Mabry will be a Cub

[bubbycub]

pending passing a physical. Heard it from a family member of his, announced it at his family's Thanksgiving. 1 yr 1 mill.

 

Gotta go back to work, don't think it has been posted anywhere else, if it has shoot me.

[RynoRules]

Now the million dollar question:

 

Who are you and why shoudl we believe? :wink:

 

And BTW, I just saw Jim Hendry at the gym and he said that Patterson for A-Rod is all but done. :wink: :wink:

[JWCUB]

If its true, a great pick-up for the Cubs. Just to see less of Macias :wink:

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I guess we'll know soon enough the validity of this post.

[wade]

Now the million dollar question:

 

Who are you and why shoudl we believe? :wink:

 

And BTW, I just saw Jim Hendry at the gym and he said that Patterson for A-Rod is all but done. :wink: :wink:

 

Can you believe Hendry's benchpress? Dude was slingin' the weights!

[bubbycub]

take it for what you will, just posting what his family said

 

and I know where Capone is, but I am not telling

[CubfaninCA]

Bet this thread will reach 200 posts by 5 p.m. CST. :

 

GO!

[CuseCubFan69]

take it for what you will, just posting what his family said

 

and I know where Capone is, but I am not telling

 

I know where Capone is too...it's his money that I want to find.

[bubbycub]

he wanted to stay with Cards but they told him there was too many holes to fill, he will keep his place in St L though

[don_kessinger_was_good]

Mabry's a useful guy, and $1MM would be about right for him considering what Hendry likes to pay for bit players. He takes over the Hollandsworth role. Myself, I'm hoping he's joined on the bench by Hee Seop Choi in that upcoming Milton Bradley trade. :-)

[abuck1220]

i like when people complain about how ridiculously long threads get by posting in that thread, thus making it longer.

 

mabry > macias, i guess. at least he's got a little pop. i'd have preferred branyan, but oh well...

[CuseCubFan69]

Mabry's a useful guy, and $1MM would be about right for him considering what Hendry likes to pay for bit players. He takes over the Hollandsworth role. Myself, I'm hoping he's joined on the bench by Hee Seop Choi in that upcoming Milton Bradley trade. :-)

 

That's what I'm worried about, Baker playing him in left instead of Murton.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Now the million dollar question:

 

Who are you and why shoudl we believe? :wink:

 

And BTW, I just saw Jim Hendry at the gym and he said that Patterson for A-Rod is all but done. :wink: :wink:

 

hmm, he joined in '03 and none of his other posts are trollish. maybe your skeptism is unjustified.

[Balsa]

He certainly isn't trying to get attention or be flashy.

 

How do you know Mabry's family?

[Andy]

Hmmm. This would be a good bench pickup assuming Dusty doesn't try and sneak him past all the young guys on the depth chart.

 

Let's wait and see if we find something out about this.

[indifferent]

Apparently, the Cards countered at $750,000, but wouldn't match the mil mark.

 

I'm surprised there's not more bashing of this rumor going on, Mabry posted .188 .236 .396 .632 post all star break last year.

[CheeseHead Cubs Fan]

True or not, I like the idea of him coming off the bench and spot starting here and there. He always seems to handle situations well and just about ruined Big Z's terrific game last year when he took Hawkins to the warning track.

 

I would rather have Mike Lamb, but beggers can't be choosers !

[goonys evil twin]

I'm surprised there's not more bashing of this rumor going on, Mabry posted .188 .236 .396 .632 post all star break last year.

 

I don't like the signing. But I will pick and choose the moves I actively bash. Neifi and Rusch are the two that have pissed me off this offseason.

[Andy]

Apparently, the Cards countered at $750,000, but wouldn't match the mil mark.

 

I'm surprised there's not more bashing of this rumor going on, Mabry posted .188 .236 .396 .632 post all star break last year.

Reason: He's getting only one million, and he's still better than most of the scrubs on our bench currently.

[abuck1220]

Apparently, the Cards countered at $750,000, but wouldn't match the mil mark.

 

I'm surprised there's not more bashing of this rumor going on, Mabry posted .188 .236 .396 .632 post all star break last year.

 

i've accepted that the cubs' bench will suck.

[wilk]

But I think this should be seen as replacing Macias. And in that, I like it just fine. Mabry can play 1B/3B/OF and is at least more of a threat than Macias. I think this will be followed by the Cubs non-tendering Macias then a 2-for-1 trade that allows them to officially add Eyre to the 40-man roster.

[CubfaninCA]

i like when people complain about how ridiculously long threads get by posting in that thread, thus making it longer.

 

mabry > macias, i guess. at least he's got a little pop. i'd have preferred branyan, but oh well...

 

who's complaining?

[badgercub]

Apparently, the Cards countered at $750,000, but wouldn't match the mil mark.

 

I'm surprised there's not more bashing of this rumor going on, Mabry posted .188 .236 .396 .632 post all star break last year.

 

i've accepted that the cubs' bench will suck.

 

Not too impressed with this signing. Pinch hitting specialist ala Lenny Harris part II.

[Balsa]

His stats aren't much better than Macias.

 

He walks a bit more, strikes out more, and has slightly more power.

 

Intrestingly enough, they both played in the same amount of games last year, but Mabry had about 75 more at bats. I guess Tony was confident enough to leave him in for more than one inning?

[indifferent]

Who are your other lefties off the bench now that Hollandsworth's gone? Not a whole lot of bench lefties with pop available. He's definitely not a liability defensively. He is a great team player and has come through in big at bats for us. I have no idea why he had approx. 150 ABs in the first half for us and 100 in the second half when the Cards were decimated with injuries. He seemed to be buried on the bench.