http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...phil&id=2064279

 

says how Dodgers can trade Gagne now that Yhancey is emerging. Says Sox would be interested, then goes on to say how Wood for Gagne would make sense. this one really defies logic to me.

this is what i call pathetic

What a s***ty article

They'll probably end up with Jose Mesa, the Pirates seem to love trading with the Cubs.

They owe us for Todd Ritchie.

They owe us for Todd Ritchie.

By that logic what do we owe the Cubs for Garland? We'll just sweep them and call everything even.

Actaully, I could see Hendry making a big push to get Gange at the deadline, just to get the fans excied again.

if the dodgers are still doing good that wont happen

People need to stop assuming that the Cubs are going to make a major move for a player with a monster salary committment that is going to seriously help their team. They have only one player with a $10 mil plus salary in the coming years, and that's when they had to sign Wood. They'll make some moves to get decent, cheap, younger players like Ramirez or Lee, but not the big knockout blow for an elite player, outside of Nomar for a one year committment (I wouldn't call him elite at this point anyways). Thome was damn near begging to play for the Cubs, not interested. In a free agent class where they had the means and the need to grab Tejada or I-Rod, they wait until everyone is gone and overpay Maddux, who plays a position that they didn't need that much. This year they passed on Renteria and Benitez/Percival, getting absolutely nothing. They make surprisingly few major moves for a team with such a high payroll. The only reason it is this high is they had to pay homegrown players like Wood, Prior and Sosa, and were nearly forced to resign the players they got in trades like Ramirez, Lee, and Nomar.

As the Sox are showing this year, it seems that paying four quality players $2.5 million is better than paying one elite player $10 million. This is the philosophy of successful, low payroll teams.