Just when you thought 2011 Major league baseball season for the cubs would be a bad one, it just got better for fans. One of the key pickups for the Cubs is Carlos Pena. Pena is 32 years old and has recently played for the Tampa Bay Rays. Pena has played the last 4 years with Tampa Bay and had a .196 batting average last season. Carlos has a lifetime batting average of .241. Many Cub fans are kind of scared about this pickup. Pena himself said he's looking forward to a new beginning. Pena was picked up this past offseason off of free agency.
The next pick up for the cubs is Matt Garza. Garza also comes from Tampa Bay and is 27 years old. Matt has spent the last 3 seasons with Tampa Bay and began his career with the Minnesota Twins. Garza this last season had a 3.91 Earned run average (ERA) and was 15-10. He has a career 3.97 ERA and is 42-44 over his MLB career. The cubs acquired him through a trade with Tampa Bay sending 5 prospects to Tampa Bay, while the Cubs get Garza and 2 prospects. Garza is going to be one of the Cubs top starting pitchers and will compete with Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster for starting opening day. After these two pickups Cubs fans will hopefully have faith in this year's team to make the playoffs again. Until then GO CUBS GO.
(sources are from Espn and cubs website)
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