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The Cubs sign OF So Taguchi to a minor league deal probably to comfort Kosuke
So Taguch played for our rival The St. Louis Cardinals

The Cubs ownership should be resolve in the next couple weeks and then then the whole thing resolve by close to opening day

When Jim Hendry finds out who the new owner is, he will talk to the new owner and see if they can take on the 63 million left on Jake Peavy Contract
The Ricketts family who is one of the 3 top bidders said they will take on the contract
and that is when you will here the Rumors again my estimate 2 to 3 weeks

MLB.com is reporting the Cubs are quietly shopping Alfonso Soriano around

The Cubs also avoided arbitration with Ronny Cedeno on a 1 year deal worth about 700K

The Cubs might sign Utility Rich Aurilia to a 1 year contract to back up Ramirez at third base

The Cubs also have interest in P Randy Wolf to be the fifth starter (I would rather have Sheets and they are acking for the samr price) only if we dont get Jake Peavy

This week the Cubs Convention starter with the main questions who will be the fifth starter and who will be the closer for the 2009 season

So far the 5th starter is to Marshall

and the closer, Marmol and Gregg will battle for it

The trade canidates and people I dont see making the opening day roster is felix Pie, Rich Hill, Kevin Hart, Ronny Cedeno, and I have Angel Guzman making the bullpen but there are teams looking for starting pitching like the Diamondbacks and they only have 4 million left to spend this offseason