With Koyie Hill helping Carlos Zambrano take a no-hitter into the eighth inning, along with several other strong performances, it made lead to the quick departure of Michael Barrett, a strong offensive catcher who lacks good defense. Not only that, but Lou Piniella prefers a solid defensive catcher over an offensive one, but that might change when they see how the team fairs without Lee and Ramirez for a couple days. The Rockies lack a good catcher with Chris Iannetta becoming a bust, and they would be smart to bring in Barrett, who could hit 20+ homeruns in Colorado. Although his homerun average would probably stay the same in Florida, the Marlins are also interested and have had scouts at a few Cubs games.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Pitching Woes On Barrett
With Koyie Hill helping Carlos Zambrano take a no-hitter into the eighth inning, along with several other strong performances, it made lead to the quick departure of Michael Barrett, a strong offensive catcher who lacks good defense. Not only that, but Lou Piniella prefers a solid defensive catcher over an offensive one, but that might change when they see how the team fairs without Lee and Ramirez for a couple days. The Rockies lack a good catcher with Chris Iannetta becoming a bust, and they would be smart to bring in Barrett, who could hit 20+ homeruns in Colorado. Although his homerun average would probably stay the same in Florida, the Marlins are also interested and have had scouts at a few Cubs games.
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if they do get get rid of barrett who would take over as the starting catcher for the cubs?
lou loves defensive catchers so it will probably be Koyie Hill along with triple-a catcher Geovany Soto, who is batting .321 with 7 HR and 29 RBI.
you think the cubs can get something big in return?
probably a solid prospect and a low-a player or two. the rockies are desperate which should help the cubs.
The Cubs offense is not doing as well as expected. I think they should keep Barrett and maybe have Lou talk to the cry baby pitchers
The Cubs batting isn't doing that poorly considering they had the best team average in June. Barrett just needs to get his head screwed on, he's a great player as we saw last year and parts of this year. He just needs to get in his groove. But, trading Barrett for a couple prospects could be a good thing... I do like Koyie Hill.
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