Chicago Cubs 2008

[The Benjamin]

how soon you forget

[mjm]

I suffer from CRS Ben. Have some passion.

[Sunbiz1]

7-2 Cubs...almost time to hoist the colors.

[JD67]

shhhhh

[Sunbiz1]

Originally Posted by JD67

shhhhh

[mjm]

Let's keep it going!!!!!

[JoeBuck]

Cubs interested in Edmonds
Hendry poised to ink lefty-hitting outfielder
By Paul Sullivan | Tribune reporter
10:22 PM CDT, May 12, 2008
The Cubs have interest in recently released center fielder Jim Edmonds, who is likely to clear waivers Wednesday.

Edmonds, who turns 38 on June 27, hit .178 with a .265 on-base percentage for the Padres, and the general consensus seems to be that he's well past his prime. The longtime Cardinals star hit 29 home runs in 2005 but fought leg injuries the last two seasons before being traded to the Padres last winter after San Diego failed to sign Kosuke Fukudome.

General manager Jim Hendry could not comment, but sources in the Cubs organization insist he will jump at the chance to sign Edmonds if he's available.

If the Cubs sign him and it doesn't work out, they can always pull the plug quickly and move on. Edmonds has a .297 career average against right-handers, and the Cubs would only have to pay him the major-league minimum. He signed a two-year, $19 million deal with St. Louis after the Cardinals won the '06 World Series, including an $8 million salary this season.


Yes, the guy has a good bat

No, Pie/Murton/Johnson are just fine

No, he used to play for the Cardinals

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The Cubs desperately need another left-handed hitter, and Edmonds would fill the bill if he can still hit and stay off the disabled list. Felix Pie doesn't look like he's going to be the kind of hitter the Cubs envisioned and appears to be headed back to Triple-A Iowa soon to work on his stroke.

Padres pitcher Greg Maddux said Monday he thinks Edmonds still has something left in his tank.

"He was really starting to hit better the last couple of weeks," Maddux said, adding that Edmonds may have rushed himself back from an early-season calf injury.

After hitting .153 in April, Edmonds was 5-for-18 (.278) in six games in May with a .381 on-base percentage. While his defense isn't what it used to be, the eight-time Gold Glover would be playing his home games in a much smaller ballpark than spacious Petco Park.

Former Cubs general manager Ed Lynch made a similar gamble in the summer of 1998 when he signed third baseman Gary Gaetti after the Cardinals had released him. Gaetti hit .320 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 37 games down the stretch and homered in Game 163, the wild-card tiebreaker against the Giants that vaulted the Cubs into the postseason.

[TheBaschnagelnator]

^low risk/higher reward.

why not?

[JD67]

No need for an aging/failing Edmonds.

[TheBaschnagelnator]

^either that, or a young/failing pie. what's the risk?

[Sunbiz1]

Doesn't have enough thump left in his bat to help us. We need another left handed hitter, but not this badly.

Originally Posted by JD67

No need for an aging/failing Edmonds.

[The Benjamin]

Cubs are going to sign Edmonds and send Pie down to the minors. In my oppinion this is a horrible idea

[TheBaschnagelnator]

^OR the 2008 version of us signing eric karros

i don't get you guys. why? because, you act like we're locking him up for $100mil. here's the scenerio

pro's of signing edmonds...
-we have a guy that is proven, POSSIBLY with something left in the tank
-he's CHEAP
-if he fails, we have a guy that bats .200 instead of a guy that bats .200
-he's cheap
-we can't do any worse in center field
-there is NO huge risk here

so, i propose a question to the nay-sayers...wtf?
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[JoeBuck]

look what Kenny lofton did for the Indians last year

[TheBaschnagelnator]

^exactly. hell, i'd bring kenny in, if not edmonds. the negativity towards this reeks of the whole "the bulls don't need kobe" bs.