The Cubs traded one of my favorite relief pitchers on the Cubs today in Michael Wuertz. Michael Wuertz was a solid middle reliever who I felt the Cubs never fully valued. He was a slider specialist who was sometimes wild, but effective for his contract. He came up as a Cub and will always be one to me.
The Cubs have an abundance of bullpen guys which I will get more into in the future so they didn’t need him. The bullpen is an area of depth so they felt these prospects were enough in return. They received two prospects in return, Richie Robnett and infielder Justin Sellers from the Oakland Athletics. I have not heard of either of these guys, and they don’t have very good minor league numbers. I guess we will wait and see, but it doesn’t look like we got much in return. Robnett has been added to the Cubs' 40-man roster and will be invited to spring training.
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1 comments:
Why are we trading away our amazing bullpen depth? We don't need a new CF prospect to win in 2009!
GRRR.
Whose left?
Smardjaarasdamamardzia, Marmol, Gregg, Heilman, Cotts?
That's a serious downgrade from last year, as I'd rather have Ceda and Wood :(
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