Ken Rosenthal on Philly DNL reported it.

 

Wow.

Here's hoping Prior has an excellent career.

wow

Wow, no pitching for the Cubs.

Please let this trade happen!

It seems like the first guy doesn't like this trade, but I really do. The Cubs will have no pitching whatsoever.

 

What does everyone else think?

The barf is for how bad it is for the Cubs... I dont think they could make a worse deal.

I thought the Cubs were out of their minds to trade Prior in a package to get Tejada. If this trade goes down, either Hendry is very very stupid, or Prior's elbow is a big problem.

Abreu will rake in Wrigley but I wouldn't trade Prior under pretty much any circumstances if I were a gm on a team with him

Abreu will rake in Wrigley but I wouldn't trade Prior under pretty much any circumstances if I were a gm on a team with him

Do you think they may be getting Abreu in order to move him for Tejada?

Prior must want a ton of dough look at like $10-$15M / year in arbitration. He only needs to prove he is as good as Carrie Woods and he has a shot.

Link?

 

I haven't seen anything on the Cubs' or Phillies' boards.

I heard they offered Abreu for Tejada a little while ago.

I know a guy on a seperate board who lives in Philadelphia and heard it.

Ken Rosenthal on Philly DNL reported it.

 

Wow.

 

The Cubs just decided to pay Zambrano alot of money, because he is going to be holding out an upturned palm and expecting it to be filled with green, ASAP. Philly is going to have a pretty good team if you ask me, their rotation could be pretty damn solid.

 

I have to believe this is another panic move by Hendry to just make a trade, just because.

I just called my Cubs fan friend and told him Jesus was gone. He was not a happy camper.

I don't think Abreu gets swapped from the Cubs to the O's because I don't think the O's want Abreu. I tend to think that Abreu is the least coveted player in the triangle so I'm not sure he gets moved, unless this rumor comes to fruition. If the O's traded Tejada for Abreu they get no better and the Phils have neither the young pitchers to add on (Floyd and Hamels are too risky and Madson won't go anywhere) while the Phils want to add pitching rather than subtract in my opinion. I think one of these teams (likely the Phils or Cubs) gets left out in the end

I just called my Cubs fan friend and told him Jesus was gone. He was not a happy camper.

 

Jesus?

 

To me, this says 1 of 3 things.

 

1. Mark Prior will not be fully healthy in the next several years and Jim Hendry has not told us this

2. There is a lot of money going to the Cubs along with Abreu

3. There are a lot of players going to the Cubs along with Abreu (Gio?)

 

Personally, I would wager on the 1st. This happens...it screams the Cubs knowing something we don't about Prior's arm. Just comparing the prices of the contracts...you could sign DLee for 3 years with the money you'd save by holding onto Prior compared to Abreu.

Does anyone have a link to this anywhere? Ive been searching the boards of every site and still nothing. I'm a big Abreu fan and I dont want to see his career brought to an end. However it would be quite funny if the Cubs traded their savior.

is this a rumor or a deal?

Actually since it was reported that Prior's agent told the Cubs that he was going to Arb back in November, that is almost the same time the rumors of him being moved started to pop up. Hendry probably figures that he is not going to be able to re-sign Prior, and he will now have to pay him more than what he had expected to pay thru Arb. So it seems like he is trying to get something for Prior before he gets nothing.

So no real confirmation yet, huh?

I think Messiah will sign for the highest dollar when he's a FA and I have to think the Cubs will not spend the money to keep him because you have to figure even though he has had some similar problems to AJ Burnett, he'd blow his 5/55 out of the water

Matt Murton & Mark Prior >>>> Bobby Abreu and Jerome Williams