Cubs sign Joe Mather and Edgar Gonzalez to minor lg. deals

[Schwarber Fan]

http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-cubs/2012/1/4/2682350/chicago-cubs-sign-joe-mather-mlb-2012

 

http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-cubs/2012/1/4/2682433/chicago-cubs-sign-edgar-gonzalez-to-minor-league-deal

 

Most of us probably remember Mather for playing 54 games for St. Louis in 2008, in which he probably hit .456 against the Cubs.

 

Edgar kind of looks like Adrian, so who knows? Played a ton of games in the majors in 08 and hit .274

 

http://blog.prorumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Edgar-Gonzalez.jpg

[XZero771679666304]

Seem like filler/depth moves to me.

[toonsterwu]

YES! ... as a total aside, it was fairly evident that they would need 40 man positional depth and triple A roster talent, so I'm still a bit, very, very mildly, miffed that they exposed both Flaherty and Gonzalez. Not that big a deal.

 

I imagine Edgar will have a good chance to grab a starting MI job in Iowa, and Mather should have a good shot at an Iowa starting OF job. So many guys gone, so they should have a chance.

[OleMissCub]

Am I the only one who had a brain fart for a millisecond and thought the headline said "Joe Mauer"?

[jersey cubs fan]

Am I the only one who had a brain fart for a millisecond and thought the headline said "Joe Mauer"?

 

I did

[El Duderino]

"Cubs sign Joe Mauer and Adrian Gonzalez"

 

oh cool

[Backtobanks]

"Cubs sign Joe Mauer and Adrian Gonzalez"

 

oh cool

 

I take back anything bad I said about Theo.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yay! More baseball players!

[TruffleShuffle]

Yay! More baseball players!

 

hey if either of them has a hot april it will give you another late 20ish player to crush on.

[Schwarber Fan]

Yay! More baseball players!

 

hey if either of them has a hot april it will give you another late 20ish player to crush on.

 

Edgar is 33, just FYI

[NonProfitCow]

I almost caught an Edgar Gonzalez home run ball once.

[Guest]

Edgar looks like his brother. One can still hope.......

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yay! More baseball players!

 

hey if either of them has a hot april it will give you another late 20ish player to crush on.

 

And if either of them make it out of the minors it will give you another major league player to bitch about.

[illiniguy]

Yay! More baseball players!

 

hey if either of them has a hot april it will give you another late 20ish player to crush on.

 

And if either of them make it out of the minors it will give you another major league player to bitch about.

Because they suck?

[Sammy Sofa]

Yay! More baseball players!

 

hey if either of them has a hot april it will give you another late 20ish player to crush on.

 

And if either of them make it out of the minors it will give you another major league player to bitch about.

Because they suck?

 

Well played.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

How about Edgar Martinez next? At least he used to be good.

[Guest]

And Marshall Mathers. He still is good.

[rocket]

"Cubs sign Joe Mauer and Adrian Gonzalez"

 

oh cool

 

I take back anything bad I said about Theo.

 

have you seen joe mauer's contract?

 

new regime, same old crap