Tom Gorzelanny

[Valadius]

The Post this morning reports that the Mets are looking at a trade for the Cubs' Tom Gorzelanny.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let me take that poll again.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I wonder if any other teams have a Tom Gorzelanny that they'd consider trading?

[metirish]

Yeah , like the Cubs are loaded in the starting rotation .....making a run for Garza apparently

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, with GORZELANNY, they already have four of the five letters in their rack, and that second A can't be too hard to come up with.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gotta wonder about the Cubs trading a Chicago-born Pole.

Weird-looking guy, face like Kevin Appier.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That Cubs had that Pole Gorzelanny
Not just some Azerbaijani
Looked kinda like Appier
Pitched even crappier
So they traded him for Cory Vaughny

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Gotta wonder about the Cubs trading a Chicago-born Pole. Weird-looking guy, face like Kevin Appier.

Him and Jeff Samardzija fought it out and you can guess who won.

[G-Fafif]

Weren't Duke, Gorzelanny, Maholm and Snell going to be an awesome rotation at one point?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Snark now, but I half suspect we'll be re-assembling them before the year is out.

[Vic Sage]

heck, i'll take him.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We've talked about a lotta guys who've had good 2007s this offseason.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If my stomach's a little iffy, I should probably opt for a homemade chicken soup lunch and seltzer instead of a fantastic osso buco made with month-old veal, or a Russ-and-Daughters special sammich that's been sitting out for three hours... both options with much higher ceilings than the soup-and-bubbly-water.

Similarly, I think that the idea of getting Chris Young or Brandon Webb is much more appealing, but this may just make more sense.

He does look funny, though.

[soupcan]

Mmmmm, osso bucco.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

See, that's the problem-- put me in charge, I'm probably going for the osso bucco and dealing with the GI come-what-may.

[smg58]

He needs to cut down on the walks, but he's generally been decent when healthy, and he's been very good when asked to come out of the pen. Ideally, he'd be a passable starter for three months and a solid lefty out of the pen when Johan returns.

Also, the Cubs are one of the few teams that have actually discussed Luis Castillo with us, and Blake DeWitt is hardly a sure thing at second. If Alderson can swing Castillo, plus enough cash to make the deal payroll-neutral, for Gorzelanny I'd be quite happy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Somehow I glanced at the subject header and read it as TEAM GORZELANNY. It made it sound like we'd all banded together to make this happen, and smg's Castillo Idea is something we all could get behind.

[metirish]

We should set up a Facebook page to make that happen, pretty sure Alderson would friend us within a week....posting shit the following week, deal done on the third week.....

[A Boy Named Seo]

I'm on #Team_Gorzelannie



<3<3<3
/swoons

[ashie62]

I like it. He had a big year in 2007. He is only 28 years old. About 119 K's in 136 innings last season. He has a high whip however.

Decent gamble.

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: I like it. He had a big year in 2007. He is only 28 years old. About 119 K's in 136 innings last season. He has a high whip however. Decent gamble.

Looking at the numbers, he's basically a lesser Oliver Perez that hasn't sucked _as bad_ recently. Not sure I give up more than Castillo (or Perez) for him. Maybe an extraneous minors OF that we don't value much..

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I, uh, approve of this man's face.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I think Gorzelanny's the offspring of a men's room romance between Appier and Sloth from 'Goonies'.

[Valadius]

He looks like the actor that plays Stevie on Eastbound & Down.

[Fman99]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I think Gorzelanny's the offspring of a men's room romance between Appier and Sloth from 'Goonies'.

The would-have-been video of that event has potential to go more viral than the thing in my pants.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've seen the rumors about the Mets getting Gorzelanny, but nothing about who they might give up. What are the Cubs looking for this winter?

[Guest Edgy DC]

They would like an ace, but may have to live with the two mercurial sometimes-aces they have now. They need a power-hitting firstbaseman on the cheap. They passed on Dunn, but also missed out on Wiggy, so the focus is probably on LaRoche and Overbay.

They'd like to improve on Blake DeWitt at second, but it'd be a challenge to convince them that Castillo could help them do that.

Signing Kerry Wood sure helps solidify their pen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Overbay already signed with Pittsburgh. And I thought I saw were the O's were close to a deal with LaRoche.

I am all about a 79 World Series rematch in 2011.

[DocTee]

They signed Carlos Pena as their thumping first baseman, no?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, there you go. They're set.

Even if it means starting an all-or-nothing firstbaseman with numbers that would make Kingman blush.