We'll just pretend that's what they're paying Theriot to actually be somewhat useful at SS. I wouldn't have had a problem with paying 6/3 of Izturis' remaining contract. Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to play for someone else than to continue playing him on your own team. I don't get it... why would Selig allow this and not the Jacque Jones deal? Selig didn't shoot down the Jones deal, Hendry did. I thought Selig/MLB shot down the money part of the deal because he didn't want the Cubs racking up more debt as they went on the market? That was the initial report, it has since been disputed by all parties.