DeRosa Traded to Indians

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<!--quoteo(post=40743:date=May 28 2009, 10:12 AM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ May 28 2009, 10:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40740:date=May 28 2009, 09:08 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ May 28 2009, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40717:date=May 28 2009, 07:47 AM:name=ColoradoCub)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ May 28 2009, 07:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hendry on the DeRosa trade:

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->"I remember when we signed DeRosa [on Nov. 14, 2006] and there was more second-guessing about that than anything," Hendry said. "Mark's a terrific guy and he was a good player for us. But the thinking in the winter was that we already had five right-handed hitters penciled in that weren't going anywhere. And we were concerned with how [Kosuke] Fukudome was going to come back [as a left-handed power hitter]. ... If he hadn't come back well and we kept Mark, we were probably looking at seven out of eight right-handed hitters every day in the lineup. Then we would have that issue again."

DeRosa, who is being paid $5.5 million this season, hit .285 with 21 homers and 87 RBIs for the Cubs last season.

<b>"Nobody likes to lose a guy like [DeRosa]," said Hendry. "But there wasn't anywhere else to get left-handed, you know.</b> And over time, I think we will see that we got pretty good guys for him. So we mixed and matched some of the dollars that were made with [DeRosa] and other guys who are not here, and added the guys that we did."

One of the added guys was free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley. Hendry also dealt pitcher Jason Marquis and cash to Colorado in exchange for pitcher Luis Vizcaino, who subsequently was released. The Cubs agreed to pay $875,000 of Marquis' $9.875 million salary for 2009. He is 6-3 with a 4.45 ERA. The Cubs also declined to re-sign closer Kerry Wood, who signed with Cleveland.

"Some of the moves work out right away and some of them take a little time to work out," Hendry said. "And sometimes they don't work. It's just part of the gig."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Sounds like it really wasn't about money after all, but more about trying to appease Lou to get more left handed bats in the lineup.
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Do you think if it was about money, Hendry would come out and say it?
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Yes
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Hmm. I really really really really really really really really really disagree.