Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Northsiders consider Ibanez

Ken Rosenthal has the Cubs now interested in Raul Ibanez.
At the moment, the Cubs are set in the outfield with Alfonso Soriano in left, Jim Edmonds and Reed Johnson in center and Kosuke Fukudome in center and right, with center fielder Felix Pie hot at Class AAA.

The addition of Ibanez would force Fukudome to center full-time, leaving the Cubs with below-average defenders, Soriano and Ibanez, in left and right. It also would reduce the playing time of Edmonds and Johnson, both of whom have been productive.
Not sure this makes the Cubs very good defensively in the outfield, but Ibanez' bat is better than Edmonds.

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