I am always confident in reading the realgm analysis when guys aren't even aware of prominent players' names:
http://www.realgmbaseball.com/src_teama ... _fukudome/
Fukudome will help the Cubs next year and beyond, but it is still a steep price to pay. It is the same annual contract price given to Aaron Rowland by the Giants but for one fewer year; however, saying Fukudome is as good as Rowland right now is an overstatement.
This reminds me of an article I read by an NFL analyst on here 2 years ago that the writer had inside sources saying that he was 100% certain that "Matt Linehart" would be taken by the Texans with the #1 pick in the draft.