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From: Chuck on 25 Nov 2009 20:22 Not sure if I even know if I can spell his name. Do we keep him next year? or do we use the cash for other purposes? Or do we try to promote from within? Happy Turkey Day all ...82 days before Pitchers and Catchers report!
From: john smith on 26 Nov 2009 13:26 Hell no Cordero must go but won't. The Reds were the only idiots to give this guy a huge contract. Nobody wants Cordero at his salary. You might be able to unload him in July to a contender but I doubt any other team bites during the winter... Happy Gobble Gobble Chuck....
From: John Kasupski on 27 Nov 2009 01:54 On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:22:13 -0800 (PST), Chuck <chuckw417(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: >Not sure if I even know if I can spell his name. Do we keep him next >year? or do we use the cash for other purposes? Or do we try to >promote from within? Happy Turkey Day all ...82 days before Pitchers >and Catchers report! Happy Thanksgiving right back at ya! Although technically it's Friday already as I'm typing this. :) For whatever it is worth, I don't think it makes sense to have a fire sale in the winter and I don't think that's what they plan to do. For one thing, they just re-signed Ramon Hernandez. If they were trying to save money, they could easily have started Ryan Hanigan at catcher and signed a cheap backup off the scrap heap. I also don't see any point in trading for Scott Rolen in the middle of the 2009 season when they were already out of contention unless it is with the intention of trying to contend in the division in 2010. So, I think we will see them hold onto guys like Cordero over the winter in order to have as many horses as they can for a run at the division. If they aren't contending come June and July, that's when I think we might see a fire sale where veteran guys like Cordero might go. That would also include Arroyo, Harang, Rolen, and anybody else who is costing serious money and who a contending team might be interested in. JK
From: HTP on 3 Dec 2009 16:29 On Nov 26, 10:26 am, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > Hell no Cordero must go but won't. The Reds were the only idiots to give > this guy a huge contract. Nobody wants Cordero at his salary. You might > be able to unload him in July to a contender but I doubt any other team > bites during the winter... > The Braves just picked up Billy Wagner, who's a few years older than Cordero and coming off a injury, for about 7 mil/per for 1 and perhaps 2 years. Perhaps the Reds could have traded Cordero to the Braves for A-ball roster filler. I would be fine with the Reds picking up 6 mil of his contract for each of his last 2 years. Frees up 6 mil each year for more pressing needs. This assumes the Braves would go along with this. They probably made a good gamble with Wagner.
From: Will Vaughan on 3 Dec 2009 17:54
HTP wrote: > On Nov 26, 10:26 am, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: >> Hell no Cordero must go but won't. The Reds were the only idiots to >> give this guy a huge contract. Nobody wants Cordero at his salary. >> You might be able to unload him in July to a contender but I doubt >> any other team bites during the winter... >> > > The Braves just picked up Billy Wagner, who's a few years older than > Cordero and coming off a injury, for about 7 mil/per for 1 and perhaps > 2 years. Perhaps the Reds could have traded Cordero to the Braves for > A-ball roster filler. I would be fine with the Reds picking up 6 mil > of his contract for each of his last 2 years. Frees up 6 mil each year > for more pressing needs. This assumes the Braves would go along with > this. They probably made a good gamble with Wagner. Cordero's agent was on XM's MLB channel yesterday and stated that Cordero is aware of the Reds wanting to trade him, but they haven't heard from Jocketty about possible destinations. Anyone catch Bowden on the channel - he's articulate and pretty good at it - even if you can't help but laugh when he's talking about how you don't lie to other GMs. |