Cubs to sign Joey Gathright

Posey H8er · Post #1 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:52 am

From WSCR and MLB TR.

I'm not sure I understand this signing. He could be a solid 5th outfielder as a pinch-runner and defensive sub, but that's it. He is terrible.

SportsWorld · Post #2 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:42 am

But he can jump over a car. This means Pie is on the way out probably.

Post #3 » by **GYBE** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:52 am

He's useful to have on the bench for his pinch-running and defense. As long as he's not expected to do more than that, I like it.

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:05 am

SportsWorld wrote:But he can jump over a car. This means Pie is on the way out probably.

well thats great, but if he can jump over prince fielder then i'll be impressed

SportsWorld · Post #5 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:09 am

Here's the video of Gathright jumping over the car if you haven't seen it yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg

Fukudome1 · Post #6 » by **Fukudome1** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:21 am

you can never have enough speed, he cant hit water if he fell off a boat.....but whatever :-(

Howling Mad · Post #7 » by **Howling Mad** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:28 pm

I'm going to go ahead and say Pie is done, and Bradley's stick is on the way. However, come the 6-8th innings, Bradley's legs can't run like they use to and his defense isn't what it use to be, so its Gathright time.

ChronicKerr · Post #8 » by **ChronicKerr** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:55 pm

So Alfonso in left, Fuku in center (never played there), and Milton in RF? One of the worst defensive OF's in the league perhaps??

hermes · Post #9 » by **hermes** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:43 pm

i'm sure it will be fine, that "defense wins championships" thing, only applies to the infield

ChronicKerr · Post #10 » by **ChronicKerr** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:57 pm

To a certain extent yes.. Maybe Fuku will be a great CF with range good enough to make up for those other guys but I like to compare the idea that Noce is a good defender bc he takes charges to Soriano is a good defender bc he throws out a lot of people. In reality they both stink at Defense.

ChronicKerr · Post #11 » by **ChronicKerr** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:00 pm

Never heard of Joey Gathright

DanTown8587 · Post #12 » by **DanTown8587** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:29 pm

like the signing...gives the Cubs a great late inning rotation in the outfield

Soriano in LF, Gathright in CF (covering a ton of ground), Kosuke in right

Probably means Pie has numbered days here or he has to beat out JG in spring training...signing him likely means a bat is one the way in the next few days

Fukudome1 · Post #13 » by **Fukudome1** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:39 am

good point. gathright as a late inning d replacement is quite nice actually. im a fan of the deal now. i dont know why i didnt think of that sooner

ChronicKerr · Post #14 » by **ChronicKerr** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:27 am

Unless we trade pie.. there's really no point in signing this guy

The Sheik · Post #15 » by **The Sheik** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:43 am

ChronicKerr wrote:Unless we trade pie.. there's really no point in signing this guy

Why else would we sign him? Pie will go in the rule 5 draft next yr if we dont trade him now. The writing is on the wall, he is done here, he will never get a chance here.

Perhaps we use him to convince a team to take Marquis.

ChronicKerr · Post #16 » by **ChronicKerr** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:02 am

Can you explain how the rule 5 draft works? If we sign him we can't keep him? He has never been given more than a small opportunity to play. I'd rather sign him to a 1 year deal than Joey Gathright.

Post #17 » by **GYBE** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:10 pm

We don't need to sign Pie, he's still under team control for multiple years. Anyone over a certain amount of time in the system who isn't on the 40-man roster is available to be picked by other teams in the annual Rule 5 draft. That player has to stay on his new team's 25-man roster all season or he's sent back to his original team.

I don't see Pie ever being left off the 40-man though so I wouldn't worry about it.

The Sheik · Post #18 » by **The Sheik** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:06 pm

Ya I forgot about the 40-man thing.

Regardless I say we be fair to Pie and trade him to a team that will give him a shot.

DanTown8587 · Post #19 » by **DanTown8587** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:47 am

quick note on Felix: he is out of options. Which means if he doesn't make the 25 man out of Spring Training, he is on waivers and any team can claim him (and his salary).

ChronicKerr · Post #20 » by **ChronicKerr** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:32 pm

Is there any scenario where you see us letting Pie get away for absolutely nothing? That would be quite a disapointment.