Thursday, May 13, 2004

It just gets Better and Better



In the Cubs never ending quest to assemble the most .240 hitting SS's in baseball they have signed Rey Ordonez to a minor league contract. Yep thats right you can pencil in Rey Ordonez's .248 career average with Alex Gonzalez's .243 career average, and Damian Jackson's .245.

What is next Jose Hernandez and his .252 career average? Ohh wait we did that last year.

Though on the flip side if i had a choice between any of them playing everyday it would be Rey Ordonez. He is the *cough* *cough* best hitter of the bunch and by far and away the best fielder. Plus i think he makes chump change compared to Alex Gonzalez. Like I have said before non-hitting short-stops that play pretty good defence are a dime a dozen. Their is no reason why Alex Gonzalez should get paid $6 million dollars a year to put up numbers a guy making $300k can easily match. If all you want out of SS is defence and no offense you can find that player in any system and on any waiver wire in baseball. The quest is to find the ones that can hit. And the way the Cubs are handling the situation they dont want to find a SS that can hit. Otherwise they would be looking to the minors.

But I do know who the Cubs have in mind to get next....Augie Ojeda. Now that would be typical Cubs! Bring Back Augie!!!!!