Cubs.com wrote:The Chicago Cubs today recalled switch-hitting outfielder Angel Pagan from Triple-A Iowa. In a corresponding roster move, left-handed hitting outfielder Felix Pie was optioned to Iowa.
Pagan, 25, made his Major League debut with the Cubs last season after his contract was purchased from the New York Mets January 25, 2006. In 77 games, he batted .247 with five home runs and 18 RBI while appearing in all three outfield positions. He hit .464 (13-for-28) over an eight-game stretch from July 28-August 6, almost two months after returning from a strained left hamstring he suffered April 15 in Pittsburgh.
This season with Iowa, Pagan is hitting .250 (29-for-116) with three home runs and nine RBI in 33 games, including a .308 average (8-for-26) with three home runs and five RBI in May.
Pie, 22, was recalled from Iowa April 17 and went on to bat .224 (11-for-49) with a home run and 4 RBI in 18 games for the Cubs. He went 1-for-6 with a double and RBI in his Major League debut April 17 vs. San Diego and hit his first career home run April 27 at St. Louis off Anthony Reyes.
treyZz wrote::noway:
Someone just told me they heard this on the radio.. I don't think he would lie, but he can be a freak sometimes. Can anyone confirm this?
If this is true - wow.
Pie needs to play everyday - I don't really think he needs to prove anything else in AAA. He's not going to learn how to hit ML pitching in the minors.
Pagan was terrible in Iowa - .250 / 3hr / 9rbi - But I guess it makes sense if Lou wanted a righty OF that could play CF.
ChicagoSports.com wrote:Jacque Jones figures to sit against most left-handers from now on. He's 3-for-17 (.176) against lefties and stranded nine baserunners Wednesday.
Jones was said to have answered back at fans seated down the first-base line after they heckled him in the eighth inning, but Piniella didn't seem concerned.
"He fights himself at times," Piniella said. "What you need to do when you're struggling is learn to relax. He has done a real nice job in center field and, until the last couple of days he has been on the rise with the bat. I think in a short period of time you'll see him get hot again for us."
Chicago Sun-Times wrote:''It was early in the season for me to sit veterans,'' manager Lou Piniella said. ''You've got to give them more time, and that's exactly what we did. If there's an injury or whatever reason and we bring Pie up again, we'll put him out there to play. But right now wasn't the time, in April or May, to sit veteran players down. You give them more time and you give them more respect.''
Hendry said he's confident Pie will be back this season.
''Absolutely,'' he said. ''And he'll be playing here for a long time.''
