Come on, Lofton? He played one season, he was a bat, then dumped for Paterson, younger cheaper. Now where is Paterson? Guzman unproven in big league play, will his shoulder become an issue? We will see. Ramirez, yes excellent pick, 8th year in the league, hardly young. Sean Marshall, another young unproven pick that fortunately has two wins under his belt and 10 ERs in two games, well lets hope it doesnt get higher. Cedeno, I like him, nice average and is putting in the RBI's. Burnitz, now gone to pit in his 13th year, lofton at the time with the cubs was in his 12th year.
My point is acquistion doesnt do any good if you cant get the team to gel together. The cubs keep searching instead of putting them together and just letting them play.