Link- The Daily Herald"We're going to add a couple more players before spring training starts," Piniella said Saturday between sessions at the Cubs convention. "And I would think - how can I say this - there will be significant, nice players. We're going to add some nice players here. We're not talking just adding players.
"We're talking about getting a good fourth outfielder. We're talking about getting a good late-inning relief pitcher. Nice pieces here."
Something tells me that in a few months, Lou might regret calling these new players "significant, nice". That's especially if the fourth outfielder is say, the 33-year-old Eric Byrnes, who had a sub-.700 OPS each of the last two seasons in the few amount of games he didn't miss due to injury. Byrnes, Jermaine Dye, Xavier Nady, Rocco Baldelli, and Reed Johnson are the names being thrown around in the fourth outfielder rumors. All of them are either past their prime or frequently injured. Also, it appears a return of Reed won't be happening by the way Lou's talking.
As for this "good late-inning" relief pitcher, I really don't have a good guess as to who that could be. Nobody on the free agent market really stands out as a very good option. There have been some rumors(again) of the Cubs pursuing San Diego Padres closer Heath Bell, but the Padres would likely want too much in return for the Cubs to give up for a setup man(As we told you earlier today, Carlos Marmol has already been assured of being the Cubs' closer).
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