Despite taking 2/3 from the Cardinals this weekend and creating a 3.5 game lead over the Cards and Brewers, this weekend was a bad one for my Cubbies. The weekend ended last evening with news that the Brewers had just agreed to a trade for one of baseball's best pitchers and reigning AL Cy Young award winner, C.C. Sabathia. With the boost that this will give to the Brewers, the Cubbies postseason chances aren't looking promising. I expected both the Cards and Brews to drop off eventually, but adding one of the true aces in baseball will certainly revitalize the Brewers.
The question is, what can the Cubs possibly do to counter? There are some other pitchers out there like Rich Harden (the AL Mark Prior), AJ Burnett and Randy Wolf (who hasn't had an ERA under 4 since 2002). I like the prospect of Harden, but he's only once pitched over 128 innings in a season since his debut in 2003. I don't know anything about what kind of injuries he has had, just that he's always had one. I like Burnett as well, maybe that's the way to go. Hopefully taking him out of the AL East would have an even more positive impact on his statistics. If we do somehow have the prospects to get one of these guys, you have to ask yourself if it would be enough. No trade(s) we can make will have the impact of a guy like Sabathia (and his 2.16 ERA since April 22nd).
The other option would be to load up on more offense, but our offense has been pretty good thus far this season.
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