I’m mostly busy tonight, but wanted to put something up because it seems like there’s a very good chance Alfonso Soriano will be traded to the Yankees tonight.
Theo told Sveum to take Sori out Yankees deal nearly done
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) July 25, 2013
Cubs would get a lower-tier pitching prospect if they finish the Soriano deal with the Yankees. They are waiting for his formal waiver.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 25, 2013
More to come…
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Levine says that Theo is on a plane back to Chicago, so I’m guessing the waiver is already in hand.
GWQuote Reply
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Nate was right about Olt and Jackson. I know GW and I already talked about how similar those two are so it shouldn’t be all that surprising. It was interesting to see just how similar they are and where they differ. I plan to look at this a bit differently tomorrow.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ GW:
waiver?
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@ dmick89:
soriano’s formal approval
GWQuote Reply
@ dmick89:
I think Soriano had to officially waive his no-trade rights.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ dmick89:
damn, that was a lucky guess, but I was comparing their numbers last week. I think Brett Jackson sucks, and I’m not really excited about Olt at all. I hope they trade him for pitching in the offseason. I’d rather have Baez or Bryant at 3B in the future.
NateQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
That has to be done in Chicago?
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
I think he got it in person and then left for Chicago
GWQuote Reply
@ Nate:
I’m excited about Olt, but also even more cautioned by his huge strikeout rate. Prior to 2012 I think Jackson was a very good prospect. Not so anymore. I wouldn’t mind the Cubs shopping Olt for a pitcher. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they did it.
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@ dmick89:
@ GW:
Maybe the D’Backs’ fax machine broke (dying laughing)
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@ GW:
Weird. I never would have considered that it had to be done in Chicago and I’m still not even sure why. Is this something that is filed with MLB? A law office? Does Ronnie Woo Woo guard these kinds of documents?
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The responses from the manager and the Cubs players re: Soriano’s impending trade are a testament to what a good teammate and guy he is.
I’m sad.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I’d think in this day and age that there are a dozen different ways this could be handled. I’ve taken pictures of documents with my iPhone and emailed them. Theo needs to hire Alvin Yellon to run these kinds of errands. He’d be thrilled to do it.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
I don’t think it does. I think he just needed to Soriano to sign off, got that done, and now has no reason to be in Arizona anymore. Going home to be with his family and/or work more efficiently
GWQuote Reply
@ dmick89:
I think it was more about giving him the sales pitch in person and then getting out of dodge.
GWQuote Reply
@ dmick89:
I think the tweet is out of context or at least not complete because it’s 140 characters. He probably already had everything notarized and sent to league offices and is just taking the form back to Chicago because everything needs a hard copy in storage.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
basically, i think buster olney is full of shit when he says they are waiting on the formal waiver
GWQuote Reply
it slays me seeing the chicago media talk about what a great guy Soriano is. They literally spilled as much ink bashing the guy from 07-12 as I spilled sperm in my teenage years.
dylanjQuote Reply
@ GW:
That makes more sense and was what I figured, but then you said waiver in hand. Totally fucked with what made sense to me. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dylanj:
I think things did change after Thoyer took over. Soriano got a lot of positive coverage last year. I don’t think it makes up for some of the shit they said over the years, but it’s been due coverage for Soriano. I’m happy about that.
I think Theo is a better communicator than Hendry was and Theo did not like the idea of the media bashing someone who was such a great teammate. That’s my guess, but it changed last year. Still 5 years of bullshit, which does piss me off.
And the fans. They became as guilty as the media. I’m at least glad he gets to leave to this rather than the venom from a couple years ago.
dmick89Quote Reply
I was just reading the comments of the game thread at rlyw.net. One of the commenters mentioned the low level prospect. “I’m saying CC.” (dying laughing) Well done.
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dmick89 wrote:
Oooh, that might actually not suck too much as long as the Yankees paid most of the salary (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I just thought it was hilarious that he (jokingly) called CC a low level pitching prospect. Cracked me up. Wish I had thought of it, but I think CC is still better than I know a lot of Yankees fans do.
dmick89Quote Reply
Josh Vitters is broken again. Possible leg injury.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
WGN is just doing a little thingy on the I-Cubs and they interviewed Vitters who said, about all the injuries this year: I learned how to take care of my body.
That doesn’t always matter when it comes to injuries.
dmick89Quote Reply
Vogelbach on WGN now
dmick89Quote Reply
Politico on Silver to ABC/ESPN: http://www.politico.com/playbook/0713/playbook11201.html
dmick89Quote Reply
h/t Cubs Den
GWQuote Reply
http://riveraveblues.com/2013/01/prospect-profile-corey-black-81140/
dmick89Quote Reply
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=black-002cor
Looks like the Yankees may have soured on him because of walk issues in high A.
26.2cubfanQuote Reply
That’s a scary good comparison.
Is it weird that all the cubs top prospects – even the ones acquired by the new regime – have huge issues with k rates?
Speaking of, Baez apparently hit two more home runs and had two more strikeouts tonight. (dying laughing).
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
Cubs lose, and Soriano hops the red eye to NYC.
rice in limboQuote Reply
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/18722/cubs-give-alfonso-soriano-moving-send-off
BerseliusQuote Reply
Carlos Marmol:
1 IP, 2H, 1 ER, 1BB, 1SO
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Shut me right up.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Maple bats not shattering as often
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/science-lowers-shattering-risk-at-home-plate.html?_r=0
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Soriano obvioulsy read the comments yesterday
Suburban kidQuote Reply
I guess this makes F7 the longest serving Cub. Mind. Blown.
I also guess the 2014 payroll is currently Pirates-esque (I know they have to pay some of Soriano, but still).
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Suburban kid wrote:
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@ Suburban kid:
I’d consider it to be Castro because he came up for good in May 2010. Samardzija didn’t come up for good until September 2010. I can see why others would say Samardzija, though.
It’s even more mind-blowing that it’s Castro.
dmick89Quote Reply
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/07/yankees-acquire-alfonso-soriano.html
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Yanks to pay $6.8 million of Sori’s deal, Cubs pay $18 million
Cubs to get pitching prospect from list of Black and a couple other guys.
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dmick89 wrote:
Bill ClayQuote Reply
Funny that shortly after you were all reading every word of Mucker’s and my discussion about the read option, smartfootball posted this:
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9508313/after-offseason-searching-nfl-coaches-know-how-defend-read-option
Bill ClayQuote Reply
New Shit
MylesQuote Reply