Can't blame him for swinging at strike 2, either Why? It was still way worse than the first called strike, and it's not like he was protecting with 2 strikes... he was still up in the count.
sure if you call batting .230 and getting 36 rbi good I like how you pick 2 stats (one of which is completely meaningless and obnoxious of you to even bring up) and use that as a basis for your argument. Weeks had an OPS of over .800 last season and was a tremendous base stealer. That's good production for a 2B.
I sent an e-mail to Jason Churchill (prospectinsider.com) since he claims to have sources in the Cubs FO. I asked him if Hendry was pursuing any specific SP. Here's what he said. Haha @ most of those guys, especially Tim Redding.
If the deadline rolls around and Harden is still healthy (I know, big if) I'd much rather take a shot on him than some of those other stiffs. The only one of those 3 that interests me at all is Burnett and he's kinda "eh". Even when he's healthy you never know what you're going to get.