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He is the direct reason they have played so poorly in the last two playoffs because he kills you at the top of the order, and as long as he’s here, and he will be with that ridiculous back-loaded contract, the Cubs are not going anywhere.
With the ownership issue still in limbo, Hendry tied his hands and didn’t allow for any flexibility to make other moves to help the team. In fact, that signing caused the team to make cost-cutting deals that have hurt this team terribly.
Hendry let Mark DeRosa go this off-season for three prospects that weren’t very highly rated by Baseball America. At the time, it was thought he made that move to get prospects to move to the Padres for the proposed Jake Peavy trade.
That trade never happened. Meanwhile as expected, third baseman Aramis Ramirez went down with an injury and left the Cubs scrambling for someone to cover his position.
DeRosa was a great signing by Hendry. He played practically every position except for catcher.
Nobody expected Ramirez to go down for over two months, but you knew he was going to be out at least for two weeks some time during the season. DeRosa was a great insurance policy at third, along with several other positions.
Hendry left the team with no viable alternative to play third, and that is one of the many reasons the Cubs have been so mediocre so far this year.
Hendry made two terrible moves in the 2007 off-season if you’re not including the Soriano signing.
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