Nady is a Cub

[Cubs59]

This is good news. Let's get this winter crap overwith and get on with spring and the season!

[Scarey]

If Nady plays well, I wouldn't be surprised to see him resigned for first base next year.

[ruby23]

Does Hoffpauir have any options left?

[Fella]

<!--quoteo(post=77577:date=Jan 27 2010, 08:28 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 27 2010, 08:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Does Hoffpauir have any options left?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah, I think he does.

He was never on the 40 man roster until 08, so I'm pretty sure he should have another option year.

[rok]

From Miles:
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/3352
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->What we know about Nady
Posted by Bruce on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 13:46

More to come online later today and in Saturday's paper. A few snippets from the noon teleconference with Xavier Nady, Cubs GM Jim Hendry and uberagent Scott Boras:

--Nady's nickname is "X." Boras didn't call him Xavier (which Nady pronounces as EX-avier) once. I believe there were three quick X's for a tic-tac-toe.

--"X" talked about seeing where his surgically repaired elbow (Tommy John surgery) would be in "two-and-a-half months." That takes us into April, but neither Nady nor the Cubs seemed to think he wouldn't be ready to start the season on the active roster. Nady said he hoped to throw from 120 feet today and then push it back to 130 feet next week.

--Hendry said: "Quality, quality hitter. Certainly a legitimate middle-of-the-lineup hitter from his past. We searched long and hard in the winter to come up with one more solid bat to give Lou going into camp. This really came together rather quickly in the last week...We feel like we've got an everyday, legitimate 5-hole-type hitter to augment our offense."

--From Nady: "From a health standpoint, the arm's doing well. It's progressing each week, and I'll continue to do my throwing program for the next two-and-a-half months...Right now, it's hard, I think, to assess where I'll be in two-and-a-half months."

--Boras pointed to a relatively quick return by Jose Guillen from similar surgery as good news for Nady. The agent pointed out that the number of "intense" throws Nady would have to make from the outfield would be "very small."

--Hendry said the signing wasn't made to push either left fielder Alfonso Soriano or right fielder Kosuke Fukudome as much as it was to provide the Cubs offense depth.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[BackyardLegend]

I like this signing, but paint me "not thrilled" about him possibly starting the season on the DL.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=78019:date=Jan 29 2010, 02:28 PM:name=BackyardLegend)-->QUOTE (BackyardLegend @ Jan 29 2010, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I like this signing, but paint me "not thrilled" about him possibly starting the season on the DL.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think he was just trying to be cautious on his own expectations. Nothing he said makes me think he won't be ready by April. I do like the fact that Hendry clearly is putting pressure on his entire OF that Nady will replace them if they don't perform.

[BackyardLegend]

Ignore my last post. I read it wrong.

[rok]

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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Hendry expects Nady to be on the Cubs' Opening Day roster even if he remains under throwing restrictions at that time.

"First and foremost, he's going to be paid to knock in runs," Hendry said in a conference call that included Nady and agent Scott Boras. "We'll see how the throwing program goes in the next two months and if 'X' is limited throwing at the full-throttle level on April 1, we're not going to tax him.

"But we're certainly counting on the bat as he grows into more and more playing time as his arm gets stronger. There's no way to predict when that throwing will be 90 percent or 100 percent, but he's on the path."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Hendry said the Nady deal likely "rounds out our acquisitions for the winter."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->