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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Wednesday Cubs Hot Stove Round-Up

Submitted by Rob G. on

All quiet on the Western front...

- The Braves have contacted Ryan Dempster's agent. Dave O'Brien guesses that Dempster will still sign with the Cubs and says the Cubs have offered a three year/$36 million deal which Dempster wants to make sure isn't too much of a hometown discount.

- Dave van Dyck of the Tribune throws out Bobby Abreu and Derek Lowe's name but it's all speculation on his part. He says the pitching market was already set by Kyle Lohse's 4/$41M deal and Dempster should expect more than that.

- An AP article in the Herald where it says Jake Peavy and his agent want the Padres to focus on three teams. Houston and St. Louis are likely out of the picture, so that means the Cubs, Dodgers and Braves in all likelihood. It claims Towers is looking for two major leaguers and prospects in return. Earlier, Towers said is was about the quality of players, not the quantity. It's been reported that the Padres would like to deal Peavy sooner, rather than later. Towers did say he's "down the road" with two of those three teams.

- Rosenthal thinks Rafael Furcal is a good bet to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

- Here's a name that I hadn't thought of for the Cubs - Kelly Johnson of the Braves. 10 teams have called about him and although the Rosenthal article doesn't mention the Cubs specifically, he could be a good fit for the top of the order, lefty bat the Cubs are in search of. He struggled for the most part last year until a huge September saved his season numbers, but he was bothered by knee issues for much of the season.

 

UPDATE: The Sun-Times says the Cubs interest in Peavy is "limited", but they do have "deep interest" in Sabathia and possibly some in A.J. Burnett. They also say that Raul Ibanez and Brian Roberts are on the Cubs radar.

 

UPDATE #2: A quick blurb that the Cubs might be a spot for Aaron Heilman. A name that has been linked to the Cubs in previous off-seasons. Mets might make a run at Dempster as well.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 11:56 am

The Trib is saying that Nick Swisher is available in trade talks. He had a pretty weak year in 2008, but in the past he's been a very good OBP source and has some 25-35 HR pop. Could play RF, or could be stretched to play CF. How do the White Sox and Cubs match up for a trade of that sort? I hear they need 2B and CF. Any possibility that we offer them some combination of Fontenot, Theriot, Cedeno, Pie, Johnson? I would think a Pie/Cedeno deal might get it done, but I don't really know much about the White Sox's needs or Swisher's contract. I don't even know how many years he has left or how aggressively the Sox are going to shop him. I'd also be banking on Swisher bouncing back in 2009, which is never a sure thing. Maybe the Cubs try to get both Swish and Vasquez in big trade.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 11:55 pm

Okay, it'd definitely take more than Pie and Cedeno to get it done then. They'd want some pitching and maybe a better infield prospect, which I'm not sure the Cubs have. Taking all money along with Swish and Vasquez might help get a deal done if trading for both (though the Cubs would obviously have to send over more players), but I would think the Cubs only get involved for both if they fail to re-sign Dempster.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 11:37 am

they had their golf meeting two days ago, that probably qualifies as down the road...

here's what I want, here's some of the names we're offering...

Cubs won't get too aggressive unless Dempster goes somewhere else.

Submitted by Fireball on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 11:07 pm

Tony Jackson, Dodgers beat writer, thinks that the Dodgers offered Manny 3/$72. Obviously, if it's true, it would be the largest contract in Dodgers history.

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