What if the Cubs have a fire sale, who do you keep, and who do you get rid of?

Below is a list of most of the pitchers on the Cubs 40 man roster. The criteria for who stays and who goes is as follows. Who will be there when the Cubs win the World Series. That can be the only means of evaluation if you’re a baseball team. Some will get more attention than others. Let me know if you think I should rethink any of my suggestions to Jim Hendry.

• Ryan Dempster - KEEP
  I can’t believe I just wrote that, but I think he could be part of a strong bullpen. And this year he has thrown well.
• Scott Eyre - TRADE
  Too itchy. Getting too old.
• Sean Gallagher - KEEP
  Haven’t seen enough of him to ship him out quite yet.
• Rich Hill - KEEP
  This kid is the franchise. A young Tom Glavine.
• Bob Howry - KEEP
  He hasn’t thrown particularly well this year, but I can see him contributing to a stretch run.
• Ted Lilly - KEEP
  Little guy has some spunk. I like that. A good middle of the rotation arm.
• Carlos Marmol - KEEP
  Young kid who is electric. Would love to see him in the closer role soon.
• Jason Marquis - KEEP
  A servicable 4th starter who is pitching over his head right now.
• Sean Marshall - KEEP
  A kid who needs some time to mature, but I think sending him down earlier this year really helped him figure some things out.
• Will Ohman - TRADE
  And not a moment too soon. This guys sucks. Please throw him in any deal and I’ll be happy. I’ll send Hendry a check to get this guy out of town.
• Michael Wuertz - TRADE
  He’s decent. But that’s about all. He’s probably worth more to some other team. Get what you can for him.
• Carlos Zambrano - KEEP
  And re-sign. This guy should retire with a Cubs hat on. If he doesn’t I see Cy Young’s in Big Z’s future. Didn’t we already go through this with Greg Maddux?
• Angel Guzman - TRADE
  On again off again pitcher. Sometimes he looks great, and other times he looks totally confused.

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