Cubs Rumors: Fuentes, Greene

I'm not sure Hendry needs to make any more trades. We certainly haven't a shot at Fuentes, anyway.

We really have all the bases covered. When Soriano comes back, Johnson will go back to platooning with Edmonds and spelling Fukudome and Soriano every once in a while, and you also have Hoffpauir and Pie if somebody else goes down. Outfield is covered.

In the infield, there are few, if any holes. DeRosa and Theriot are having All-Star-caliber seasons, and the corners are locked down. Catcher is covered for the next *decade*.

The bullpen is strong, as well. Marmol's on the comeback trail hopefully, and with the addition of Gaudin and Howry's improvements, he won't be worked as much.

If there is any trade that needs to be made, I think it should be for:
A) Outfielder with some pop that can play center, incase one of Johnson or Edmonds goes down and Pie still can't play. Crisp?
B) Bullpen arm that can be used in late relief, to additionally spell Marmol.

"A) Outfielder with some pop that can play center, incase one of Johnson or Edmonds goes down and Pie still can't play. Crisp?"

Lofton makes more sense.

Pablo Ozuna has proven to be a decent bench bat in the past.

As far as Greene goes I have no interest if I am most teams. Greene has power but his hitting tops out at like 260.

"Greene has power but his hitting tops out at like 260."

He would be thrilled right now to be batting .260...

By the way, every contending team could use another legitimate late inning reliever..

Yes, it's time for Bonds on the bench. He's cheap, league minimum, no lost players. He would walk 75 times for the rest of the season and he would love the right field wall. Forget about the OF, only a bench guy. Ward left and Bonds right. Wow, even though Bonds is a jerk, but lets win this year!!!

What about this scenerio? Cubs could pick up Ichiro. I dont know how cheap he is but he just signed a 5 yr 100 mil contract, so he couldnt be that expensive as for the Mariners he could just be a salary dump. I could start in CF. I know he is left handed with edmonds but this would give up 4 quality outfielders we could rotate the rest of the season to rest (this would be good for Soriano). Imagine Ichiro and Fukudome leading off a game.

To the Comment I made above on Ichiro, I never finished Irchiro's name, I put that I could start (that is not true) HA... Ichiro could start in CF.

Actually I see the M's trading Ichiro. He is signed way above market value. 20 mil a year for the next 5 years? He is not a HR hitter...There are rumors going around now that he could quickly become available.

I just don't get it obviously because it seems like people associate the Cubs with every single OF player on earth. How many pieces do the Cubs need to win this damn championship. It seems like they would rather take chances on Fossils like Edmonds instead of potentially useful cheap players like oh wait for it.....Felix Pie. A year ago Pie was all the rave, then the team trots him out for a small sample size and gives up on him. The Cubs are ridiculous they are looking for OF help and they got Murton, and Pie. It is the same crap with the Brewers they sign Mike Cameron before they give Tony Gwynn Jr a legitimate shot. You would think with the great lineups some teams have that they could afford to play rookies instead of selling them off for rentals. Not to mention I don't think Ichiro is going anywhere because then what would Mariners fans even bother going to the game to see other then King Felix.

Also...Gallagher was getting a bunch of time and he was just the price we had to pay for Harden, who is a legit ACE when healthy.

Also, he isn't a rental...we have him next year too, and our window is about 3 or 4 years for the current roster. They are going for it now, and its probably the best chance they have had to do it since I can remember. Making that trade is the right thing to do for the Cubs, and I love Gallagher. But if you are the Cubs...you gotta make that move. You just have to.

I agree that Zambrano is a better lefty hitter than Bonds.

There is no collusion against Barry Bonds here. I think baseball reasons are the primary reasons Bonds has no job. Everyone is fantasizing of Barry Bonds 2-3 years ago.
He was in decline last year.
The Giants had enough. He is more & more likely to sustain injuries. I know he could still get on base, but at .390?? He's older, out of practice, he'd swing & miss a lot more, HRs down, avg down, and... probably would have less performance-enhancing drugs in his system now.

Do they have a test for HGH...yet? How about tracking head size measurements of players - might be a good test! :)

Aduncaroo I know what your saying with Harden but the OF comment sort of referred to the past two seasons. The cubs have a legitimate OF so why Crisp is being brought up is beyond me. Besides Crisp is not the solver of any problems hes on my team and hes barley more useful than Lugo.

manny24 you don't know Jim Hendry. The man doesn't quit.

Not that this will happen, but the Cubs should try to trade Lee and/or Ramirez (plus a lesser player), maybe in a three way trade, to get a more consistent offensive player like a Matt Holliday or whomever (and Hoffpauir could play first--he'd be good if they'd give him a chance). Lee and Ramirez spend a hell of a lot more time "struggling" than getting "hot" and doing what they're paid to do (and can anybody remember the last time Lee hit a homerun--hint, the Cubs/Sox series at Wrigley). Lee and Ramirez are the biggest buzz-kills of the team, and if I see Lee GIDP again I'm gonna explode. Sure Ramirez is a clutch player, but maybe if he was more consistent in non-clutch situations, the Cubs wouldn't have to always "cram" in the late innings to score runs. Of course, many of these probs could be ameliorated if Pinella changed his lineup, and started to put Soriano (the true slugger of the team) in the 3 spot, but Pinella is too set in his stubborn, archaic ways to do this.