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I also liked his trade for Nomar Garciaparra in 2004 at the trade deadline. The trade didn’t work out as planned, but it showed that Hendry was going for it and trying to do whatever he could to win that year.
He also picked up Matt Murton in that deal who I thought had some potential, but that potential was wasted when he ran into the impatient Lou Piniella, who never gave him a chance.
The only player of significance the Cubs gave up was Brendan Harris. He’s been an okay player, but nothing special.
I give Hendry an E for effort on this one.
Signing Ted Lilly as a free-agent while Hendry was in a hospital bed has proven to be a life-saver, no pun intended.
Lilly has arguably been the Cubs best pitcher since coming over.
Signing Mark DeRosa was another great move despite the criticism he received at the time when everybody said you signed who for how much. That included me.
While the versatile DeRosa turned out to be a great signing, I have a feeling we’re going to see his name again in a not so good category.
Ryan Dempster came off arm surgery when Hendry took a chance on him, and while he took a lot of criticism when he was the closer, you can’t argue with what he has done since he signed with the team, including winning 17 games last year. Good move.
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