Thursday, May 15, 2008

Hendry: "No negative in it"

Late last night, the Cubs signed Jim Edmonds to a contract. Of course the Cards and Padres are on the hook for most of the 7.7 Million, but the Cubs will pay him about 290,000 and some change.

I was reading the quote from the Tribune story:

"There is really no negative in it," (Jim) Hendry said. "You're not giving up
players. You're not spending a lot of dollars, so you look at things like that
and, hopefully, he'll be able to give us at least a great portion of the Jim
Edmonds we all knew and used to fear in a lot of ways."


I've always liked Hendry, but sometimes his moves just puzzle me. On one hand, he fleeced L.A. and Pittsburgh during the 2003 season after aquiring Eric Karros, Mark Grudzielanek, Aramis Ramirez and Kenny Lofton for the likes of Todd Hundley, Jose Hernandez and Bobby Hill. Those were some great deals.

But then, he doesn't give players like Matt Murton and Felix Pie chances to play. Not to mention signing Jason Marquis and J. JonesSome young players have to play to develop. Guys like Geovanny Soto are rare. Only time will tell how this turns out, but I don't see too many positives.

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