Kerry Wood Shut Down Again

Fan_In_NY · Post by **Fan_In_NY** » March 20 07, 12:41 pm

While we are on the subject of "nothing changes" this was from the Daily Herald...

The Cubs like Colorado's Clint Barmes, despite his low .264 on-base percentage last year and an equally anemic .295 lifetime OBP.

mikechamp · Post by **mikechamp** » March 20 07, 12:45 pm

Boy, all of a sudden I got a craving for some deer meat.

No, seriously, what are they going to do with another mediocre SS?

myersli · Post by **myersli** » March 20 07, 1:06 pm

The biggest joke of it all will be when the Cubs finally tire of both Wood and Prior and let them go... only to see one of them go on to have a real career somewhere else. Hey, it could happen!

StL Dan · Post by **StL Dan** » March 20 07, 1:12 pm

myersli wrote:The biggest joke of it all will be when the Cubs finally tire of both Wood and Prior and let them go... only to see one of them go on to have a real career somewhere else. Hey, it could happen!

I've been saying this from the beginning of time.

Anyone that actually wants to achieve personal and team goals should figure out a way to get out of the North Side as quickly as possible.

picasso · Post by **picasso** » March 20 07, 1:53 pm

G. Keenan wrote:Is Prior going on the DL or just starting the season in AAA?

They may not have a choice. My understanding is that to demote Prior he would have to pass through revokable waivers. Which means if another team claimed him, the Cubs would have to pull him back or lose him. If this happened he would probably be DL'ed and stay in extended ST for the maximum amount of time allowed.

Is it common practice to allow players like Prior to be sent down as a courtesy, or will teams put a claim in to block it? Anybody know?

mikechamp · Post by **mikechamp** » March 20 07, 1:55 pm

I thought he had 1 option left.

Fan_In_NY · Post by **Fan_In_NY** » March 20 07, 1:58 pm

mikechamp wrote:I thought he had 1 option left.

Almost positive he has at least 1 option year left.

picasso · Post by **picasso** » March 20 07, 2:27 pm

This what they were saying few days ago on NSBB. Unless someone there was mistaken, or I read it wrong. I can't go back and double check right now cause like I said it's currently closed to non-members

Jocephus · Post by **Jocephus** » March 20 07, 2:37 pm

picasso wrote:This what they were saying few days ago on NSBB. Unless someone there was mistaken, or I read it wrong. I can't go back and double check right now cause like I said it's currently closed to non-members

yea, whats up with that

Transmogrified Tiger · Post by **Transmogrified Tiger** » March 20 07, 2:56 pm

Jocephus wrote:
picasso wrote:This what they were saying few days ago on NSBB. Unless someone there was mistaken, or I read it wrong. I can't go back and double check right now cause like I said it's currently closed to non-members
yea, whats up with that

Is it really? Huh. NSBB got hacked a day or so ago(part of something that attacked a bunch of phpbb boards), so that's the reason for it.