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| 13th November, 2008 - 6:23 pm | Chicago Tribune - After acquiring a potential closer in Florida's Kevin Gregg on Thursday morning, GM Jim Hendry announced the Cubs would not try to re-sign Kerry Wood.
Hendry met this week with Wood and his agent Pat Rooney and told him the Cubs were going in a different direction.
"I think we all feel that Kerry is certainly deserving of a three- or four-year contract," Hendry said. "He’s done everything this organization has asked for the last 14 years, been a warrior the last couple of years. He's come back and health-wise stood the test of time, taken the ball every day we needed, and had no hang-ups, except for (missing one month with a blister injury).
"We’re just in a situation, as Kerry fully understands, that that length of deal, for the kind of salary he’d command right now, is not our first priority. We certainly have to finish our rotation, we have offensive situations to address, and by having the prominence that (Carlos) Marmol now brings to the table, it certainly doesn’t come before the other needs we have. We felt it was time Kerry goes out and does what’s best for him and his family, and gets a huge multi-year deal, if possible." [READ] |
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