With the coming of the new new year, the Clarksville Cubs are coming very close to filling out their roster. As of this writing, only 4 positions are remaining on the 35-man active roster.
“We are extremely happy with our team so far,” coach Ron Santo stated early last week. “With the multitude of front-line pitchers and the addition of closers at the end, we believe pitching will be a strenth of our team.” Not to short the line-up, however. The Cubs have plenty of pop in their line-up with Michael Young, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Marcus Giles, and Vernon Wells and homerun’s should not be in short supply.
Also, finalized on December 29th and announced on December 31st, the Cubs have completed their first trade of the year, sending Dontrelle Willis to the Atkins Alley Cats for Kris Benson, Noah Lowry, and Torri Hunter. “We were very sad to lose the D-train (being a former Cub farm-hand), however, we were able to add young depth to the pitching staff and a big-time player in Torri,” owner and GM Jason Hoover stated on New Year’s Day. This move also opens up a little more cash space as the Cubs make a push for a few more quality free-agents.
“We are in no way done in our pursuit of adding quality players to the Cubs organization”, said Hoover.
