Patterson does have 5 tools. He just hasn't put them all together. Maybe he will some day, maybe he won't. Did you hope he would fail while many of us cheered for him to succeed? If you read between the lines, it seemed to me that he was just too stubborn to take anyone's suggestions on how to use, or improve those tools. He all but refused to bunt to get on base, and probably just didn't work all that hard.. this refusal to go to Winter Ball had to be the final straw. However, Eric Patterson seems to be the real deal. Provided the Cubs don't screw him up, he's putting up some real nice numbers in the minors, and there's no talk of jetting him up to the bigs well before his time (yet). scouts: corey, i have figured out how to make you a great player. corey: leave me alone, i'd rather have poor stats.