No, not every rumor is sexy.
The Cubs have spoken to Rich Aurilia’s agent and may offer Aurilia a one-year deal to take Cedeno’s spot and back up Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee.
“We’re a long ways from camp,” Hendry said. “Maybe there’s a potential addition we don’t know about who could serve a different role in the utility situation.” chicagotribune.com.
Meh. Aurilia was adequate last year in a starting role with the San Francisco Giants, so I imagine in spot duty he could still be relatively effective. Better than Ronny Cedeno, at least.
I like the idea of having his righthanded bat on the bench. I would hope we never see him at short again, but he will be fine depth at the corners, and more importantly our righthanded pinch hitter.
Yeah, facing lefties, he’s more than fine.