In a previous post, I speculated on which washed-up starters the Cubs would try out next. In doing so, somehow I overlooked Dave Bush. Fortunately, Jim Hendry did not, as Bush has been signed to a minor league deal by the Cubs organization. Bush has been so bad during his career that, unlike a lot of crappy pitchers, he hasn't fared well against the Cubs (lifetime 2-10, 5.28 ERA). The good news is that if we're down to picking up guys who can't even beat the Cubs, we must be scraping the bottom of the barrel now, and there shouldn't be too many more of these signings.
You'd think that it wouldn't be possible for a Chicago baseball team to make a more desperate move than this one, but then along come the White Sox to do just that. Being released by the 2011 Cubs is pretty much the definition of "finished", but Kenny Williams must have slept through the first half of the season, as Doug Davis, who went 1-7 with a 6.50 ERA for the Cubs, was signed to a minor league deal by the White Sox on Friday.
So it's not enough that the White Sox have beaten the Cubs on the field and won the BP Crosstown Cup each of the last two years. By signing a pitcher who's even worse than the one the Cubs signed today, now their GM is apparently trying to wrestle the title of "Worst GM in Chicago" away from ours. Well, Kenny, you may have won this round, but you've still got a long way to go if you want to catch up to Jim Hendry in this race.
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