Tigers close to acquiring Jones for Infante</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> The Detroit Tigers are close to acquiring outfielder Jacque Jones from the Chicago Cubs for infielder Omar Infante, two sources confirmed to ESPN.com.</p> The deal, which was first reported by the Detroit Free Press, could be announced sometime Monday, the sources said.</p> Jones, 32, is a .280 hitter with 164 home runs in nine seasons with Minnesota and the Cubs. He hit 27 home runs in 2006, but he never warmed to Chicago and was a target of boos from Wrigley Field fans and abuse on the local radio call-in shows.</p> The Cubs tried to trade Jones last winter with no success, and he was not in the team's plans for next season under manager Lou Piniella.</p> The Cubs currently have Alfonso Soriano and Matt Murton on the corners and Felix Pie and Sam Fuld to play center field in 2008. With their attempt to trade Jones and declining to exercise the mutual option on Cliff Floyd, Chicago is in the market for a left-handed bat. But at the general managers meetings in Florida last week, Chicago GM Jim Hendry said the team's main goal is to get more "athletic'' in the outfield.</p> </div></p>
