Trade is more likely, same way we got most of our good bats now. Oh? Free Agents Alfonso Soriano Milton Bradley Aaron Miles Kosuke Fukudome Joey Gathright Reed Johnson Trades Derrek Lee Aramis Ramirez System Geovany Soto Ryan Theriot Felix Pie Ronny Cedeno Mike Fontenot (or trade) Micah Hoffpauir At a quick glance, 67% of that list are not good bats. I was being thorough. Leaving just the "good" or were paid to be "good", and you statement is still far from accurate. Free Agents Alfonso Soriano Milton Bradley Kosuke Fukudome Trades Derrek Lee Aramis Ramirez System Geovany Soto Why would you leave "paid to be good" when I didn't say that? You keep trying to massage the numbers. This is a dicussion where you assert that the Cubs trade to fill holes with good players more often than the sign them via free agency. Fukudome is clearly an example of a signing of a "good" player. Keep trying to massage the numbers? Ok, I'll keep looking for these massive number of trades you're claiming.