I agree with that. I'm a little curious what he's going to do with Javier Vazquez. His whole career has been based on inconsistency, and he's gotta be driving Cooper to drink the way he's been pitching of late. Jenks was an extraordinary pickup. He was so highly regarded with the Angels, and then he had the arm injury and everyone wrote him off.
The Cubs need a new front office, and someone new on the bench. Whatever can be said for Dusty Baker, he's lost the ability to break these guys out of the rut they're in. He's not wielding much authority and that's the kiss of death. I think Dusty will be canned before July is out.
I was really ticked off when they traded away El Duque for Vazquez. After I looked at both of their numbers for this year though, Vazquez' numbers are better than El Duque's and El Duque was traded again to the Mets. It sort of looks like the Sox got equal or slightly better value. Last year El Duque was out for a lot of the season with injuries and only in the post season did he turn things around in the bull pen. In hindsight, they had to deal El Duque and Vazquez was about the best they could get. When he pitches, it is kind of a Jeckle/Hyde thing, good one day, barely there the next. You just don't have consistancy.
Vazquez is younger and should be around longer if they do keep him. Quite frankly, I would not be disappointed if they put him in the bull pen and made McCarthy the 5th starter. The Sox management is pro-active. If he remains a problem, he will be dealt.
I think in the case of the Cubs, the GM is the main issue. You can't fault the manager when he has poor talent to deal with. Jim Leland is doing some good things in Detroit this year and look at the awful year he had last year. The manager gets a great deal of the blame, but if you don't have the horses, you aren't going to win.
Say what you will about the White Sox, but the GM is aggressive in bringing fresh talent to the team. The better teams are always pursuing the best talent. It almost reminds me of the days the Cubs were owned by old man Wrigley. He was just too cheap to go out and get the best.