Brian Roberts Notes

A thanks to MLBTR.

Buster Olney of ESPN has heard Orioles GM Andy McPhail is in favor of trading Brian Roberts if he gets the right deal for him.

Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun says the negotiations could drag into Spring Training to get the right deal in place and that the Orioles might keep Roberts, then trade him in July.

Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports sources close to Brian Roberts say that if a deal is agreed upon Roberts would waive his no trade clause to come play for the Cubs.

It sounds like the Orioles are willing and wanting to trade him and Roberts is willing to be traded. All that appears to be needed to get the deal done are the details such as which players will head to Baltimore.

My take: This is sounding really good Cubs fans. No more question marks. It's all just who's out and Roberts is in. He's probably coming, so lets hope Jeff Zrebiec is wrong so this doesn't stretch into July.