- The Cubs have confirmed interest in Pedro Martinez and watched him work out earlier this week. Nick Carfardo said Pedro hit 94 MPH on his fastball during the work out. The reason this is so important is because the Cubs currently have a good rotation but have health and stability issues. Harden is very injury pron, Marshall is needed in the pen, and Randy Wells looks like he may be coming back down to earth. With all that the Cubs need a veteran pitcher to build up there rotation and I think Pedro is the answer.
- Bradley is not making any friends in Chicago. Not only is he slumping, he is not playing sound baseball. If he is not striking out and blaming umpires then he is giving away runs. When is it enough? Bradley is not a Cub and Hendry needs to find someone who wants to to be a Chicago Cub. The Cubs need a player like Adam Dunn (who wanted to be a Cub) or Brad Hawpe (who is a professional player. Right now, Bradley is not that type of player.
- Peavy could be out up to three months with the ankle injury he suffered. Maybe this will put the Peavy to Cubs rumor to rest!
Til next time Cub fans.
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address the biggest problem first.... adding a BAT
Hit 94 in a bullpen session which means he will top out at 90 in games when he is pacing himself and be pitching at 86-88. Pedro is not worth his asking price (5 million) and even if he was, 5 million can be spend so much better on our actual need. MAJOR LEAGUE CALIBER HITTERS!!
I think it would be interesting to see Pedro re-invented as a closer. Enough with the Kevin Gregg already!
The problem here stems from the Cubs not being able to produce any hitters. In this blog it was stated before that the last first round draft pick to make it to the bigs was Mark Prior. I'm not saying they have to be first rounders, but who do we have that has been produced by the cubs? Theriot, Fontenot, Hoffpauir, etc. These guys should be role players not main contributors. They are the prime example of role players getting everyday jobs. Everyone else is of trade or free agency. If the cubs would produce some of their own players, maybe along with these free agents and traded guys they could field a higher caliber of a team. Seems we are always calling up the guys who have "earned" it, like hoffpauir who is 27, and scales or is 31. Theriot and Fontenot are also not spring chickens anymore either. The Cubs' farm system produces no hitters. This meaning our bench will never be good and if someone goes down hurt, we will never have a young guy there with the capable of rescuing us. Cubs farm system produces noone.
Despite his bonehead play in the field, I actually think Bradley has look pretty good at the plate lately.
You believe Pedro is the answer????
Come on, I respect your crazy opinions on here but that is just silly. Even you man crush on Felix Pie wasn't that silly.
first off I agree that the Cubs need a bat. I am just saying that Pedro would be great insurance incase another pitcher goes down like Harden or Z is prone to do.
I would not mind Pedro as a closer but he would be better as a 5th starter.
By the way Anonymous I do not believe that I had a man crush on Pie. I liked his upside but grew tired of him really early. If you do no think Pedro will help the Cubs then you are bonehead.
On the field he wouldn't hurt the Cubs, no. However, off the field I think we have enough crazy personalities that affect this team enough. Everyone thought Bradley's personality would be an unbelievably great fit for the Cubs, till he started distracting himself(again) and others as they had to answer questions about his antics. Zambrano is pulling his normal stuff like he always is and has proved that after the age of 15 he has not matured anymore. I doubt Pedro is going to help much at all. Adding a bat is #1 Priority, suring up the back end of the Bullpen is next. The Starting Rotation is fine.
Z
Lilly
Demp
Harden
Wells
Marshall
These are 6 guys that can take the ball and keep you in the game the majority of the time. Marmol has been shakey lately, and Gregg's whole career has been that way as well. Pitching is NOT the problem. There is plenty of depth to be effective unless a late inning arm is added. GO GET A PROFESSIONAL BAT.
you know i'm with cubsfan82 here, if you can get a proven pitcher who can get into the 90's mph while there are so many goddamn holes in our bullpen then its not an answer or solution per-ron-fucking-cey but an attempt to build some strenth in our mid-to-late innings. thanks, Jimbo M. Rockford, IL
My thoughts on Pedro.
http://cubsrumorstrades.blogspot.com/2009/06/cubs-keeping-tabs-on-pedro.html
Sorry Cubsfan82, but the Pedro idea is ridiculous. The problem with old, high-priced, fading talent is that it is old, high-priced, and fading. I'd put the chances of that happening at less than 1%. Bradley is a num-nuts, but he's also a young num-nuts with good career numbers. The odds of him beginning to perform up to those numbers are a hell of a lot greater than the Cubs going to get an 8th starter in Pedro. The bottom line is that the Cubs have played looked like old people dancing for 60 games, and they're still only 3 back. Making panic moves for past their prime players is not how you win a championship.
Volpowers how can you say that Pedro is not worth getting?? They guy is a veteran pitcher who has playoff experience. Behind a big bat and bullpen help he is exactly what the Cubs need. Especially when you consider how many innings our starters have been pitching lately and how fragile Harden and Z can be.
Behind Wells and Marshall there are not many starters in Iowa that would do well in the majors as a starter.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree.
Sure Pedro has playoff experience, but who are you going to start him ahead of in the playoffs, where there's essentially a 3 man rotation? Big Z? No. Dempster? No. Lilly? No. So we're going to spend $5 mil on a long reliever for the playoffs?!?
Yes, Harden is fragile, but you've backed him in the rotation with Wells and Marshall. Basically, we'd have to have Harden, and 2 more SP's go down for a Pedro-style move to happen. It's possible, but highly unlikely. I still stand by my less than 1% chance of it happening prediction.
Sure we can agree to disagree! That's what America is all about! Thanks for the forum for the good conversation about the beloved blue!
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