11-13-08: Traded Jose Ceda for Kevin Gregg
11-18-08: Resigned Ryan Dempster to a 4 year contract.
11-19-08: Purchased the contracts of Mitch Atkins and Justin Berg from AAA Iowa and Marcos Mateo from Single-A Daytona.
12-3-08: Re-signed Chad Fox to a minor league contract with invite to Spring Training.
12-11-08: Acquired David Patton from the Reds for Cash. Also lost Donald Veal in the Rule 5 Draft.
12-11-08: Signed Chad Gaudin, Neal Cotts, and Reed Johnson to one year deals, avoiding arbitration.
12-16-08: Signed Joey Gathright to a one-year deal contract.
12-31-08: Traded Mark DeRosa to Cleveland for pitchers Chris Archer, John Gaub, and Jeff Stevens. Also Signed Aaron Miles to a 2 year contract.
1-5-09: Signed LHP Bill White to a minor league deal.
1-6-09: Traded Jason Marquis to the Rockies for Luis Vizcaino.
1-8-09: Signed Milton Bradley to 3 year deal.
1-14-09: Signed LHP Matt Smith to a minor league deal with invite to Spring Training. Signed So Taguchi to a minor league deal with invite to Spring Training.
1-18-09: Traded Felix Pie to Baltimore for a RHP Henry Williamson and LHP Garrett Olson.
1-20-09: Signed Luis Rivas, Mike Stanton, and Ken Kadokura with invites to Spring Training.
1-28-09: Acquired Aaron Heiman from Seattle for Garrett Olson and Ronny Cedeno.
1-30-09: Signed Paul Bako to a one year deal.
2-2-09: Traded Rich Hill to Baltimore for a player to be named. Also trade Michael Wuertz to Oakland for minor leaguers Richie Robnett and Justin Sellers.
So the Cubs have gained:
Paul Bako
Luis Vizcaino
Joey Gathright
Kevin Gregg
Milton Bradley
Aaron Heilman
and minor leaguers
But have lost...
Jason Marquis
Mark DeRosa
Kerry Wood
Rich Hill
Ronny Cedeno
Felix Pie
Jose Ceda
Micheal Wuertz
So overall, I'd give the Cubs off season a C+.
Don't miss next week I'll look at the off season of all the other NL Central teams, starting with the Pirates on Monday.
sportsbook.com has announced the 2009 Word Series Odds.
The Yankees have the best odds at 5/1. The Cubs and Mets are tied for second best with 7/1 odds. As for the rest of the NL Central,
Reds 50/1
Astros 40/1
Cardinals 30/1
Pirates 200/1
Brewers 35/1
More to come...
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What you did on this post, I just did this same exact post this morning. You should look atit and did they say anythinh on talking baceball today. Like rumors or notes.
ReplyDeleteI did not get a chance to listen to the whole show of Talking Baseball today, but I did hear some of it. Chicago Baseball expert Bruce Levine was not there today, so it was just Jonathan Hood by himself. When I was listening Hood talked mostly about A-rod failing a drug test in 2003. I'll have a post if I find any info.
ReplyDeleteCubs vs. Yankees for the WORLD SERIES!!! Be great to watch, but first we must win a SERIES!! I know the Cubs can do it!!
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cubsland- I'd rather the Cubs play someone besides the Yanks if we do make it to the World Series. Once the Cubs finally make it to a WS, they have to win it. I'm exited for the first 2 games at the new Yankee Stadium even though they're meaaingless. I hope both teams play the regulars for most of the game for the 2 games.
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