White Sox trade Neal Cotts to rival Cubs

[riverside sluggers]

rotoworld

 

Cubs acquired LHP Neal Cotts from the White Sox for RHP David Aardsma and LHP Carlos Vasquez.

 

So not only did the crosstown rivals pull of a trade, but Jim Hendry appears to have gotten the better of it? Cotts' ERA jumped from 1.94 to 5.17 last season, but he didn't lose any stuff. It'd be great if the Cubs got him with the idea of putting him in the rotation along with Carlos Zambrano and Rich Hill. If it turns out he can't handle it, he can always be shifted back to the pen later. However, the talent is there for him to be a third or fourth starter.

[TheKilo]

http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7307.jpg

 

Aardsma'a excited.

[Cocos Disciples]

Good move for the Cubs, Cotts was nasty in 2005 maybe he can rebound.

[Soxfan1]

We have a thread for this.

[Cocos Disciples]

Sure its not this one?

[Soxfan1]

Offseason moves outside of the redsox. Ironically it was started by RiverSide.

[Cocos Disciples]

Oh.

[riverside sluggers]

Offseason moves outside of the redsox. Ironically it was started by RiverSide.

 

There's also threads on Thomas to the Blue Jays, Padres making trade for bullpen help. The thread I made before is pretty much moot now

[Youk Of The Nation]

Fark.com's headline: Cubs and White Sox attempt to sabotage each other by trading useless relievers.

[MC Hammer]

Rival?

 

They'll play once every 5 years or so if they're lucky enough to get the right schedule. I really don't see how these teams are rivals ... maybe their fans, but definitely not their teams. Having a rival in a different league makes no sense unless you're both in the WS every year.

[TheKilo]

Rival?

 

They'll play once every 5 years or so if they're lucky enough to get the right schedule. I really don't see how these teams are rivals ... maybe their fans, but definitely not their teams. Having a rival in a different league makes no sense unless you're both in the WS every year.

 

 

 

Um, what? They play every year. And they're in the same town.

[schillingouttheks]

Rival?

 

They'll play once every 5 years or so if they're lucky enough to get the right schedule. I really don't see how these teams are rivals ... maybe their fans, but definitely not their teams. Having a rival in a different league makes no sense unless you're both in the WS every year.

 

So Mets/Yankees isn't anything?

 

Besides, like Kilo said, they play every year.

[MC Hammer]

I really don't think Cubs/ChiSox it's a big rivalry but whatever. I guess I'm wrong on that one.

 

I don't really think Mets/Yankees is ... the Mets blow and the Yankees are great. It's kind of impossible to have a rivalry. Much like Steelers/Browns this weekend. We're close geographically so they wanna make it a rivalry. It's 11-1 since the browns have come back ... and it's 5-0 on Super Bowls. They need to let it go much like the Mets do.