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A little piece of news that I came across today was that the Cubbies intend on getting rid of Felix Pie, who was at one time their up and coming star centerfielder. The kid is still 23-years-old, and had the makings of a 5-tool player in this league. Pie (throws and hits left-handed) has not developed like they had thought he would, causing the team to recently throw in the towel and give up hope. Now his #’s ain’t pretty for his career up to this point (.223 BA, 3 HR, 30 RBI, 58 H, 35 R, 21 BB, 11 SB, 260 AB, 72 SO, .284 OBP, .331 SLG), but for God’s sake, he’s only played in the majors for 2 seasons.

Here’s where the Bombers come into the equation - this kid doesn’t have much value right now, clearly. So we offer the Cubs a cheap but fair deal to bring him to the Bronx, and just hope that he becomes the player that he was supposed to be. What do the Yankees have to lose? The current centerfield situation is still very much up in the air, and the fact that Cano is not going to be traded means that we aren’t getting any top-notch player to fill this void. I think it’s totally worth it, and if nothing else, it will provide depth (I’m not going to get into how important depth is again).

In other news, the Yanks are potentially interested in signing Freddy Garcia to a short-term deal. There’s been some concern over his shoulder, but a test revealed that there’s no structural damage, so why not take a shot at the 33-year-old veteran? If not, Ben Sheets is still being thrown around as a possibility (very high risk/high reward). The rumor-mill continues…

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