Be leery of trading for relievers
July 27th, 2008 at 12:24am Matt Trowbridge
Even down here in Bears camp at Bourbonnais, reporters are constantly checking the TV to see how the Cubs are doing. The Brewers have a lot of people scared right now. Still, I say the Cubs shouldn’t give up too much for more relief pitching. Trading for relievers in the middle of a pennant race is a recipe for disaster. That’s how the Astros got Jeff Bagwell (for 40-year-old Larry Anderson). Or, to be Cubs specific, how about giving up Jon Garland to the White Sox for Matt Karchner? Too often somebody else’s middle relievers are no better than your own. The Cubs made a great trade to land Rich Harden. They are very deep in starting pitching. Their relievers will be OK, too. Just stay the course. The Brewers aren’t going to go away, but neither will they stay this hot. And the Cubs just got Alfonso Soriano back. Chicago will catch fire again, too.
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4 Comments Add your own
1. BL | July 27th, 2008 at 7:10 am
The relief pitching or starting pitching is not the problem for the Cubs. This high payroll, so-called high powered offense is the problem.
2. Jason | July 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
why no sox talk blog……. this paper is so one sided all we get is cubs and green bay packer talk how about talk about the baseball team that is winning lately.. And put bears stories on the front page were in Illinois not Wisconsin
3. Tony Garcia | July 28th, 2008 at 12:51 am
BL: Agreed about the offense. Scoring 9 runs on Sundays doesn’t cut it. But unless the Manny Ramirez/Soriano swap happens, I don’t believe Hendry is trying to tinker with the offense. Might as well be on the lookout for another reliever, especially if Howry cannot be trusted.
Jason: There are myriad reasons about the lack of a White Sox blog. Personally, what do White Sox fans like to do the most? Complain about the Cubs. Therefore, you already have your blog. Thank you for your patronage.
4. Jason | July 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
i would like to talk sox , i don’t care what the cubs do. but all i hear about is the packers and cubs. both of which i don’t care for ….. this is a big paper why not , get someone to write a sox blog for us fans.
thats just your point of view of sox fans yes they are out their but most of them arent really sox fans they just hate the cubs.
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