Cubs Consider Trading For Ty Wigginton

First off, this rumor is courtesy of the Tribune's Phil Rogers, who likes to make stuff up, so keep that in mind.

Rogers claims Cub's Scout Ken Kravec was at the Orioles-Devil Rays game today, and his intention was to scout Devil Ray's Ty Wigginton, the former Met/Pirate thirdbaseman who now is a jack of all trades. Wigginton turns 30 in October and has played 1b, 2b, and 3b this year while putting up respectable stats - .275, 16 hr, 49 rbi. His obp is low and he is not a contact hitter, which makes him perfect in the eyes of Jim Hendry (which is one of the reasons we haven't won a world series in 100 years because our lineup has been full of these type of hitters for the last century). Wigginton would offer insurance at first and third, especially if Mark DeRosa's health limits his availability in the second half. But Wigginton has played only 14 games in the outfield is his career, so I wouldn't expect him to be much help in RF. But perhaps the thinking is that if Wigginton can help out at 2b/3b/1b, that could free up DeRosa to play more OF. Just speculation, but it makes sense. Wigginton's career fielding stats show he is an average big leaguer at 1b and 2b and below average at 3b.