Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I don't believe either player will end up with the Mets because they are injury risks but I still think they would solid additions to the club. Rich Harden and Reed Johnson don't appear in the Cubs plan for next year mainly due to the injuries they sustained during the 2009 season. Rich Harden when on the field is one of the best pitchers in the league, the problem is Harden always seemed...
Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... signed as part of the arbitration process. 12/12/08 Signed RHP Chad Gaudin, LHP Neal Cotts and OF Reed Johnson to one-year contracts. Each of those players were arbitration eligible so they're irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. It's mostly out of Hendry's control as to what these guys are going to make so there's no reason to include them. They weren't free agents anyway. 3/25/08...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... at this point) on this one. Why in the world should the Cubs trade a 19-year-old blue-chipper for Reed Johnson’s BFF in center field? I’m all for Granderson, but the farm system seems to actually have some depth these days. Let’s leave Castro out of this, shall we? It’s not like they’re trying to trade for, say, Albert Pujols.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... get a Major League contract," Huntington said. The Cubs probably can't afford Rich Harden or Reed Johnson, according to MLB.com's Carrie Muskat. Harden and Erik Bedard appear on Jeff Zrebiec's list of ten free agents the O's might target....
