Would you do: Howie Kendrick for Jeff Samardzija?

[Chuck]

Thoughts?

[kevinb]

Isn't he a middle reliever ? 

[Stradling]

Yes, I would and I like Howie. I would prefer to trade Aybar for a young arm, but this is the kind of trade I could see us doing. I just don't know why the Cubs would do it.

[jshep]

eh, the values don't quite match up, but given the premium on pitching, I guess I would.

 

Not sure why the Cubs would prefer Kendrick over a package of prospects and young, team controlled guys though.

Edited December 3, 2013 by jshep

[Chuck]

eh, the values don't quite match up, but given the premium on pitching, I guess I would.

 

Not sure why the Cubs would prefer Kendrick over a package of prospects and young, team controlled guys though.

 

They don't really have any 2B prospects in their system and Howie would give him some much needed boost offensively.

 

Though we could always offer Sappington and Lindsey and hold onto Howie.

[SoWhat]

In a heartbeat, but the Cubs are looking for young arms in return.

[Hubs]

We'd have to take back a bad contract, and give them prospects. Problem is, they have no bad contracts. 

 

The Cubs can have a payroll in the 100-130M Plus range and have less than $50 Million committed including $14 M to Alfonso Soriano for 2014.

 

They have about 21.5 M committed to arbitration eligible players including around $5M to Samardzija.

 

I don't know the overall situation of their minor leagues, but they could be huge players in free agency in the next few years, which is why I wonder why they need to trade Samardzija.

[Inside Pitch]

What is it about his 91 ERA+ last year or his career 97 ERA+ and career BB/9 of 3.8 in the NL that makes this guy so attractive to people?  Are the Angels going to start a flag football team or something?

 

Small sample size, but in 50 innings of inter-league play this guy has managed an WHIP of nearly 1.5 and a raw ERA over 6.00.

[markb]

Samardzija got knocked around pretty hard in the second half last year.  I wouldn't quite call it Blantonesque, but he had an ERA well north of 5 the last few months. 

 

To his credit he was much better away from the very hitter-friendly Wrigley Field though.  4.76 ERA, 1.495 WHIP home vs 3.91 ERA, 1.198 WHIP away.  

[ettin]

Value wise it is a match and needs wise it is a match but strategically it isn't a match unless the Cubs feel they will contend this year or they can extend Howie once they acquire him. Two years of Howie may not fit into their window of contention as an outsider looking in.

 

In principle it is a good exchange.

[Angelsjunky]

Yes.

[Mark68]

Yes.

 

Cubs wouldn't do that deal.

[beatlesrule]

No, I want Howie to be part of a package that gets us Price.  3 team trade if need be. 

[Hollyw00d]

yup, in a second

[Quinlanforthewin]

Yes.  He's only 28 with not many miles on his arm.  He was dominant at times last year.  

[Schildog]

ask i drunkenly said after his game winning touchdown against ucla in 2006, eff samardzija.

[Brent Maguire]

His 9.01 K/9 , 3.29 BB/9 and 1.06 HR/9 look pretty nice. 

 

His ERA- of 112 and FIP- of 97 make him look a little less nice though. I don't think the Cubs would want Howie anyways but it's a pretty even trade. They're going to want prospects, not a 2B under contract for only 2 years. 

 

My biggest issue is losing Howie and having both Green and Freese starting in our infield. 

[Homebrewer]

yep

[Quinlanforthewin]

Plus I like Grant Green.  I want to give him a shot.  Trading Howie is the logical piece to move. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

God no. Are we that desperate to dump Howie?

[Quinlanforthewin]

God no. Are we that desperate to dump Howie?

 

Who would you think we could get for Howie if not him?  We're not getting Kershaw for our average hitters despite what some of you think. 

[Hollyw00d]

ya grant green needs a shot to prove himself.  he has a pretty good bat, defense can be improved.  kendrick was pretty bad when he first came up to the big leagues as well.  

 

with that said,  Price for Blanton, Hanson, Madson, Hamilton and PTBNL

[Homebrewer]

Low mileage on his arm, just coming into his own as a starter. He has upside.

Not sure why the Cubs would want to do this.

[disarcina]

No.

 

Not unless we started running some quick outs, sort of a two minute drill thing.......

[Chris]

I can't forgive a former Notre Dame WR that beat the Bruins with a game clinching TD.