In a meager attempt to create a new weekly feature, we bring you the Friday Five. Each week the Exile staff will tackle various topics and come up with five things pertaining to it. The topics could be as pertinent as the Chicago Cubs to as completely offtrack as food or music.

If you could have one current player from any team to add to the Cubs' roster, who would it be and why? To keep it interesting, let's eliminate the obvious choice of Albert Pujols.

My choice: Shin-Soo Choo. He's a great fielder, hits around .300 and has power and speed. He reminds me a lot of Jason Bay when Bay broke in, before his knees went to shit and he lost the speed. It's also nice that Choo is a lefty who can actually hit. And his name is Shin-Soo Choo.

Wolter: Probably Tim Lincecum. Just because he's steak sauce awesome. I mean, I suppose I should be gunning for better offense, but to be honest, I think the runs will come. Plus, with the long hair, he's like a talented Snork from an alternate universe.

Runner-up choice: a shortstop that isn't Theriot. Any shortstop that isn't Theriot.

John: Give me Dustin Pedroia - I'm sick of even looking at the second base position lately. The Theriot/Baker/Fontenot midlde infield gives me indigestion. Imagine a Castro/Pedoria middle, with Lee and Ramirez on either side.

Runners up: Matt Wieters, because he's going to be amazing for a very long time, and Kosuke Fukudome stuck in an infinite April time loop.

Jake: Carl Crawford. Great speed and can hit for average. Plus it would finally give the Cubs a legitimate reason to bench Soriano for good.

T.R.: Why would you want anyone other than Chase Utley? Lefty pop, knows how to get on base, ends the 2B black hole. You could not ask for a more significant, lineup changing upgrade.

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