Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that the team will do their best to replace Milton Bradley.
"Our general manager Jim Hendry had to do a tough task of sending him home [on Sept. 20], and I'm sure it wasn't very pleasant for him," Piniella said on the "Waddle & Silvy" show on ESPN 1000. "The big thing with Milton this year was the fact he drove in 40 runs.
"We needed a big bat to put in the middle part of our lineup, and we thought Milton would be the one. And it just didn't work out, for whatever reason. So we move forward from there and now we try to find somebody else. And I know Jim will work very hard at it."
Bradley has two years and just over $21 million left on his contract.
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Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano is mentioning retirement once again.
Zambrano claims he'll retire after next season if he has another sub par campaign like he has in 2009.
"Look, this is the only season I haven't won 16 or 18 or 14 games," he told the Chicago Tribune. "If it happens again next season, two seasons in a row, I'll quit. Believe me, I'll quit. I just have to put this behind me.
"A lot of players on this team, it's been a disappointing year for us, for everybody. The only one who can say it's been a good season is (Derrek) Lee."
Zambrano is 9-6 with a 3.69 ERA in 27 starts this season.
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Cubs manager Lou Piniella doesn't believe that the team needs to chance much heading into the 2010 season.
"We're not far away from from getting close to where we were last year," Piniella told MLB.com. "I don't know about 97 wins [which they accomplished in 2008], but to compete and win a division again, we're not far away. A little touch here, a little touch there. You don't need a whole lot of things, so from that standpoint, [general manager] Jim [Hendry] is going to have a busy winter."
He said the team's first priority should be to get healthy.
"No. 2," Piniella added, "is to add a real nice RBI bat to this equation."
After winning the NL Central in back-to-back years, the Cubs are all but assured of missing the postseason this fall.
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Cubs Sep 2009 Archive
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 28, 2009
Rich Harden wants to return to the Cubs next season, but the feeling doesn't appear to be mutual.
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ESPN | Sep 26, 2009
Padres GM Kevin Powers said Friday that he would be open-minded about obtaining Milton Bradley from the Cubs.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 25, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella wants to see the team add a big bat to their lineup this winter.
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ESPN | Sep 25, 2009
Cubs pitcher Rich Harden will not pitch again this season.
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St. Petersburg Times | Sep 24, 2009
The Rays could become a trading partner with the Cubs for Milton Bradley.
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ESPN | Sep 23, 2009
Milton Bradley's mother says that her son absolutely loves baseball, but a number of factors affected his focus this season.
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ESPN | Sep 22, 2009
The Major League Baseball Players Association is considering filing a grievance to challenge the Cubs' suspension of outfielder Milton Bradley.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 21, 2009
The Cubs will attempt to trade disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times.
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ESPN | Sep 21, 2009
The Cubs have suspended outfielder Milton Bradley for the remainder of the 2009 season.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 20, 2009
Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley pulled himself from the team's lineup an hour before Saturday's game against the Cardinals.
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ESPN | Sep 18, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that Rich Harden will miss his scheduled start on Monday and possibly a second start.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 16, 2009
Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano got defensive when asked by the Chicago Sun-Tines how he would handle being shopped this offseason.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 15, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that Carlos Marmol will be the team's closer entering spring training in 2010.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 14, 2009
Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg is making a strong case for a future Major League managerial job.
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ESPN | Sep 13, 2009
Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will have surgery on his left knee either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 12, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that Alfonso Soriano will not hit leadoff for the team next season.
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ESPN | Sep 11, 2009
Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano wants to have surgery "sooner than later," which should end his season.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 9, 2009
The NFL season will kickoff on Thursday, but Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija doesn't miss the game.
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ESPN | Sep 9, 2009
The Cubs tied a Major League record on Tuesday night when they recorded eight straight hits to begin the game.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 8, 2009
Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee believes that the current incarnation of the team could come back and win in 2010.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 7, 2009
Ken Williams has long coveted Chone Figgins, but so have Lou Piniella and the Cubs.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 6, 2009
Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will miss at least two weeks of action following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Sep 2, 2009
Regardless of what happens in the offseason, the Cubs will likely give Jeff Samardzija another chance to make their starting rotation in 2010.
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Chicago Tribune | Sep 1, 2009
The Cubs could use an upgrade at catcher after a disappointing 2009 from Geovany Soto.
