Pods to the Cubs? Why Bother?
I don't really understand why the Cubs are attempting to acquire Scott Podsednik from the White Sox. He's not very good and he's fragile. He was pretty good during the Sox championship run in 2005, but now he's basically Angel Pagan with no arm. Do the Cubs want him to hit leadoff in place of Soriano over these next four weeks? Maybe Soriano is worse than we thought and will be out longer? The Cubs doctors aren't exactly known for their honesty. Even if that's the case, the Cubs don't need him.
Ryan Theriot has been hitting leadoff with Soriano out, and right now he's better than Pods. He gets on base more, and he has no nagging injuries to prevent him from stealing bases. As for Left Field, the Cubs have Matt Murton patrolling the area. Matt got off to a horrendous start this year and was demoted to AAA, but since returning he's been on fire. He's always been a better second-half hitter, too. 19 of his 24 career homers have come after the break, and he's hitting 40 points higher with 140-point-jump in Slugging Percentage. (Overall a career 904 post-break OPS. Roughly Bobby Abreu's career OPS, for sake of comparison.)
So there's no point in acquiring Pods. I suppose if he could be had for a complete no-name AA-never-will-be, then I'm game. The Cubs could use a pinch-runner and another hot wife in the stands. But don't give up anything of value. Sorry, Sarah, we don't want him. I'd rather have Jacque Jones, and you know what I think of him.