Wayne Krivsky? Jared Burton was a pretty good rule 5 pick as well. I only mention this because Krivsky has taken such a beating on this board; he's actually managed to add a nice amount of talent to that team at a negligible cost, but his significant good moves tend to be brushed aside so we can make fun of him for trading obvious studs like Kearns and Lopez away for nothing. He has his flaws but yeah, you gotta give him some credit for recognizing talent. Lopez: .244/.306/.356 Kearns: .267/.350/.407 Replaced with: Gonzalez: .277/.330/.478 Hamilton: .297/.374/.566 Who would you rather have? Sorry; I should know sarcasm doesn't translate well here. I'm not a huge Krivsky fan but that has more to do with guys like Stanton and Cormier rather than "the trade", which I never thought was that bad. Lopez was brutal at SS. Kearns wasn't that great. Both Majewski and Bray look to be useful, and Daryl Thompson had a pretty good year. I think Cub fans just love to rail on Krivsky cause there aren't that many GMs they consider worse than Jim Hendry out there. But like I said, he's brought in a lot of talent in a short period of time.