If sending SS Orlando Cabrera to Chicago in exchange for SP Jon Garland after the former’s career year seems curious on the part of the Halos, that’s probably because there’s another shoe ready to drop, writes the LA Times’ Mike DiGiovanna.
The Angels entered the winter with five capable big-league starters in John Lackey, Kelvim Escobar, Jered Weaver, Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana, though Santana struggled so much in 2007 (7-14, 5.76 earned run average) he was demoted to triple-A Salt Lake for a month.
The Angels entered the winter with five capable big-league starters in John Lackey, Kelvim Escobar, Jered Weaver, Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana, though Santana struggled so much in 2007 (7-14, 5.76 earned run average) he was demoted to triple-A Salt Lake for a month.
The Marlins want hard-hitting second baseman Howie Kendrick in any deal for their third baseman, but they also covet young pitching, so it’s possible the Angels may be able to use two pitchers–one of their big-league starters and top prospect Nick Adenhart–and not Kendrick in a trade for Miguel Cabrera.
Kenny Williams has entered that phase of dementia praecox where a newly resigned Juan Uribe is now trade bait.
Is it possible that in a tenement somewhere in Uptown there’s a single senile transient acting as general manager/VP of player personnel for most (if not all) of Chicago’s professional sports teams?