Sullivan & Theriot with Kaplan

Updated at 8:47 with info from MLB Network

David Kaplan and Paul Sullivan talked Cubs on Chicago Tribune Live today:

• Cubs GM Jim Hendry was surprised by the lack of moves at the meetings.
• Hendry talked to a lot of teams, but those teams felt like they were close to making deals with other teams.
• Jim thinks the Cubs will "make a deal or two" before the holidays. (There's 15 days 'till Christmas)
• Sully says that Milton will be gone by Christmas.
• In the end, Paul says, he'll end up with Tampa Bay because it's the best fit.
• If the Cubs can, they will try to flip Burrell to some other team. However, Sully says the Cubs should make the deal, then worry about Burrell later.
• Kap says that one of the teams Roy Halladay would go to would be the Cubs. However, Sullivan says that there's a 99% chance that Roy will not become a Cub because they lack the flexibility payroll wise.
• If it comes to that, they'll eat all Bradley's money.
• Paul says that the Cubs are still leaning towards Arizona for Spring Training. Florida is going all out for the Cubs, and in the end the ball club will have to good choices.

Kap was joined by Ryan Theriot on Sports Central tonight for their weekly segment:

• David Kaplan told Cubs fans to "relax" on Sports Central. There's still plenty of time left to improve their roster before Opening Day.
• He reiterated that there's no chance Bradley will still be on the Cubs next season.
• Kap got about 30 emails today with people upset that Bradley's not gone yet. Cubs fans should relax, Bradley will be gone.
• Theriot thinks Jim knows what he's doing. Hendry has everything under control, and he's going to do what's right with the team.
• Ryan thinks that this offseason should not be evaluated until the All Star Break.
• He predicted that everyone on the team will have a better season next year.
• Dave and Ryan agree that the Cubs need another starter.
• Theriot says Lilly is not the type of guy who will take his time to get back. Ted played through injuries that nobody even knew about last year.
• Theriot's started his Christmas shopping for his children. This year, he is getting tons of cool pirate stuff for his son. Ryan is trying to get more presents that cost less. His middle child likes the princess stuff.
• He gave his dog, Little Girl, back.

Yesterday on MLB Network's Hot Stove, Matt Yallof talked with Andre Dawson, then the guys discussed whether The Hawk should be in the The Hall.

• The Hawk's nick name stared when he was 8 or 9 years old. It was give to him by an uncle.
• Dawson doesn't really get nervous or excited about the Hall of Fame voting anymore. He doesn't want to set himself up for disappointment, and it's something he can't control.
• He likes to "sit back and roll with the punches".
• The Hawk was told he was lucky if he played 4 years, so he had pride in his longevity.
• After the interview, Ken Rosenthal says he has voted for Dawson and will continue to do so.
• The rap against Andre is that he had a low on base percentage.
• Dawson's job was to swing the bat, and that's what he did.
• Ken says, "The man is a Hall of Famer."
• Dan Plesac says that when you go back to the 70s and 80s, the two most feared hitters in all of baseball were Dave Winfield and Andre Dawson.

Other Updates

• Rosenthal said that the question about the Bradley trade is when? not if? The main possibilty is still Tampa, but once this trade happens the Cubs offseason can begin.
• When Bradley took a shot at the Cubs' fans, that was the final nail in his coffin. Dan would be shocked if he's still a member of the Cubs in Spring Training.
• No matter what, his salary has to be off the books for the Cubs to move on with their winter.
• Gordon Wittenmyer tweeted tonight that a Cubs source told him that the Bradley deal could get done in the next day or two. He notes that he was told the same thing 2 days ago.
• Jayson Stark says Bradley could still end up in Tampa, with Texas, Seattle, and Boston all out.
• Bruce Levine notes that the Cubs bench is vacant after trading Aaron Miles and Jake Fox to Oakland. The bench currently consists of Andres Blanco, Micah Hoffpauir, Mike Fontenot, Jeff Baker, and Koyie Hill. Of that group, only Baker and Hill are "locks" to make the Cubs Opening Day roster.
• The Cubs will offer contracts to all of their players before Saturday's roster deadline, except Neal Cotts, who will be offered a minor league contract.

If I hear anything else, I'll update this post. There will still be two more posts tonight, so stay tuned.