"Significant Progress" In Red Sox and Cubs Negotiations

David Kaplan of CSN Chicago with the news update Bud Selig doesn't want you to read.

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You mean

we might finally be able to stop talking about chicken and beer, and start talking about the moves this team needs to make to improve?

by aubatron2011 on Oct 19, 2011 9:23 PM EDT reply actions

Only chicken and beer can address our problems!

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"Playoffs?!? Don't talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me? I just hope we can win a game!"

- Jim Mora, seeing through space and time to describe the 2011 Boston Red Sox

by nuthinboutnuthin on Oct 19, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions

what problems?

"I don't put any foreign substances on the baseball. Everything I use is from the good old U.S.A."

JVSM

Pedroya Lova

by Dustin's #1 Fan on Oct 19, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

…comes off looking like a huge idiot. The Cubs’ system is not nearly that bad, and it’s not like the Red Sox’s system is that great. Chicago lost a lot in the Garza deal, which came after being ranked eighth by Baseball America entering 2011. They’re probably closer to 20th now but certainly not bottom three.

by UltimateCranston on Oct 20, 2011 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

Sox system a lot better than it's getting credit for right now.

Yeah, AA and AAA were mostly barren (with a couple exceptions such as Middlebrooks). But the lower minors are absolutely stuffed with high upside talent after Theo went nuts in the draft the last two years. We have some good players who had good years this year.

"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.

by Rogue Nine on Oct 20, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Well

News out of Chicago seems to be that it’s a done deal and that compensation might not involve Szczur/BJackson/McNutt. Going to be curious what the Cubs gave up in the end.

by toonsterwu on Oct 20, 2011 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

as in one of the three you mean?

if it’s reported that Hoyer is also joining Theo, if we’re getting better-than-expected players, I’m assuming we’re probably also going to be sending something in San Diego’s direction.

by wolf9309 on Oct 20, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

sorry if it wasn't clear

but supposedly, Bruce Levine came on Waddle and Silvy (only reporting this 2nd hand off of information at a Cubs site) and said that he didn’t think that any of those three were being sent as compensation.

by toonsterwu on Oct 20, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions

haha I completely misread your first comment

I missed the “not”. So I thought you were saying there was a chance that Szczur or Jackson was involved.

by wolf9309 on Oct 20, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Updated Article

That covers what Levine reported on the radio.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7126311/source-chicago-cubs-expected-hire-theo-epstein-thursday

Of course, David Kaplan just said on twitter that if McNutt is part of the deal, then it’s the price of doing business, so it’s possible McNutt is still involved. But Levine’s source seems pretty sure it doesn’t include McNutt.

I do wonder if the Red Sox decided to target low level upside pieces instead. Going to be very curious about the compensation as it will likely set a precedent for this type of move.

by toonsterwu on Oct 20, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions