The Padres should do Greg Maddux a favor and trade him to a contending team – the Chicago Cubs.
The last-place Padres aren’t doing Maddux any good, but vice versa isn’t necessarily true.
Maddux is winless in eight starts since career victory No. 350 on May 10, yet it isn’t his fault at all.
Since then, Maddux is 0-2 with a 2.70 ERA and has watched the beleaguered Padres’ bullpen blow the lead four times after he left a game while in line for win No. 351.
This has to stop!
The Padres have long coveted Cubs outfielder Matt Murton, so a Maddux-for-Murton trade could certainly be in line at this point since Murton does little more than warm Chicago’s bench.
Plus, sending Maddux to the Cubs could turn out to be one of those Cinderella stories that are few and far between in Major League Baseball.
Maddux pitched his first career game in relief for the Cubs on Sept. 10, 1986; remaining with Chicago until playing for Atlanta (1993-2003) and returning to the Cubs (2004-July 2006).
As the Cubs seek their first World Series title since 1908, Maddux could be the missing piece to the puzzle in their starting rotation.
It would be quite a story if Maddux could go back and help the Cubs win the World Series in likely his final season.
Frankly, it’s the type of story that happens once every 100 years or so on the north side of Chicago.
The last-place Padres aren’t doing Maddux any good, but vice versa isn’t necessarily true.
Maddux is winless in eight starts since career victory No. 350 on May 10, yet it isn’t his fault at all.
Since then, Maddux is 0-2 with a 2.70 ERA and has watched the beleaguered Padres’ bullpen blow the lead four times after he left a game while in line for win No. 351.
This has to stop!
The Padres have long coveted Cubs outfielder Matt Murton, so a Maddux-for-Murton trade could certainly be in line at this point since Murton does little more than warm Chicago’s bench.
Plus, sending Maddux to the Cubs could turn out to be one of those Cinderella stories that are few and far between in Major League Baseball.
Maddux pitched his first career game in relief for the Cubs on Sept. 10, 1986; remaining with Chicago until playing for Atlanta (1993-2003) and returning to the Cubs (2004-July 2006).
As the Cubs seek their first World Series title since 1908, Maddux could be the missing piece to the puzzle in their starting rotation.
It would be quite a story if Maddux could go back and help the Cubs win the World Series in likely his final season.
Frankly, it’s the type of story that happens once every 100 years or so on the north side of Chicago.
3 comments:
I hope they trade him. He deserves better than this mess.
It could challenge the ideas of the people who visit your blog.
It sure sounds like the Padres should do Maddux a favor and trade him to the Cubbies. With Zambrano down they could use another arm and Maddux could use some wins. How many has he not gotten a win in now in a row? It's not his fault completely.
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