The 2010 Cubs Free Agent and Roster Moves Thread: SAVEENG OUR KUBBEEZ!!11

[Internet Apex]

Chad Tracy.  Enough said.

Championship!

Link?

[Powdered Toast Man]

Chad Tracy.  Enough said.

Championship!

Link?

Championship!  http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=3586

[Andy]

Chad Tracy?  THE Chad Tracy?  Things are looking up!  The Cubs haven't had this kind of Ginger haired bench god since Murton was taking pitchers deep (to shortstop.)

[Weebs]

Chad Tracy?  THE Chad Tracy?  Things are looking up!  The Cubs haven't had this kind of Ginger haired bench god since Murton was taking pitchers deep (to shortstop.) 150 ft. in the air to second base.

Big Game Murton'd.

[Quality Start Machine]

Why would the Cubs waste money on an washed up old fart like Chad Tracy when they've got a young up-and-coming prospect like Micah Hoffpauir?

[Andy]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

[Eli]

Why would the Cubs waste money on an washed up old fart like Chad Tracy when they've got a young up-and-coming prospect like Micah Hoffpauir?

I know you're making a joke, but I heard someone make this exact complaint yesterday. 

[Quality Start Machine]

Why would the Cubs waste money on an washed up old fart like Chad Tracy when they've got a young up-and-coming prospect like Micah Hoffpauir?

I know you're making a joke, but I heard someone make this exact complaint yesterday. 

Did you tell them Tracy's younger than Hoffpauir?

[Internet Apex]

Chad Tracy?  THE Chad Tracy?  Things are looking up!  The Cubs haven't had this kind of Ginger haired bench god since Murton was taking pitchers deep (to shortstop.) 150 ft. in the air to second base.

Big Game Murton'd.

I'm not sure I understand what you did there or why. But I like it. Matt Murton and Kurt Evans are getting their asses kicked all over this messageboard today. I think it's going to be great day. Might as well be because tonight's poker night. Yes!

[Kermit IV]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

The bench gets a little better if Castro can play (PLEASE GOD), Theriot moves to short, and Baker is in the mix.

[Internet Apex]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

The bench gets a little better if Castro can play (PLEASE GOD), Theriot moves to short Japan, and Baker is in the mix.

Murton'd.

[R-V]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

The bench gets a little better if Castro can play (PLEASE GOD), Theriot moves to short, and Baker is in the mix.

The kid is 19 years old and his minor league experience consists of 2 short seasons of rookie ball and 1 season split between Daytona and Tennessee. I think expecting him to contribute this year is as realistic as the camera crew on the Office. They've been there six years already, don't they have enough footage for their documentary!

[BH]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

The bench gets a little better if Castro can play (PLEASE GOD), Theriot moves to short, and Baker is in the mix.

The kid is 19 years old and his minor league experience consists of 2 short seasons of rookie ball and 1 season split between Daytona and Tennessee. I think expecting him to contribute this year is as realistic as the camera crew on the Office. They've been there six years already, don't they have enough footage for their documentary!

If we bring castro up to sit on the bench, it will make zero sense. Who knows if Castro will even stay at shortstop, with Hak-Ju Lee playing so well at that position. Keith Law just rated our farm system 6th overall. That ain't bad. Tim Wilken, and I'm assuming Phil Nevin behind the scenes, has actually made our farm system respectable. The white sox farm system, by the way, rated last.

[Slaky]

Over on Bruce Miles' blog, our old buddy Sanjay H. (HoopsCubs) was worried that the Cubs have too many good players to choose from when constructing a bench.

Somebody's been on the hooka a little too long.

If they start Lee, Baker, Theriot, E-ramis, Soto, Soriano, Byrd and Kosuke;

Have a rotation of Zambrano, Dempster, Wells, Gorzelanny (ugh) and Silva (ugh, ugh) with Lilly on the DL;

Have a bullpen of Marmol, Grabow, Marshall, Guzman, (and three spots going to some pair of Samardzija, Berg, Caridad, the immortal Jeff Gray, Stevens, Atkins or the Albino)

That leaves five bench spots.  You need a backup catcher so it'll be Koyie.  Nady gets one.  So that leaves three spots from among this assortment of greatness:

Fontenot, Andy White, Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy, something named Bryan LaHair, something named Brad Snyder, Bobby Scales and Darwin Barney.  Oooh, however will Lou choose?

At this point, worrying about cutting a guy who can play doesn't seem like much of an option.

Oh, and Evans, when you go to make your hilarious Darwin Barney: Origin of the Utility Infielder Photoshop...just don't.

The bench gets a little better if Castro can play (PLEASE GOD), Theriot moves to short, and Baker is in the mix.

The kid is 19 years old and his minor league experience consists of 2 short seasons of rookie ball and 1 season split between Daytona and Tennessee. I think expecting him to contribute this year is as realistic as the camera crew on the Office. They've been there six years already, don't they have enough footage for their documentary!

If we bring castro up to sit on the bench, it will make zero sense. Who knows if Castro will even stay at shortstop, with Hak-Ju Lee playing so well at that position. Keith Law just rated our farm system 6th overall. That ain't bad. Tim Wilken, and I'm assuming Phil Nevin behind the scenes, has actually made our farm system respectable. The white sox farm system, by the way, rated last.

That's because they traded everyone away to help build a pitching staff in a ballpark that is built for a power hitting team. Nice work, Ken.

I want to hear JD's opinion on Keith Law. I hear they're old pals.

[CBStew]

Why did Andy ignore Sam Fuld?  Was Fontenot standing in front of him?