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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Nationals trade Henry Rodriguez to Cubs for Ian Dickson; option Nate Karns to Harrisburg

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posted 1 week ago by TerpNats to cubs, nationals | 36 comment(s)

The Nationals traded right-handed reliever Henry Rodriguez to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for right-hander Ian Dickson. After three years of hoping Rodriguez would develop into a dominant and consistent power arm in their bullpen, the Nationals have finally and completely parted ways with him.

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1. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on July 03, 2012 at 09:28 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, a wrist injury would certainly explain a few things.

He's a non-tender candidate. It will be interesting to see what the Cubs do at third base this year/offseason. I suppose giving Stewart another shot is as good as any other reclamation plan and I don't think anybody like Mike Olt is coming Chicago's way in the upcoming veteran auction.

2. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 03, 2012 at 09:51 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Looks like a bad link - here's the article the quote was drawn from: Wittenmyer: Surgery to end season for Cubs' Stewart

Does this mean Vitters gets a shot? He's been unexpectedly competent in AAA this year.

3. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on July 03, 2012 at 10:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm sure Vitters will get a late callup but with respect to 2013, I doubt he's going to be handed the job unless there is further improvement on that .850 ish OPS in Iowa. The other issue is that his defense at third has been oft criticized - but I haven't heard anything lately. I suppose it's possible he's shown real improvement in that area.

4. Don Geovany Soto (chris h.) posted on July 03, 2012 at 10:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I have no confidence that Vitters is ready to handle the hot corner, but I don't see better alternatives in the Cubs' system.

I say give him a shot.

5. Never Give an Inge (Dave) posted on July 03, 2012 at 10:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

For some reason, I read the headline as "Sugary end to season for Cubs' Stewart" and imagined that he fell into a chocolate river a la Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or something like that...

6. SouthSideRyan posted on July 03, 2012 at 10:13 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Vitters has improved on defense to the point that he could wind up as average there.

7. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on July 03, 2012 at 10:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Thanks, SSR. If he can be average on defense and hit .270/.320/.400 I would take that.

8. McCoy posted on July 03, 2012 at 11:46 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Ian Stewart will be horrible next year. You don't really come back from these things fast. Should have gone with Aramis instead.

9. Walks Clog Up the Bases posted on July 03, 2012 at 11:47 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yes, Aramis would have this team only 15 games under .500 instead of 19.

10. McCoy posted on July 03, 2012 at 11:52 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

So Ian Stewart is the better option then, now, and in the future?

11. Walks Clog Up the Bases posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I didn't say. I just don't see the Cubs letting Ramirez go elsewhere as being all that big of a deal. Perhaps if they were in the thick of things, but as it is, Ramirez' presence on the Cub roster in 2012 is probably the difference between fifth and last place. Nothing to get worked up over.

12. McCoy posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

So why did the Cubs trade for him?

13. Pops Freshenmeyer posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:32 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm having difficulty reconciling your Aramis Ramirez stance with your post in the Rockies thread which suggests losing 97 games instead of 92 is meaningless.

14. Don Geovany Soto (chris h.) posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:32 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Trade for who? Aramis? You are aware that they were in a different place, rosterly speaking, when they traded for him, yes?

15. McCoy posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm having difficulty reconciling your Aramis Ramirez stance with your post in the Rockies thread which suggests losing 97 games instead of 92 is meaningless.

My stance from the very beginning was that the Cubs could have competed this year if they had actually tried. When they didn't I said there was no point in signings like the Stewart signing. One of the rebuttals was that it is better to lose 92 games than 97 games which I thought was a silly rebuttal.

16. McCoy posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Trade for who? Aramis? You are aware that they were in a different place, rosterly speaking, when they traded for him, yes?

Yes I'm aware of that so perhaps it isn't that one I was talking about.

17. Don Geovany Soto (chris h.) posted on July 03, 2012 at 12:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Yes I'm aware of that so perhaps it isn't that one I was talking about.

I'm not sure whether trying the same arguments with you will produce different results this time, so I think I will just take a pass.

18. Brian C posted on July 03, 2012 at 01:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I still don't think Vitters get a shot this season - nothing from this front office so far leads me to think that they'll rush him to the majors in order to lose only 98 games instead of 99.

Besides which, as long as Valbuena keeps being roughly what they hoped Stewart would be, there's no need.

19. Walt Davis posted on July 03, 2012 at 05:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Everybody is glossing over the real shocker(!) -- he's going to Cleveland for the surgery. Cleveland! Has Chicago's medical stature fallen to the point we have to ship players off to Cleveland for surgery?

It's Obamacare isn't it?

20. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on July 03, 2012 at 05:19 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Cleveland Clinic is broadly speaking the second best hospital system in the Midwest, right? (After Mayo.)

21. Gern Blanston posted on July 03, 2012 at 05:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The Cleveland Clinic is broadly speaking the second best hospital system in the Midwest, right? (After Mayo.)

I don't know who decides this stuff, nor do I know if the answer is as self-evident and objectively unassailable as, say, Nieporent's self-determining legal reality, but as a longtime resident of various parts of the midwest, I'd say it's the best known after Mayo, yes.

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