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According to multiple reports , the Cubs claimed infielder Luis Valbuena off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Valbuena was added to the Cubs 40-man roster and will be on the 25-man roster for Thursday s opener against the Nationals.
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The Cubs announced they will begin the year with an 11-man pitching staff , not 12 as expected. Rodrigo Lopez has been told he will not begin the year with the big league team. Dale Sveum s pen is expected to consist of: Carlos Marmol , Kerry Wood , Rafael Dolis , Lendy Castillo , James Russell , and Shawn Camp .
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Im glad Castillo made the team! The front office keeps preaching that they do not have enough midtown madness 2 car downloads good young pitching and Castillo making it instead of getting shopped back to the Phillies means they mean that. Hopefully when/if the Cubs pick up another lefty for the pen, that means Camp will be on his way out.
Soto is a tough call; I would be inclined to keep him.  Good catchers don t grow on trees, and I don t know if Welington Castillo will make enough contact or play good enough defense to be a ML starter.  He can throw runners out and has pop, but otherwise he is not real good.  It s possible he is a worse version of Henry Blanco.
as to Kerry Wood he will wind up on the DL retire at the end of the season ! If Garza does not sign a long term deal, I agree he is gone.  As of now we need Soto until w efind out if W. Castillo can be a #1 catcher.
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instead of pat piper announcing the line-ups; team theo should just hire the Kmart guy that announces cubby blue lite specials on the bench today are: dewitt-mather-valbuena-any other dude released soon ..catch them now!
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I know this goes without saying, and some on here might be tired of hearing me reiterate midtown madness 2 car downloads this, but this regime midtown madness 2 car downloads s roster management thus far has been nothing short of awful Jim Hendry midtown madness 2 car downloads awful well almost. Hendry would ve signed the Shawn Camp s of the world, but not the younger Cardenas, Corpas, Valbuena, etc.
Here s the issue I take with them thus far. Prior to taking over, this regime inherited a surplus of young, talented middle infielders capable of playing multiple positions. They also inherited a surplus of power arms for the pen both on the roster and in the system.
Flaherty-NOT a future star player by any stretch, but the fact that Cubs management reportedly was pissed midtown madness 2 car downloads that he was claimed just goes to show you how stupid they were for not protecting him in the first place
Corpas-while he was signed prior to the trade actually going down, the Cubs reportedly signed him in anticipation of the Cashner trade they had been working on since the winter meetings. Corpas didn t even make the team
E Gonzalez/Amezega/Valbuena-I midtown madness 2 car downloads m lumping them together, because they were both signed after they had lost Bianchi to waivers, which was in direct reaction midtown madness 2 car downloads to losing M. Gonzalez and Flaherty to the Rule 5, and their subsequent indefensible midtown madness 2 car downloads move of dealing LeMahieu in the Stewart trade essentially for Casey Weathers, who was later outrighted what makes everything even worse, is if you believe the reports out of Colorado that said they wanted DeWitt first, midtown madness 2 car downloads but the Cubs wouldn t part with him then DFA d him anyway later on
Weathers-already DFA d, not even with the team, and will never see the light of day at the MLB level. He might even be released altogether this year as he STILL CANNOT HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN WITH A DAMN PITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the Cubs state that they don t have much depth at the minor league level, yet they allowed good depth to leave in Gonzalez, Flaherty, and LeMahieu in the infield then signed a bunch of has-beens midtown madness 2 car downloads and never was guys to replace them, who didn t end up making the roster, then sign a decent young player like Cardenas off waivers, don t play him much in Spring midtown madness 2 car downloads Training, then option him, and sign a guy like Valbuena at the end of Spring midtown madness 2 car downloads Training who has had multiple opportunities at the MLB level and has failed every damn time .and while he s had good numbers in the minors the last few years, it s not only in a limited amount of games, midtown madness 2 car downloads but also by repeating AA, and repeating AAA 3 times ..
There s a LOT of confusing things they ve done, and I don t understand a single one of them ESPECIALLY their idiotic decision to trade LeMahieu. Even if he ends up doing nothing at the MLB level, midtown madness 2 car downloads it was still absolutely the WRONG move to make at the time when they had JUST lost Gonzalez and Flaherty.
Have I made sense at all?!? midtown madness 2 car downloads That s why I ve told everyone that it s a trust but verify situation midtown madness 2 car downloads with these guys, and they have received a grade of EPIC FAIL thus far. The Cubs lost 3 power arms this offseason and are still desperately searching for pen arms on the eve of the season. And they are STILL trying to find replacements for Gonzalez and Flaherty and LeMahieu on the eve of the season.
Aaron I agree that the roster management has been questionable to this point, midtown madness 2 car downloads but I guess I don t think its as bad as you think. The way I see LeMahieu, Colvin, Carpeneter and Kurcz, is if they do anything at the major league level, then fine I will acknowledge they maybe made some bad moves. But until then, I m really not that worried about it. As far as depth in the minor leagues without a few of these guys, you may be right. But if Gonzalez and Flaherty don t last all year with their respective teams, which is completely possible, then we get them back. If that is the case, then the fact that we left them unprotected, doesn t look all that bad in my opinion.
5 yrs of bombs away wood; he s crap is better than paying 16.5M to marshall for 3 yrs . cuz 3M fans doesn t support that!! .(even though its alot higher than the reds draw and they just gave their 1b 225M for 10 yrs).
Essentially, you are upset that the Cubs let go of a bunch of non-impact players for another bunch of non-impact players because in your opinion the first set of non-impact players are better then the non-impact players the Cubs brought in.
The only young player of value that is gone is Cashner and we received a young player of value in return in Rizzo.  It will take at least 2 years (maybe more) to figure out whether that was a good trade or a bad one.
If you were to liken this to reshuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic, I could understand your position.  But in no way do I even begin to understand how all this could be considered any sort of fail let alone an epic one.
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