Cubs and Pirates make trade

Well its official Kenny Lofton and Aramis Ramirez have been traded to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jose Hernandez, Matt Bruback, and a PTBNL.

Fantastic deal for Hendry. Fill a hole in CF with the Corey Patterson injury and add a much needed offensive bat to 3rd base. But even better is NO MORE Lenny Harris. I think. Well we can hope Baker will start Ramirez over Harris atleast.
Ofcourse on the bad side this will pretty much end Choi's season with the Cubs as i expect him to be sent to AAA very shortly. Dusty needs to find a veteran to start now that a "young" Ramirez will be hogging up "veteran" playing time.

I feel sorry for the Pirates fans as they got nothing good in return for Ramirez. Surely he could of fetched more than the all time SO champion and some grade level C prospects. But hey i am a Cubs fans and i will take it, the deal is done. I am a happy camper.