Ian Stewart signing a deal to return to  # cubs, according to sources. Details not yet available.

Stewart back to full health after playing 2 years with a broken bone in his wrist.  # cubs

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

cubs2007 wrote:

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

If you are only focussing on free agents you are right. You hired the bright front office to be creative in providing long term solutions. Why not trade for a mlb ready prospect like Olt instead on digging through the bargain bin ?

SportsGoblin wrote: From the Score, Stewart is getting ~ $2Million.

I think waiving him ended up saving the Cubs a couple hundred k. For that, they might as well have offered him arbitration and avoided the risk of losing him.

It's a one-year, $2MM deal for the Reynolds Sports Management client, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today. The deal also includes $500K of incentives.

The 27-year-old is said to be back to full health after playing with a broken bone in his wrist for the last two years. During that stretch, Stewart has had a .183/.272/.289 slash line with five home runs in 338 total plate appearances. Before the injury, Stewart owned a career .245/.332/.451 slash line in four seasons with the Rockies.

The Cubs non-tendered Stewart earlier this month as he was set to earn $2.3MM in arbitration.

zighawk73 wrote:

cubs2007 wrote:

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

If you are only focussing on free agents you are right. You hired the bright front office to be creative in providing long term solutions. Why not trade for a mlb ready prospect like Olt instead on digging through the bargain bin ?

I see a scene from Oliver Twist as Theo (Twist) goes to Jon Daniels and says "Please sir, I want some Olt."

cubs2007 wrote: Paul Sullivan‏ @ PWSullivan Stewart returns on non-guaranteed $2 million, 1-year contract. If released in spring training, Cubs off hook.

cubs2007 wrote:

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

If you are only focussing on free agents you are right. You hired the bright front office to be creative in providing long term solutions. Why not trade for a mlb ready prospect like Olt instead on digging through the bargain bin ?

DrakeCubsFan wrote: If he is healthy, thats not a bad infield at all. If we could add some pop for right field, we might actually start looking like a baseball team.

doughboy981 wrote:

DrakeCubsFan wrote: If he is healthy, thats not a bad infield at all. If we could add some pop for right field, we might actually start looking like a baseball team.

Of course the assumption here is that healthy Stewart = Good MLB player.  I have serious doubts.  I think Valbuena wins the job easily.

mhuml32 wrote:

cubs2007 wrote:

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

If you are only focussing on free agents you are right. You hired the bright front office to be creative in providing long term solutions. Why not trade for a mlb ready prospect like Olt instead on digging through the bargain bin ?

because you would have to give up assets to get an asset.  Olt would be very expensive.

cubs2007 wrote:

mhuml32 wrote:

cubs2007 wrote:

CUWPC wrote: I guess he is better then most of the FA's left.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/...an-stewart.html

If you are only focussing on free agents you are right. You hired the bright front office to be creative in providing long term solutions. Why not trade for a mlb ready prospect like Olt instead on digging through the bargain bin ?

because you would have to give up assets to get an asset.  Olt would be very expensive.

Didn't you give up an asset to acquire Rizzo ? How do you plan on improving if now you are not willing to make trades ?