Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Sosa to take physical Wednesday; Orioles welcome his bat: “Sosa: the Cubs found him to be expendable after a season in which he hit .253 and struck out 133 times.”
So, they’re going to pay all but $6M of Sosa’s contract this year and sign Jeromy Burnitz, whose lifetime batting average is .254, and who struck out 124 times last year? And they’re going to pay Burnitz $5M?
They also add two second baseman (they already have one)!
So really they save no money, don’t add any useful personnel, and have Jeromy Burntiz rather than Sammy Sosa. I’m glad I’m not in Dusty Baker’s dog house.