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The Cardinals just signed Junior Spivey so the Rockies will probably sign Willie and platoon him with Luis A. Gonzalez, who sucks against righties.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/sports-bird-...pivey-deciding/ Look for the Rockies to sign Willie Harris now.

That's really the only way it would make sense. I guess Bedard could move into the rotation in case of an injury but it's still a weird rumor.

ESPNews is reporting that the holdup to the trade is that the Orioles want Zambrano instead of Prior but the Cubs won't do that. This stuff is getting hilarious.

That thread was truly ignorant.

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Considering the fact that Furcal gave the Cubs every opportunity to match the Dodgers' offer and they didn't, but are now looking to trade Prior for another shortstop makes them look really, really stupid. They should have just ponied up the cash for Furcal. Afterall, they have the money available. And they wouldn't even need to be thinking about trading Prior right now.

Tejada has 4 years and $54 million left on his contract. He can also demand a trade one year after being traded. Mark Prior & Rafael Furcal (even at what the Dodgers signed him for) > Erik Bedard & Miguel Tejada The Cubs would have also won more games with Prior and Furcal than with Bedard and Tejada.

Excellent post. Unless Hendry and company have some inside information like this that no one else knows, he would be a fool to trade Prior.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5192008

The main reason the Orioles have sucked for so many years.

I know. I'm just surprised that they would want to add Willie. Mark Loretta Tony Graffanino Alex Cora They seem to have more than enough guys who can play 2B. They need a good SS.

Low 90's fastball, good curveball and change, and good control. And you already mentioned the injury issues.

Haha. Your sources were interesting. The second one sounds like a rumor someone from an MLB.com message board would make up though. But it's interesting that the White Sox offered Garland for Bedard. Would he have been in our bullpen?

He's sure to beat out Mark Loretta and Tony Graffanino!

That rumor probably came from the Orioles MLB.com message board.

Well, Jacque Jones can play all 3 outfield positions, is a better hitter than Encarnacion, and signed for 3-years, $16 million. That's a better deal than Encarnacion for 3-years, $15 million even though both signings are really bad, IMO.

Source / link please.

Who cares? I would set the lineup like this: Podsednik Iguchi Tejada Thome Konerko Dye Pierzynski Crede Anderson

He could just as easily have a bad season. Look at the various inconsistent seasons he has put up. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/stats/ml...3845&statType=1 Encarnacion's career #'s .268 AVG .316 OPS .440 SLG .756 OPS A .756 career OPS from a starting right fielder is pretty bad and that's where the Cardinals will be playing him. Last year was the best season of his career (.796 OPS). He isn't a good option as a starting right fielder and the fact that he will be earning $15 million over 3 years makes it even worse.

Looks like this horrible signing is official... http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/NASApp/ml...t=.jsp&c_id=stl

Fluke injuries like getting run over by Marcus Giles or getting hit by a line drive don't make you injury-prone. Kerry Wood is injury-prone. But I guess you could argue that Prior's unwillingness to pitch through pain does. And you also have to question whether or not Tejada was on roids. Will he continue to produce like he did in the past before the harsher steroid testing was instituted? You don't trade a 25 year old pitcher with ace potential for a shortstop with a .815 career OPS and who has never even put up a .900 OPS in his career. And Bedard is good but he isn't great. Jerome Williams could match his numbers in 2006. Think about Prior pitching under Leo Mazzone for a second...

My point exactly. They would have been better off giving Furcal the money he wanted and keeping Prior. Pierre Furcal Lee Ramirez Jones Walker Murton Barrett Prior and Furcal would have won the Cubs more games than Bedard and Tejada.