Tooting my Own Horn: January’s Fix This Team Revisited
July 11, 2009 by jeff Hubbard
In January, this writer assessed the Chicago Cubs in a Fix this Team post on a CBS Sportsline blog. He advised the Cubs that it was time to tear down an aging team with a porous defense and build for the future with trades for young pitching and an emphasis on versatility, youth and defense.
Move over-priced old guys Ramirez, Lee, and Soriano. Throw in Fukudome. Pick up Wiggington and Hinske as Free Agents. Keep DeRosa. Ignore Milton Bradley. Jason Marquis was only available not traded. Leave Daryle Ward off the roster. Start Joey Gathright in CF.
Save some cash and build for the future.
The Cubs would have moved Ram...
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