Everyone has been thinking the Cubs next deal would hopefully be a deal for Jake Peavy but Jim Hendry and company suprised us on Thursday as he traded for relief pitcher Kevin Gregg. The Cubs will be sending the Florida Marlins relief pitcher Jose Ceda in return.

Cubs fans so far aren’t liking this trade one bit as Gregg blew quite a few saves last season and is also injury prone which the Cubs have enough problems with. They gave up a young pitcher who was actually ranked number four in the teams rankings by Baseball America.

Sounds like the Marlins traded away a player they didn’t want to pay and got another nice young player that is cheap. I think the Cubs came out on the short end of this trade but it all depends what role Gregg will be playing. A lot of that will depend on if Kerry Wood is resigned.

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