I can't figure Hendry out. His moves alternate savvy and stupid. Just as I'm quieting to a chuckle after the brilliant Jose Hernandez trade, he picks up Lofton and Ramirez and just embarasses Pittsburgh in the process. Now, after seeing him fleece the bunch in picking up Nomar, he resigns Perez. Next entry in his calendar is either 'Convince SF that Jason Schmidt is washed up, Brownlie has the better future' or 'See what it would take to land this Borchard kid for lf.'

That's actually not a bad move.

Perez is a reliable backup infielder, and I doubt that they're thinking of him as a starter at short.

If you say so. $1 mil for hitter like Perez seems like way too much. He could easily have an obp below .300, even a slugging pct below .300 isn't out of the question. Isn't there a veteran who's barely hanging on, or a AAAA guy somewhere who can do basically the same job for league minimum?

I don't think this is such a bad move.

I think he impressed them last season. Plus I think he is slightly more talented then the guy "just hanging on." Honestly considering the Cubs will have near 100 million dollar pay roll spending 1 million on a utility infielder is reasonable.

If you say so.  $1 mil for hitter like Perez seems like way too much.  He could easily have an obp below .300, even a slugging pct below .300 isn't out of the question.  Isn't there a veteran who's barely hanging on, or a AAAA guy somewhere who can do basically the same job for league minimum?

Maybe there is someone out there who can do similar things, and maybe that someone might cost a little less, but "Big Dust" has a history with Neifi, and like Jeckle said, Perez impressed Cub mgmt. last year, getting some big hits for them and playing some reliable shortstop while their BIG ACQUISITION Nomar rested his various injuries.

I just don't think it's an outrageous deal at all, given their payroll.

Lol speaking of that. I'm convinced that Dusty is the sole reason Ramon Martinez still has a job. He just seems to follow Dusty around.