Cubs Still Interested In Dontrelle Willis

Will Carroll says the Cubs, meaning Jim Hendry, still view Dontrelle Willis as "the one who got away." Hendry would love to get Willis back, and Carroll suggests a package of Felix Pie, Jacque Jones, and Donald Veal would get it done.

Forget that most teams believe Willis is injured. Forget that Willis is 19-22, with an era in the mid 4's and a whip over 1.50 for the last two years. Oh, and forget that he's getting even worse, 0-7, with an era over 5.00 since the end of May.

Trading Pie and Jones for a pitcher makes no sense. Who will play centerfield? Angel Pagan, with his .960-something career fielding percentage? Pagan is a butcher in the field. He has been his entire career, including his minor league career.

Hendry keeps trying to correct his "mistakes" - like eventually getting Cliff Floyd, who Hendry recruited in college, eventually landing Jason Kendall, who Hendry tried to trade for in 2003, and now trying to bring back Dontrelle Willis. Forget that Floyd's body retired three years ago, that Kendall looks like Charlie Manson and he seems to have mentally checked out of the majors, and forget that Willis seems hurt and if he isn't, just plain sucks. Heck, maybe we can put Aramis Ramirez in a deal and get Hee Sopp Choi and Bobby Hill back.

Trading Felix Pie is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous if it's for an injured player, or a two month rental. Some day Hendry will consider Pie "the one who got away," and he'll try and trade his next star prospect to get Pie back. Enough already. We have a gold glove caliber centerfielder in the minors who is hitting .370. When he is healthy again, call him up. I have a feeling we are going to need him this year, and he might stick around for 5-10 years or more.