May 22nd, 2008
Can Chicago Cubs GM Jim Hendry just cut to the chase and trade Felix Pie to the St. Louis Cardinals for whatever sore-armed former 20-game winner they want to deal?
Chris Carpenter (21-5 for the 2005 Redbirds) or Mark Mulder (21-8 with the 2001 Oakland A’s) can easily fill the Ernie Broglio role. Pie, of course, couldn’t wear No. 20 for St. Louis since it’s been retired for the CF dealt there in 1964.
Well, at least if 1964 is repeating itself, the Beatles should be around any minute.
May 22nd, 2008
Tony Garcia and I expressed our concerns about the Cubs signing Jim Edmonds and so far Edmonds has done little to relieve our concerns.
As a Cub, he’s hitting .133 (2 for 15) to bring his season’s average to .171.
Sure, he made a nice catch in Houston the other night, but Reed Johnson and Felix Pie have made catches just as good if not better this season.
Edmonds came cheap and perhaps the Cubs are getting what they paid for. How patient do you think the Cubs should be when Andres Torres is hitting .326 with an on-base percentage of .424 for Triple-A Iowa? The team could give Torres a shot while Pie tries to work out his hitting problems in the minors. He’s only 1-for-23- since being sent down.
