Gentlemen, let's the games begin. Hi-oh!!
ESPN.com is now proclaiming that "Cubs acquire former All-Star catcher Kendall"...emphasis on former.
The Marc Cubans get Jason Kendall for Rob Bowen and AA pitcher Jerry Blevins. This trade further illustrates the greatness of Billy Beane. He trades Kendall, who's making an unbelievably obscene 13.4 million this season, for a guy who's a better player!!! Neither Bowen nor Kendall is any great shakes, but the one thing Kendall has always done really well is draw walks...but Bowen has a much higher on-base percentage! .261 to .316!
Kendall formerly was a really good player...but virtually all the skills that he once possessed have eroded, which one would expect for a man with over 1500 games caught at the big league level. His bat speed, foot speed, power, arm strength have all left. Jason Kendall is a bad baseball player at this point in his career and he's paid like a superstar, and somehow Billy Beane convinced the Cubbies that it was 1998.
The minor league pitcher that was just a throw in, happens to have 174K's in 148IP in the minors...he's a legit prospect.
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