Cub Chumps....Part DEUCE!!

Here are the bottom ten Chumps from the Cubs in the past 10 years. It is amazing to see how bad some of the players were for the Cubs. Its almost comical.

10. Kyle FarnsworthAll I can say about Kyle Farnsworth is that he could throw the ball hard, real hard. Only problem is that the only guy I can ever remember him getting out was Albert Pujols. Too bad they only play the Cards 18 times per year, and he probably only faces him one time per game, if that. That guy had more physical talent than most people deserve, but just couldn’t get the job done. Plus if they kept stats for team brawls, Farnsworth would really boost the clubs numbers.

9. Felix PieFelix was one of the biggest prospects in the Cubs farm system, before he actually got to the big leagues. As one fellow blogger put it, “he is responsible for some of the most atrocious at bats in the 2008.” Unfortunately when you don’t put the ball in play over 25% of the time, it doesn’t really matter how good of an outfielder you are. Fortunately, ex-Cubs GM Jim Hendry still had a soft spot in his heart for Pie and actively pursuit him this off-season which sent Garrett Olson our way, who we then used to get Aaron Heilman. But, seeing the beginning of this season, it looks like Heilman could eventually end up on this list too.

8. Corey PattersonThe story of Corey Patterson is fairly similar to that of Felix Pie. The only difference is that Patterson at least had some good times in his career. He was having an All-Star year in 2003 before getting injured in a game against the hated Cardinals, and basically everything went downhill after that. Had Corey realized that he didn’t need to hit the ball out of the park to get on base, he had the talent to be a .300 hitter and no one can doubt his fielding skills.
7. Antonio AlfonsecaAntonio Alfonseca has six fingers on his throwing hand.

6. Neifi PerezOne of the biggest things that I really disliked Dusty Baker for was his tendency to play favorites. Neifi played for Dusty in San Francisco, and when the Cubbies needed a backup infielder, guess whom he went and got. There is no doubt that he was an average bench player, but there is no reason that he should have played as much as he did. We were lucky that Dusty didn’t do the same with Spring Training invitee Ray Durham, who was way beyond his prime.

5. Rich HillHere’s a case of a minor league stud that equaled a major league dud. Over the course of the 2005-2006 seasons, Hill pitched for the triple A affiliate Iowa Cubs and had a record of 13-2 with an ERA under 3 and averaging nearly 13 strikeouts per 9 innings. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to come close to these numbers at the major league level. After a slow start for the big league roster in 2008, Rich Hill found himself in extended spring training a little over a month later.