His ERA+ in his last 12 games last year with the Astros was 118 and has a career ERA+ of 101. Compare that to another lefty, Ted Lilly, whose ERA+ over his career is 103, and you can see what we’d be getting here from Wolf.

Adding a veteran lefty like Wolfie actually makes Shark, Marshall and Gaudin those solid relievers you’re talking about.

…we don’t want any part of that do we?

sayin

Lou runs out of patience quickly, so if a guy doesn’t produce right away, he’s in a lot of trouble with Lou.

Yes, please no Worf.

Oh, wait, you said Wolf… sorry, my bad… ;-)

wondering why we had the luxury to give Edmonds twice the time Pie had (twice when you include the SD time).

… a Furcal in Wolf’s clothing…

Coming off his 2008 performance, you’d think teams would have lined up to get him, yet there has been no news.

I repeat my prediction: he will retire as a player, take a year off to be with his family, then come back to the Cubs organization as a minor league coach/manager.

… playing home games in pitcher friendly Petco Park… yikes.

I was at plenty of games at Wrigley early last season, and Pie looked awful. Just awful. It would have been a complete waste to leave him in the lineup. He just looked lost.

I do agree with you about the mismanagement though. Once the team realized that Pie wasn’t going to get enough major league at-bats to improve last year, he should have been gone soon after. Instead, Hendry buries him so deep on the depth chart that you’d be lucky to get a couple of bad A prospects for him in trade. It’s a shame.

Marshall can do what Wolf would for far cheaper

which is rather significant given the front office’s statements this offseason.

Why Bako ?? When Koyie Hill seems fine … if Soto plays even 80% – 90% of the time i think Hill showed enough that he can handle the rest

….Koyie Hill didn’t hit when he was up last year. And he needs to correct the fact that he “tips” off whether the pitcher is throwing a breaking ball or a fast ball by the way he positions himself behind the plate.

I’d rather have a veteran, especially for the continued development of Soto.

can we say Edmonds won for us? Don’t get me wrong — I came around on the guy long ago, and I know he contributed, but how many did he WIN?

but defencively he’s better than Hill but neither hit much.

It just goes to show how tight the purse strings are before the new ownership comes in. Hendry is down to the several hundred $k here, several hundred $k there.

…Wandy Wad-we-guez.

this situation is how to best maximize an asset. Organizations swing and miss on players all of the time, but at least give it your best shot. While we may disagree on the handling of Pie, the thing that is certain is that the number one prospect in this organization has failed to produce for the club, again!

The sucess of players like Soto and Marmol has lessened the blow, but something is missing here and has been for a long time. Either the Cubs are drafting the wrong guys or are failing to develop them properly. This needs to be addressed and adressed quickly. The top prosoects need to contribute to the big club. The teams that are contending now have brought god young talent to the big leagues and the Cubs should be able to do it also.

…you predicted/surmised some time ago that the Cubs had given up on Felix Pie. And Hendry’s latest comments coupled with the acquistion of Gathright make that all but a certainty at this point. So kudos.

Now whether Felix ever becomes a productive major league player, well, that remains to be seen. If he never gets his swing together – or perhaps never gets an adequate opportunity to prove himself at the plate – then, yes, he could fall short of what (little) Corey Patterson has accomplished. But I still think he could stick somewhere as a fourth outfielder – especially if he can show the capacity to steal bases at a regular clip. I mean, Willy Taveras has a job, doesn’t he?

refuses to believe in the products of teh farm…