C.C. to the Brewers, Now it's the Cubs move

Sure, this weekend saw us win two out of three against the hated Cards on the road. It saw a franchise record 7 Cubs named to the All Star game, including 3 starters. It saw the return of Ace Carlos Zambrano who shut down the Cards completely.

And yet the big news of the weekend is negative.

C.C. Sabathia, reigning AL Cy Young winner, just got traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for a double A outfielder, not even considered one of the top three prospects in the Brewer orginization.

Surely we could have offered more then that.

Jim Hendry now has to answer this move.

Sheets/Sabathia is a better one two punch then either Zambrano/Lilly or Zambrano/Dempster.

Sure, our rotation after the first two is better, but we need one more front line starter to solidify our spot as the favorite in the National League.

The favorite appears to be Rich Harden from the A's, but Tim Hudson of the Braves is a name that has surfaced recently as a possibility.

Other then the names mentioned in a previous post, the Cubs could also look at Vincent Padilla or Kevin Millwood of the Texas Rangers, although the Rangers have a chance at a respectable finish, which they probably need in order to win back fans, and therefore, despite little possibility of making the playoffs, the top two pitchers in the Rangers rotation probably won't be tradeable.

The recent strong couple of starts by Sean Marshall give the Cubs a little bit of leeway on making the move. They can probably afford to be a little more patient then normal in looking for that last arm to add to the front end of the rotation.

But the Brewers move probably means a Cubs move will be made sooner rather then later.