Comments on: Cubs likely to wait until mid-summer to trade Matt Garza http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256379 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:22:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256379 Of course not. Thing is, Garza was on the block, the Feesh were spending like the Baron von Thurn und Taxis when he had a month to live, but instead of negotiating seriously for a pitcher that would be a real asset to the team they pointed to the one in the padded cell and said “Our gibbering fool of a manager wants that one; what will you give us to take him off your hands?”

]]> By: canes111 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256076 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:31:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256076 Spring training !!! Let’s get it on !!!!

]]> By: brewcrewfan54 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256060 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:44:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256060 Ozze aint right and you fish fans got your hands full with that awful homerun cartoon Gator. Good luck, that rhing is awful!

]]> By: vivabear http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256059 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:37:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256059 First I’ll guess Lamebraino=Carlos Zambrano. We’ve already covered this, but…it’s pretty safe to assume at the time of the Zambrano trade the Cubs didn’t give the Marlins the choice of Garza or Zambrano for the package they ultimately accepted for Zambrano.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256030 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:24:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256030 I’d take him for the Feesh in a heartbeat, but of course Slobbering Ozzie wanted his psychotic countryman Lamebraino instead.

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256025 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:20:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256025 Anthopolous must be allergic to tar and feathers, ’cause that’s what’d happen if he traded Lawrie at the moment. Such a deal would have to include Verlander coming the other way for it be reasonable from a pro-Beaver Wrestler standpoint.

]]> By: jason1214 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256024 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:19:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256024 @church,

If the acquiring team holds him for a calendar year (IE 2013, his final arb year) and then loses him via free agency, they do re-coup draft pick compensation under new CBA.

]]> By: jason1214 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256023 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:18:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256023 Yeah, nobody will trade an “elite” prospect for him this summer….right. Wait until someone has a big injury in their rotation. Not to mention any team trading for him would give up more if they were to be able to secure an extension as part of the trade. Twins NEVER should’ve traded this guy.

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256021 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:40:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256021 This was his third arb year, but he was a super two. He’s got just under 5 years of MLB service time.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256018 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:03:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256018 Bah thanks for the correction, could have sworn it said last year of arbitration

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256015 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:37:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256015 Still not sure what they can get for him. He isn’t a cheap option: $9.5M this year and at least $12M next year. Teams aren’t going to give up elite prospects and pay the guys salary.

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256013 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:04:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256013 He’s got another arb year coming.

]]> By: brewcrewfan54 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256009 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:39:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256009 Garza is one of those wierd guys who is good but nobody seems to want him for more than a season or 2. The funny thing is I’ve never heard anyone accuse him of being a clubhouse cancer either. He’s about to get real expensive but I’d take him in Milwaukee.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256007 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:35:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256007 d’Arnaud and a Double A pitching prospect other than Hutchinson might have worked, but the Jay’s would never trade Lawrie straight up for Garza.

]]> By: tn16 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256005 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:13:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256005 The jays almost got him but the cubs wanted lawrie plus Travis daunard and another top pitching prospect

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256002 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256002 Getting off to a “hot start” with this Cubs team will be like trying to escape Jovian gravity on a bottle rocket.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/05/cubs-likely-to-wait-until-mid-summer-to-trade-matt-garza/comment-page-1/#comment-256001 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:06:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=109567#comment-256001 With the new cba rules, are teams going to trade a big prospect or two considering they won’t get a draft pick if he leaves at the end of the year?

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