A look at the numbers; DeRosa, Miles, Fontenot

Let's check out the stats and see how much of a downgrade the Cubs have made at the second base position and see if Miles or Fontenot is the way to go.

Mark DeRosa:
Career: .279 BA, 69 HR, 352 RBI, .422 SLG, .348 OBP
2008: .285 BA, 21 HR, 87 RBI, .481 SLG, .376 OBP

Aaron Miles:
Career: 16 HR, 170 RBI, .289 BA, .329 OBP, .364 SLG
2008: 4 HR, 31 RBI, .317 BA, .355 OBP, .398 SLG

Mike Fontenot:
Career: .290 BA, .369 OBP, .457 SLG, 12 HR, 69 RBI
2008: 9 HR, 40 RBI, .305 BA, .395 OBP, .514 SLG

So by the numbers Fontenot look better than Miles, DeRosa is obviously a big loss and so far I think Jim Hendry's off season is a major fail, losing 2 fan favorites in Kerry Wood and Mark DeRosa. He's going to have to add 2 major players to make this a good off season.

Here's the a few Cubs rumors:

• Chico Harlan of the Washington Post believes that the Cubs will win the sweepstakes for Bradley.
• Catcher Josh Bard had signed with the Red Sox. He also had an offer from the Cubs.
• Buster Olney says the Cubs are making off season mistakes.
• Jon Heyman ranked the top 20 free agents that remain unsigned. He ranks Milton Bradley number 2 only behind Bobby Abreu. Adam Dunn was 6th and Manny Ramirez was 13th on the list.