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MLB: Cubs pick up Gathright... Pie out?

I think they should go get Corey Patterson. He has great potential. (I still have bad dreams of him swinging at fastballs over his head.)
 
He's a guy the Royals couldn't find a place for on their 40 man, if that tells you how good he is.

Tremendous speed and athletic ability, but he hasn't really translated that to baseball talent.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg]YouTube - Royals OF Joey Gathright goes Car Jumping[/ame]
 
I thought there was going to be punch & pie!

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Damn, they're paying him just over the league minimum. I wonder if this means the end of the Felix Pee-a experiment. He's out of options, so he either has to be on the 25 man roster when the season starts, or he can't stay with the Cubs.
 
I think pie might end up getting traded somewhere... idk, but he as been a FAILURE. ive seen that youtube video before, athletic freak!
 
acrozier22 said:
Gathright is going to be their 5th OF. Pie will start in CF next year when a RHP is on the mound.
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As opposed to Kosuke, who the Cubs are paying 12 million a year? If Pie is going to remain with the team, Gathright would have to start the season in Des Moines. If Gathright wins a roster spot this spring, the Cubs will have to trade Pie.
 
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I think Pie will be out. He needs to get his head straight and grow up from everything I have heard. Most likely, he will go somewhere else and end up being a hall of famer. That is the way it works for us Cubs fans, which by the way is fairly similar to being a Cyclone fan.
 
cys_av8r said:
I think Pie will be out. He needs to get his head straight and grow up from everything I have heard. Most likely, he will go somewhere else and end up being a hall of famer. That is the way it works for us Cubs fans, which by the way is fairly similar to being a Cyclone fan.
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If Pie ends up being what Korey Patterson has turned into in Baltimore, I would be fine with that. The Cubs used kid gloves with Pie because they didn't want to make the same mistakes with him that they made with Korey.
 
TarHeelHawk said:
As opposed to Kosuke, who the Cubs are paying 12 million a year? If Pie is going to remain with the team, Gathright would have to start the season in Des Moines. If Gathright wins a roster spot this spring, the Cubs will have to trade Pie.
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Until they sign a RF though Pie is the starting CF.
 
acrozier22 said:
Until they sign a RF though Pie is the starting CF.
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No, he isn't. Reed Johnson is, and Pie is the backup. Whenever they do sign a right fielder, center will be a platoon of Johnson and Fukudome. If he (Pie) doesn't make the team this spring, he'll get traded because the Cubs can't send him down again. Even if he does make the team, he won't be starting even if Kosuke sucks. You're not going to sit 12 million dollars on the bench for Felix Pie.
 
This will be a Triple-A/major league call up guy... great pick up because he can give you a spark at times. Never hurts to have great athletes with major league experience in your system... especially when they're still young. We'll see what happens with Reed Johnson/Pie/Fukudome... only time will tell.
 
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