Any Jacque Jones Cubbie Fans?

Thank you! So many people think Jones is just an average player who is going to do nothin for the cubs. I think hes a great improvement compared to burnitz who was still a great player but I would choose Jones over him any day.

He is a great defender and I think he will help the CUBS tremendously. I here the Cubbies are also going after Tejada and are willing to give up Patterson and Prior to do so.

He'll have a tough time getting his average up against the pitchers in the NL Central.

Carpenter
Sheets
Oswalt
Mulder
Pettitte
Duke
Reyes
Oliver Perez(if healthy)

He'll have to feast on the Reds to help get his average up.
I like the Cardinals signing of Encarnacion more than I do the Cubs signing of Jones.

Jacque is somewhat of a slap hitter and he should be able to adjust to lefties. Duke is still basically a rook and Sheets and Perez are coming back from injury. Pettite isnt unhittable and who is Reyes? Al Reyes? If so, he might not even be in the rotation. Encarnacion will take over fine for Sanders, but he is not nearly as valuable as Jones is.

If this Cubs administration had not already made so many stupid moves already (Dusty Baker tops the list), signing Jones to a multiyear deal would have been the stupidist thing they've ever done.

i've seen Jacque Jones play since his days at USC. The guy is a class act and solid in the OF. Could certainly stand to improve his hitting. I'd like to think he may well flourish playing at Wrigley and learning from Dusty Baker.

Not Al Reyes, Anthony Reyes, the stud.

Also a USC grad, Reyes looked very good in his debut in 2005 and will be the Cards #5 starter to start 2006, and will probably end as the #3.
Al Reyes is out for the year.

I agree Pettitte isn't unhittable as he's not a strikeout guy , but he's tough to get hits off of and is a great pitcher.

Ben Sheets is my pick for Cy Young in 2006. He's filthy and will dominate in 2006.

Oliver Perez is filthy as well, but a lot of question marks. If healthy and if he has his head on straight, Pittsburgh has a great ace.

And Duke is young but he did very well last year and probably will this year from what I saw last year.

And I disagree about Encarnacion being less valuable than Jones. They're both equally valuable to their teams, non more so than the other.