2010 Wish List, Arizona IL, and More

Carol Slezak wrote in the Sun-Times about the Cubs'/Lou's 2010 wish list:

• A return to form for Soriano and Soto.
• Part ways with Rich Harden and Kevin Gregg.
• Pay another team to take Milton Bradley.
• Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee staying healthy.
• Carlos Marmol can close.
• Randy Wells continues his success.
• Carlos Zambrano needs to mature.

This is just a start. We'll continue to blog about all this as we move into the offseason.

Now a few other notes:

• Kevin Gregg will be shut down for the remainder of the season with a rib cage injury. Gregg's Cub career could be over.
• Aramis Ramirez is out of the lineup with shoulder soreness. He could be the next named added to the "shut down for the season" list.
• Lou Piniella talked to Carrie Muskat about the Sun-Times article that said that Lou is "tired, cranky, and disinterested", and that he "should be removed as Cubs manager".
• Check out Carrie's Inbox from Cubs.com.

Also, the Arizona Instructional League got underway at Fitch Park yesterday as the Cubs tied the Brewers 9-9. The Instructional League puts together many top lower level prospects from each team and puts them on a team, one for each organization to get some fall work in. The AZIL should not be mixed up with the Arizona Fall League. Here is the box score from Game 1:

• Hak-Ju Lee: 1-5
• D.J. LeMahieu: 3-5
• Ryan Flaherty: 3-4
• Rebel Ridling: 2-4
• Kyler Burke: 0-4
• Jovan Rosa: 0-2
• Michael Brenly 2-2
• Justin Bour: 1-4
• Runey Davis: 1-4
• Dong-Yub Kim: 2-4
• Kyung-Min Na: 0-3

Pitchers:

• Alberto Cabrera: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R
• Rafael Dolis: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R
• Jose Rosario: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R
• Austin Kirk: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R
• Corey Martin: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R

Today, the Cubs fell to the A's 5-1 to drop to 0-2. Hitters Box Score:

• Kyung-Min Na: 0-2
• Blair Springfield: 0-2
• Logan Watkins: 1-4
• Ryan Flaherty: 1-4
• Rebel Ridling: 0-3
• Kyler Burke: 0-3
• Brandon May: 1-2
• Richard Jones: 1-1
• Bobby Wagner: 0-2
• D.J. Fitzgerald: 0-3
• Ping-Chieh Chen: 0-3
• Wes Darvill: 0-3

Pitching:

• Thomas Diamond: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R
• Brooks Raley: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R
• Trey McNutt: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R
• Steve Grife: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R

A glimpse of the future is always nice when your where the Cubs are...