So now that this trade is squashed, and thank God it is because I didn't like it, if the Pirates were pretty much giving up one of their pitching prospects (Maholm, and I also read they were dangling Gorzelanny) for Brad Hawpe... welllll, why the hell were we not offering Veal or Gallagher for Hawpe? Don't get me wrong, I like 'em both, but if one of them could net us Hawpe the same way one of Gorzelanny or Maholm could've netted Hawpe, then we were making the wrong trade. We could've done that and then hocked Jones off somewhere else for pitching. Granted, it would've never happened, but I just didn't like how the deal was structured, it could've been much more beneficial to the Cubs. In market exploding with money where relievers, back end rotation, and bench players are getting paid what Jacque Jones is making as a starting RF who can produce (only they're getting paid more), the market for Jacque Jones should be able to net us a lot more then just Jason Jennings if he's packaged in a deal properly