The Cubs signed veteran OFers John Mabry and Marquis Grissom. This is not a good sign for Matt Murton. I have no faith in Dusty Baker to reign in his proclivity towards playing “veterans” over younger players.
At 2B, Todd Walker is the most accomplished, by far, hitter available and he bats from the left side. There are two ways he doesn’t get 400+ ABs with the Cubs this season – a trade or Dusty can’t stop himself from playing Neifi Perez at 2B because Ronny Cedeno is at SS.
Well, couldn’t Dusty play Perez at SS over Ronny Cedeno? Yes and that is the scenario most likely to occur if the Cubs roster does not change. (I examined Cedeno last season here.)
So if GM Jim Hendry wants Cedeno playing, he had better trade Todd Walker or fire Dusty Baker.
Rich Hill stormed through the minors last season striking out 194 in 132 innings and bombed in a brief appearance with the Cubs, but his dominating strikeout numbers are too hard to write-off - 9.00+ ERA in 23 major league innings be damned! It is that horrendous showing that should keep Hill in the $1 range on draft day. If he bombs, the Cubs will send him back to AAA, and you will have a $1 prospect on reserves.
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