The Braves 15-30 prospects are probably better than most teams. Lopez sounds promising.

Thanks for your service to the Cubs, Mr. Lee. I am very happy to see the Cubs picking up more of DLee’s salary for more/better prospects.

He was accused of assault and vandalism charges while a sophomore pitcher at the University of Pacific in January 2007 and was kicked off the team, according to CBS13 news. The report says that he slapped an 18-year-old female UOP student then broke her house window.

Sounds like a guy of great character.

Good for Hendry, I guess.

I’m rooting for a Twins-Braves World Series. Maybe they can provide some of the 1991 WS fireworks too.

All the crap he took this year, for a guy who was a very good, solid Cub. Oh how many will be pissed when next year a Lyle Overbay type will be at first trying to dig out a 3 hopper from Castro.
 Lee had his struggles this year along with many. Why he got more shit I don’t know. This whole team was suckatude this year.
 I just hope maybe one of these arms in the future will have a ERA in the 3’s out of the pen.

I will miss you.

Prediction

This won’t happen.

“You can observe a lot just by watching.” ~ Yogi Berra
posted by Al Yellon on Aug 18, 2010 9:47 AM EDT

Hell, Lee was here longer than Lilly and was a bigger contributor. This site has really made me dislike Ted Lilly.

I had hoped for Freeman. I knew it wasn’t possible, but god, it would have been awesome. Who’s gonna play first now?

I will miss Derrek, particularly his defense. Yes, his offense sucked, along with most of the rest of team this year, but I surely didn’t have any problems with his defense.

I hope whoever plays 1st base next yr will be able to make those picks out of dirt, as well as be an offensive threat. Well, I can dream……….LOL

Thank you for giving the Cubs some of your best years.

You provided us Cubs fans with plenty of excitement while you were here and you were always a class act. Too bad others on this team can’t follow your example of how to be a “professional” baseball player. I know that I’ll miss you.

It’s kinda sad that the core that was supposed to take the Cubs to the World Series is being blown up. Guess it’s time to start over from scratch…oh well.

maybe d-lee will hit into a few double plays and hit .250 for the weekend…

that was pretty quick!

this actually hurts my eyes… i guess i will miss him…

what number is d-lee going to take?

miss you Lee. You were always one of the favorites.

But I figure I might as well post what Jayson Stark wrote in his latest column:

Why did Derrek Lee say no to the Angels in July but yes when the Braves wanted to deal for him in August? It wasn’t only about where those two teams sit in the standings, sources tell Rumblings.

It was a factor that the Braves were in first place at the time and the Angels weren’t, those sources say — but far from the only factor.

In fact, the single biggest game-changer was the sinkhole the Cubs became in the four weeks or so between when the Angels called and when the Braves called. Between July 24 and Aug. 18, the day the trade went down, the Cubbies went 5-18 and made it obvious to Lee that the rest of this season was going to be about as much fun as an appendectomy.

Meanwhile, his kids were ready to head home to California for school by last week. So a trade no longer posed any kind of disruption to his family.

Combine those developments with the Braves’ great shot at playing in October, and Lee saw a whole different playing field than he’d seen when he vetoed his deal to L.A. of Anaheim. And next thing he knew, he was officially a name in the transactions column.

Stark Column

Pertinent info is about halfway down, although the revenue sharing stuff is very interesting.