Cubs looking to bring in a catcher

[UK1679666180]

I was thinking that with Doumit back in Pitt. and being optioned to AAA that Robinzon Diaz would be the type of player that the Cubs would go after and would make a good fit as he's a plus defender and has enough of a bat to be a back-up C.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

There can't be people who seriously want Sandberg as manager, right?

 

Homeboy was my childhood hero, but no thanks.

 

Oh yes, I think there are people who want that. I don't get some fans who think being a former player for the Cubs means anything when it comes to managing the team

 

The real question is what will Ricketts do? He's a Cub fan and very likely Sandberg was his hero too. If you're Tom Ricketts can you bring yourself to tell your childhood hero that you're not giving him the job he's openly wanted for at least 5 years? Hiring Sandberg would be a big splash type of move that new owners like to make.

 

I'd rather he hired Jody Davis. I don't know much about Davis as a manager but he has to be better than Sandberg.

 

I'd trust a psychic who claimed he could channel Leo Deroucher from the dead as manager over Sandberg.

[Wrigley Rat]

We pretty much knew this already, but here is Bruce Miles' account:

Any more developments on the catcher situation? Are the Cubs going forward with Fox as the backup or is a roster move coming to bring someone up? The Cubs were not keen on anybody else in the minors at this point. Clevenger was deemed not ready. Mark Johnson was on the DL, and Chris Robinson elicited little more than yawns. They wanted Chris Coste, but the Astros claimed him ahead of the Cubs before passing the Cubs in the standings later that night. Bad timing. So Fox is it for the time being.