There Are Teams That Want Jacque Jones

June 23, 2007 by cubsnet

The Cubs want to get back up to twelve pitchers when they resume National League play on Monday, so some position player needs to go. Just a few weeks ago, Mike Fontenot would have been an obvious demotion, but he has played well enough to stick for now. The Chicago Sun-Times' Gordon Wittenmyer reports that there are actually some teams interested in acquiring Jacque Jones (64 OPS+). "According to baseball sources, the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers and even the White Sox have shown recent interest in Jones." The question then, I suppose, is how much of Jones' remaining salary the Cubs are willing to pay and whether they will receive anything other than a single-A player in return. Jones is making $4M this year, is due $1.3M in January 2008 as part of his signing bonus, and will make an additional $5M in 2008. If Jim Hendry were to get another team to take Jones' 2008 salary, it would be almost as impressive as getting the Tigers to pay Neifi Perez's salary this season. The other option would be to get someone to take Cesar Izturis's (59 OPS+) $5.5M contract for next season.

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