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Cruz, meanwhile, has been a very effective middle reliever for the past few years with his upper nineties fastball. He sure would look good in the Cubs pen now.
The Cubs also traded Scott Eyre, or as Lou Piniella affectionately referred to him as Stevie Ire. He languished on the bench under him before being traded to the Phillies and helping them win the World Series in 2008.
I won’t mention the minor leaguer the Cubs got back because you’ll never hear of him anyway.
A lefty in the pen is a valuable commodity, and while I wasn’t in love with him, he deserved a chance to prove he could do the job.
This year the Cubs started the year with one lefty in the pen in Neal Cotts, who had a career year with the White Sox in 2005. He’s back in the minors and will also be appearing in a future episode of In Plain Sight, because of Lou doesn’t like you, you disappear.
Too bad the GM isn’t smart enough to at least get something back in return for the players he lets go.
Three years ago when Hendry left the Cubs short on starting pitching in the 2006 season, he signed a couple of pitchers after the season to fill the void and one of them was Jason Marquis.
While Marquis really didn’t pitch that poorly if you consider him a fifth starter, Hendry way overpaid him giving him a $21 million dollar contract for three years.
Then when he only had one year left on his contract and could have been a valuable commodity, Hendry traded him for Luis Vizcaino.
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