It's recently been released that the New York Yankees will be picking up the 13 million option on Gary Sheffield but they don't plan on keeping him. Instead they're looking to make a deal for an arm or two (one being a quality pen arm) and/or key bench players. Before I go any further, it should be well known that Sheffield is termed a "clubhouse cancer" and a primadonna that makes Sosa look like a team player. Yet Gary does have a quality power/contact stick with low K numbers and a good walk rate something we're in pursuit over. At 38 years old, it's a good bet that Sheff won't play a full schedule. Still the Cubs need a bat like Sheffield's, the problem is finding him a position.
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http://www.cubshub.com/article.php?st...
Original Story:
http://www.cubshub.com/article.php?st...
Depending on what the Yanks want in return, which I've heard is a pen arm, a young starter and/or a quality bench player, I'd love to see the Cubs work a deal. The money isn't important to a team like the Cubs, we'd take the money that Gary's due this year along with his deferred payments just as long as we didn't have to give up any prospect/player of serious quality.