8-8 Cubs Notes

• Yesterday the Cubs sent Micah Hoffpauir to AAA to make room for Soto on the roster.
• Today the Cubs placed Carlos Zambrano on the 15 day DL with a back injury. Big Z was scratched from last night's game 15 minutes prior to game time. Sean Marshall took his place and pitched just 3 innings.
• Jeff Samardzija will move in to the Cubs rotation for the time being. "Shark" will get the nod on Wednesday.
• Jeff Stevens was called up from AAA to give the Cubs a fresh arm in the pen and to take Zambrano's roster spot. Poor Stevens keeps getting sent back and forth between the big league club and Iowa.
• Aramis Ramirez left with a right shoulder injury tonight. Let's pray it's not serious.
• Ryan Sandberg want to make it the the big leagues as a manager. The Sun-Times wonders if the Hall of Famer is the next Cubs manager. Ryno won't say if the Cubs are the only team he'll manage.
• Jim Hendry will try to make a waive deal if he sees something that can make the Cubs better.
• The Cubs are not the team that claimed Alex Rios off waivers, there were some rumors that they were going around yesterday.
• The Cubs traded minor league outfielder Jason Dubois to the Mets for a PTBNL.
• Tomorrow I will have the Road to Wrigley game preview up in the morning and the recap either tomorrow night or Monday morning.