Juan Cruz Trade

The Cubs today traded once highly regarded prospect Juan Cruz to the Atlanta Braves. The Cubs sent Cruz and Steve Smyth to Atlanta and recieved lefty AAA starter Andy Pratt and AA infielder Richard Lewis in return.

In 2002 - the big rumor about Cruz was that the Red Sox had offered Shea Hillenbrand straight up for the young fireballer. Now it seems that the Cubs finally gave up on Cruz.