Offseason Trade Shoppe

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Atlanta has wasted no time, kicking off the winter's action by dealing shortstop Edgar Renteria to Detroit for a pair of outstanding names: Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hernandez.

They're both young pitchers (edit- blah blah Gorkys is actually an outfielder), but who cares? Jair and Gorkys. Gorkys and Jair.

[metirish]

Headline in Atlanta.


Gorkys Park(s) ones

Gorkys taken to the Park ...

[Guest OlerudOwned]

="Wikipedia"]Trivia * Jurrjens can speak four languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, and Papiamentu.

That could make for some head-spinning, Esa Tikkanesque trash talk.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Quick! Name five Mets players who were able to speak Papiamentu!

[smg58]

Wow. So Jose's back to being the third best shortstop in the division. Progress!

[Frayed Knot]

Wow! Can't say that Schurholz (or now successor) have ever been afraid to make the big trade.

I saw that Jurrjens guy briefly this year and he's got real good stuff.
He's also one of Andruw's homeboys (from the Dutch West Indies island of Curacao) so it's obvious the Braves have some kind of quota going on here. Since they'll probably lose Andruw they were forced by the quota system to snag Jurrjens.

As I recall the Braves have a good SS in their system who they probably think is just about ready - and knowing how things usually go he'll come up and out-play Renteria from opening day onward.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I'd assume you mean Yunel Escobar, who was certainly impressive this year for the Braves while Renteria was hurt.

Seems like a mutually beneficial deal. Detroit needed a shortstop, Carlos Guillen legs just can't do the job anymore.

[Frayed Knot]

Actually I was thinking about Elvis Andrus (they're cornering the market on best first names) but he's probably not ready yet and Escobar was impressive last season while Renteria was shelved.

Good deal for Detroit. I guess Guillen becomes more or less a full-time 1B next year. Wither Sean Casey?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Quick! Name five Mets players who were able to speak Papiamentu!

Nobody? Oh, come on, this was easy!

The answer is, of course, Danny Heep, Lute Barnes, Mike Glavine, Roy Staiger, and, this last one was the tricky one, Mark Clark.

Thanks for playing, everybody!

[Guest sharpie]

For a good player Renteria has been on a lot of teams: Marlins - Cards - Red Sox - Braves - Tigers.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Hernandez just spent the summer here in Grand Rapids playing for the West Michigan Whitecaps -- in the low-A Midwest League. He could hit a little.

[MFS62]

Has there ever been a major leaguer (or anyone else for that matter) named Gorkys?

Of course he'll become a star, and they'll make a movie about his success, and all those who kidded him about his name. They'll title it;
Gorkys' Revenge

Sorry
Later

[smg58]

Frayed Knot wrote: Actually I was thinking about Elvis Andrus (they're cornering the market on best first names) but he's probably not ready yet and Escobar was impressive last season while Renteria was shelved.

Elvis Andrus is in the Rangers organization now, thanks to the Teixeira deal. Brent Lillibridge might get a chance to make the roster out of Spring Training, though.

[MFS62]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Yancy Street Gang wrote: Quick! Name five Mets players who were able to speak Papiamentu! Nobody? Oh, come on, this was easy! The answer is, of course, Danny Heep, Lute Barnes, Mike Glavine, Roy Staiger, and, this last one was the tricky one, Mark Clark. Thanks for playing, everybody!

I guess the question was limited to players. We who heard him know that's what Casey Stengel was speaking.

Later

[soupcan]

sharpie wrote: For a good player Renteria has been on a lot of teams: Marlins - Cards - Red Sox - Braves - Tigers.

Reminds me of Soriano.

Good player - Yankees - Rangers - Nationals - Cubs.

I guess thems are the breaks when you are a guy that's good enough to want on your team and good enough for another team to want.

[Guest martin]

that guy gorkys, his name reminded me of that "down to gorky park" line from the song "winds of change". so now i am involved in a flullblown youtube scorpions festival. i am being rocked like a hurricane. for me the offseason is shaping up pretty good so far.

[seawolf17]

I don't see how the Braves don't throw and eight-year, $300 million offer at A-Rod now.

[Frayed Knot]

smg58 wrote: Elvis Andrus is in the Rangers organization now, thanks to the Teixeira deal. Brent Lillibridge might get a chance to make the roster out of Spring Training, though.

That's right, I forgot Andrus was dealt away.
Lillibridge - who came over from Pittsburgh in the Gonzalez/LaRoche deal - has been getting some good ink too.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

martin wrote: that guy gorkys, his name reminded me of that "down to gorky park" line from the song "winds of change". so now i am involved in a flullblown youtube scorpions festival. i am being rocked like a hurricane. for me the offseason is shaping up pretty good so far.

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