You have no idea what Hendry will or won't do, unless you have some personal relationship with Jim that I'm unaware of? Dealing Pie in a package for a player like Abreu should be a no-brainer. I know I'm going to get killed for this, but so be it. Why are we anxious to trade a 20 year old centerfielder who scouts well and put up a .903 OPS in Double-A at age 20 for a 32 year old rightfielder who couldn't get his OPS over .900 last season playing in one of the best offensive parks in the National League, posted a .787 OPS after the All-Star break, and is due $30 million over the next two seasons? And not only him, but other valuable players, too? Goodness gracious. If you can trade an unproven commodity for a well-proven one, and you have the pockets to absorb that salary...why not? The Cubs have extra payroll to spend, so it's not like we need to be frugal here. Yes...maybe Pie turns into this baseball God, but Corey Patterson got a lot of hype...would you have traded him back before he came to the majors?