Cubs/Pirates Trade

[Steff]

It also stated that the Sox are inquiring about Ponson.  I think he will definitely give us more wins as our #5 starter and help the Sox to get to the playoffs.

Yep.. about a year ago.

[chosk8]

The PTBNL in this deal is from a list of four, kind of like what Texas got.  Hendry would not speak as to names but I would think they are top flight (Cruz, Guzman, Kelton,etc.)  They have time to choose and with Guzman being injured this may be what they are waiting for.  There may also be a clause as to how Loften and Ramirez perform.

 

Pit will not take Lee has he is going to arbitration.  They will also not pay any salary.  Hendry stated the cub are on the hook for the full amount of this deal.  The Sox best bet would be to give Borchard and Rauch for these two and then try to deal Kendall and take on some of his salary.  Remember Ordonez can be a Free agent after next season.  The Sox biggest problem is they have a-lot to offer (Olivo, Crede, Reed, Borchard, ) tha others do not.  The cub have a nice hype (not farm) system but do you think any team really wants David Kelton?  See Hee Sop Choi, Bobby Hill, and Juan Cruz.

I'd take David Kelton. He's gonna be a good player.

"Quite often, you'll read that a player has been traded to another team for "a player to be named later."

 

There are two restrictions at work here. First, the transaction must be completed within six months. And second, the player named later can't have played in the same league as the team he's being traded to. That's why the player named later is almost always a minor leaguer."

 

Kelton and Cruz cannot be the PTBNL, they have both played in Chicago this year. I knew about the first restriction, but was unaware of the second until recently. I did a little research when we made the Texas deal.