mysportsrumors.com - 3/26/2008
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The Chicago Cubs finalized their roster today, with a surprising demotion. First, Ronny Cedeno beat out Alex Cintron for the back-up shortstop job. Second, Mike Fontenot beat out Matt Murton for the final outfield spot. Murton is a surprise to myself as he was in constant trade talk with the Texas Rangers and was just an all out solid player for last years NL Central division winners. Lets look
THT Live: Murton Cut From Big Team
hardballtimes.com 3/26/2008 — Matt Murton lost his roster spot in part because of the Reed Johnson acquisition and in part because the Cubs are run poorly. He's headed to Triple-A or, hopefully for his sake, another organization.
MLB Injury Update, 3/26
mysportsrumors.com 3/27/2008 — Here’s today injury update from around Major League Baseball. Today we’ve got updates on the Yankees, Royals, Cubs, Rangers, Twins, Padres, Giants, Mets, Brewers and Angels. Like usual its a long read.
Murton odd man out as Cubs close in on opening roster
suntimes.com 3/27/2008 — MESA, Ariz. The Cubs¹ acquisition of outfielder Reed Johnson has left career .296 hitter Matt Murton out of the Cubs¹ plans for their opening roster, and the team will try to help the outfielder land a big-league job through a trade in the final ...
Cubs release veteran INF Alex Cintron (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 3/26/2008
The Chicago Cubs released Alex Cintron on Wednesday, leaving Ronny Cedeno and Mike Fontenot as the likely backup infielders. Cintron had a rough spring. After having surgery on his right elbow during the offseason, he got hit on the right side of his ...
Some Cubs players on roster bubble —
Major League Baseball News 3/26/2008
The moving truck was outside of the Cubs' clubhouse on Wednesday, ready to be loaded for the trip to Chicago, and the roster is 99 percent set, but there were still some players unsure whether to put their belongings on it. Matt Murton was one of those.
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