SP Angel Guzman ...916 mins 
SP Rich Hill ...916 mins
P Carlos Marmol ...2248 mins
P Carlos Marmol ...2260 mins
P Rich Hill ...4048 mins
P Jason Marquis ...4084 mins
CF Felix Pie ...5116 mins
SP Jeff Samardzija ...5511 mins
LF Alfonso Soriano ...8428 mins
RP Carlos Marmol ...11020 mins
R Jon Lieber ...foot
R Chad Fox ...elbow
Right-hander Angel Guzman, who appeared in six games with the Cubs last season, has looked strong through his first five starts in Venezuela.
The Cubs' Geovany Soto was named the top catcher on Topps Company's 50th annual Major League Rookie All-Star team.
The San Diego Padres say the Cubs are still interested in trading for right-hander Jake Peavy. The Cubs, however, insist they would need to be very creative with their finances and get another team involved to swing a deal.
The sale of the Chicago Cubs is progressing toward a second round of bids on Dec. 1, Major League Baseball's No. 2 executive said on Wednesday as the final two-day quarterly Owners' Meetings of the year got under way.
The Cubs selected the contracts of right-handed pitchers Mitch Atkins, Justin Berg and Marcos Mateo and added them to the 40-man roster.
Now that the Cubs have taken care of their first offseason priority and have re-signed Ryan Dempster, the next move is to find a left-handed bat for the middle of the order. The Kansas City Star reported that the Cubs are targeting Royals outfielder Mark Teahen as a possible solution.
By signing a contract at $13 million a year on Tuesday, Ryan Dempster may have impacted the salaries offered to other big-name free agents on the market, including A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe.
The Cubs are close to re-signing All-Star Ryan Dempster to a four-year contract, Foxsports.com reported on Tuesday.
The Cubs and Yankees will play the first exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium on April 3 at 6:05 p.m. CT and April 4 at 12:05 p.m.
The Cubs' Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto and Derrek Lee all received votes in the National League Most Valuable Player balloting, announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
In this week's edition of the mailbag, fans emotionally bid farewell to Kerry Wood while inquiring about Jake Peavy and Randy Johnson rumors and more.
Cubs' Clevenger moves from taxi to limo
Lee receive belated Fall League honor
If the Cubs are unable to re-sign Ryan Dempster or trade for Jake Peavy, the club could turn it's attention to veteran southpaw Randy Johnson.
Kerry Wood closed a chapter of his baseball life, and even though it was a bittersweet ending, the right-hander said he was ready to move on.
Even though the Cubs didn't reach an agreement with Ryan Dempster by 11 p.m. CT on Thursday, general manager Jim Hendry said he was convinced it was still possible to re-sign the free-agent pitcher.
Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, who batted .337 with four home runs, won his second Silver Slugger Award on Thursday.
Jeremy Papelbon is getting a taste of what it's like to be his older brother. Not only is the left-hander leading his league in saves, but he's also popular among the fans, just like the Red Sox closer. He even has hecklers.
The Cubs added to the bullpen for 2009, and may be preparing for the departure of Kerry Wood, when they acquired reliever Kevin Gregg from the Florida Marlins for Minor League pitcher Jose Ceda.
After getting swept for the second year in the playoffs and scoring 12 runs in six postseason games, the Cubs need to make some changes. Lou Piniella predicted there could be some adjustments made in the lineup in 2009.
Lou Piniella will retain his entire coaching staff for the 2009 season, the Cubs announced Wednesday.
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