So I give GD enough flack about the Cubs so I decided to take them in EA's Dynasty Mode on MVP07 =). So just a little note, on my team it's either you're fast or you can hit the ball out, there is no exceptions.
4/3/07
Took over Cubs Organization after Off-Season.
Transactions:
Traded
LF Cliff Floyd, SP Rich Hill to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for
RF Delmon Young, SP J.P. Howell (Part of a youth movement and Delmon Young is a younger Alfonso Soriano imo. J.P. is 21 and hopefully can be good in relief)
Traded
SP Mark Prior to the Detroit Tigers for
RP Joel Zumaya, SS Tony Giarantano (Again with youth, and Zumaya will be the Closer, Tony went to AA)
Traded
C Michael Barrett to the Atlanta Braves for
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, RP Joey Devine (Youth again, I like Salty personally, and Devine was because Barrett was better overall than Salty)
Traded
SS Cezar Izturis, 2B Mark DeRosa to the New York Mets for
SS Jose Reyes (Funny Story I was just kidding, I didn't think they'd accept it!)
Traded
1B Daryle Ward, RF Jacque Jones, RP Ryan Dempster to the Los Angeles Dodgers for
3B Andy LaRoche, 2B Tony Abreu, 3B Blake DeWitt (LaRoche will be in a Backup role for Lee and Ramirez Abreu for Theriot and Reyes DeWitt went to AA)
Traded
SP Wade Miller to the Seattle Mariners for
RP Arthur Rhodes (I needed a Left-Hander in the Bullpen to setup)
So Here's how the Roster Looks
SP Carlos Zambrano(R)
SP Ted Lilly(L)
SP Jason Marquis(R)
SP Carlos Marmol(R)
SP Sean Marshall(L)
LRP Angel Guzman(R)
LRP J.P. Howell(L)
MRP Bob Howry(R)
MRP Neal Cotts(L)
SU Arthur Rhodes(L)
SU Kerry Wood(R)
CL Joel Zumaya(R)
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia(S)
1B Derrek Lee(R)
2B Ryan Theriot(R)
3B Aramis Ramirez(R)
SS Jose Reyes(S)
LF Alfonso Soriano(R)
CF Felix Pie(L)
RF Delmon Young(R)
Bench:
C Henry Blanco(R)
1B/3B Andy LaRoche(R)
UTIL Eric Patterson(L)
2B/SS Tony Abreu(R)
OF Matt Murton(R)