Cubs Add Middle Infielder

The Cubs add middle infielder Yuniesky Betancourt after the league approved the retirement paperwork of Craig Biggio. “Craig was a pro’s pro, and we are very thankful for the year the gave the Cubs.  His leadership and personality will be missed in the clubhouse” GM Jason Hoover said on the Friday.

The Cubs added a young but very talented shortstop to the roster with the addition of Betancourt.  “We were looking to get younger and have some spaced out contrats, Yuniesky has the chance to start right away for our team” manager Ron Santo told reporters at the news conference.

Early November Player Signings

The Cubs have continued the trend of adding quality players to the roster along with having all singed to multi-year contracts. The recent signings include:

Michael Young – SS – 5 years for $225
Vernon Wells – OF – 5 years for $220
Aramis Ramirez – 3B – 5 years for $165
Aubrey Huff – 3B/OF – 4 years for $68
Juan Rivera – OF – 5 years for $60
Mark Prior –SP – 4 years for $56
Emil Brown – OF – 2 years for $6

“Wow, what a great group of players!” GM Jason Hoover was heard as saying as he signed the last deal. “We are very happy in the amount of talent that is being assembled here in northern regions of the I-40 corridor of the URL”. Young, Wells and Ramirez bring a lot of pop to a line-up that already included Jacque Jones. The average season for these 3 new players over the last 3 years is a .304 average, 30 homeruns, and 105 RBI’s.

With the addition of Prior to the staff that already includes Jose Contreras and Mike Mussina, the hurlers for the Cubs are looking strong as well.

Cubs Sign First Players

On the 2nd available signing day, the Clarksville Cubs sign more players than any other team and are pleased to announce the initial members of the Cubs. In today’s signing, the Cubs have added 3 front-line pitchers and a very serviceable outfielder. The signings announced were:

Mark Buehrle – 4 years for $100, Jose Contreras – 3 years for $75, Mike Mussina – 2 years for $22 and Garret Anderson – 2 years for $6.

“I am very pleased with today’s additions”, Cubs pitching coach Ferguson Jenkins stated on Thursday. “We are starting off with a great group of guys who will be with the team for some time”. The Cubs did not sign any of their initial players for less than 2 years.

“We want them to know we are as interested in them as much as they are interested in us”, said owner and GM Jason Hoover. “Once a Cub, always a Cub. We want our players to feel security in their signing with us.”

No Players Signed on Day 1

Well, the Clarksville Cubs got off to a slow start, being only 1 of 2 teams who did not sign a free-agent on the opening day. Clarksville had only submitted bids on 5 of the selected players and were very close to signing 2 or 3 of them.

“We want players who are 100% dedicated to the Cubs and there are still plenty of players remaining who we feel will build our team into winners in 2007″, owner and GM Jason Hoover said on Monday.

“I’d like to start seeing some of those players in uniform”, smirked coach Ron Santo.