Jacque Jones traded to the Detroit Tigers for Omar Infante
The Chicago Cubs traded outfielder Jacque Jones to the Detroit Tigers on Monday for utility player Omar Infante. Â Jones, who took over as Chicago’s starting center fielder in the second half of the 2007 season, batted .285 with five homers and 66 RBIs in 135 games. He signed with the Cubs as a free agent in January 2006. Infante batted .271 with two home runs and 17 RBIs in 66 games with Detroit this year. He played six positions and made his most appearances at second base (20 games). He also appeared at shortstop, third base and all three outfield positions.
This really must have been Jim Hendry just dumping Jones for whatever he could get.  Why do the Cubs need another utility player?  Don’t they already have that with Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot?  Players that can play more then one position, and average hitters?  Sure they are dumping the 5 million which Jones would have been owed, but you are getting Infante.
This will only turn out to be good if they use that 5 million wisely on a free agent signing.
[...] lot of Cub blogs are questioning this move a bit. Do they really need another utility player? It doesn’t matter. At least we don’t have to watch Jones play through the 100 [...]
I would have to agree. As I die-hard Cubs fan, I can’t understand why they are trading Jones- who I feel was at least a pretty solid defensive player, for some unkown, less than average infilder. I feel that this trade was of no benefit to the Cubs franchise. If you’re going to make the trade, make sure you have something to show for it in the end.
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