .....
 
hurdleisu24 said:
The Marlins will try to dump salary (Dan Uggla, Jeremy Hermida, perhaps others) if they decide before the July 31 trade deadline that contending for postseason is unrealistic. But they entered Tuesday still believing they can contend. Larry Beinfest said there is now ``an openness'' to trading for another bat, but the Marlins see few realistic options -- available Oakland outfielder Matt Holliday, making $13.5 million, is too pricey. -- Miami Herald .....
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But if the cubs have little financial flexibility how can they take on salary florida is dumping
 
and if they aren't careful they are going to end up like the mets with too much payroll and not enough production
 
CP44 said:
But if the cubs have little financial flexibility how can they take on salary florida is dumping
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"Little financial flexibility" to the Cubs is "the entire teams payroll" to the Marlins.
 
CP44 said:
True but who would the cubs give up that the marlins would take?
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Well Josh Vitters for one.

I'd hate to see the Cubs get Uggla. He's a poor man's Soriano...and we already have that guy. I mean, if the Cub's wanted a power hitter with a low average, high strike out total and bad defense, couldn't they just move Soriano there?
 
Clark said:
Well Josh Vitters for one.

I'd hate to see the Cubs get Uggla. He's a poor man's Soriano...and we already have that guy. I mean, if the Cub's wanted a power hitter with a low average, high strike out total and bad defense, couldn't they just move Soriano there?
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Bingo. For what it's worth, this is the same columnist who has called Cub fans racist earlier in the year - like before the home opener early - and made the condition of Ryan Dempster's daughter public after Dempster had repeatedly asked for it to remain private.
 
Making a run for it: Lou Piniella says there's nothing wrong with the Cubs that a little more -- OK, make that a lot more -- offense wouldn't cure.
"We only scored about 330 runs in the first half, so we've got to score 380 to 385 in the second half to win," Piniella told Rumblings. "If you look at all the teams that are ahead now, they're all on pace to score 750 runs or more. So we've got to score at that pace. I'm talking not quite a run a game, maybe another three-quarters of a run, and we'll be fine."
That means Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley have to pick it up, of course. But as we've noted before, both are hitting way below their career norms. So it isn't impossible.
• Left out: Despite Piniella's lobbying for a left-handed middle-of-the-order bat, teams that have spoken with the Cubs say they're mostly shopping for left-handed bullpen help. Among the group they're known to have checked in on: Sherrill, Washington's Joe Beimel and Pittsburgh's John Grabow.
• Off the fence: Meanwhile, Piniella's favorite Cubs stat of the year -- as reported earlier this week in Jerry Crasnick's excellent piece about the Cubs -- is that they've had their whole team on the field for only two days all year. One was Opening Day. The other was July 6, the day before they learned that Ryan Dempster had broken his toe leaping over the dugout fence to go celebrate a win.
So the Cubs have taken action. They've quietly banned dugout-fence jumping.
"That," Piniella said, "is over with, too.
"Unbelievable, the stuff that happens around here," he laughed.
 
Dave van Dyck at the Chicago Tribune talked to Cubs GM Jim Hendry, who says that while anything can happen, the Cubs are looking more to "tinker" rather than make a big splash at the deadline. Van Dyck reminds that the Cubs just don't have the pieces to make a major trade, and Hendry sees team health as the major issue at hand.
Such tinkering, Van Dyck speculates, could involve the acquisition of a veteran backup catcher, left-handed reliever or vet outfielder along the lines of Jim Edmonds. He mentions there is room to add salary, but that it is "limited," which would discount someone like Jake Peavy. The Cubs have been in the mix for George Sherrill and Joe Beimel on the relief front, and Lou Piniella has said he desires "a couple hitters" before the deadline.
 
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