And so it begins.

Steve Finley hit his team-leading 19th home run and nearly hit another with a double off the center field wall in front of scouts from Boston and the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

With Hendry's remarks about not getting any position players, I will take that to the bank. However if we are truly looking at Steve Finley then wouldn't that just be classic Cubs mentality? Ignore Carlos Beltran, but send scouts and consider a deal for a 39 year old Steve Finley.

While he would be a marked improvement over Patterson for the short term, it wouldn't make any sense to the Cubs, and especially the fans. It would just show the Cubs and Hendry are incapable of getting a real deal done with a team not looking to give a player away. The only reason the Cubs will get Steve Finley, IF they do, is because he wont cost top prospects like Beltran would.

But I just think we had scouts looking at Boston and Az's bullpen.