Last Month, Miami Herald says (in Cubs avoid arbitration with Marshall) The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Sean Marshall, avoiding arbitration with the towering left- hander.

And Al from Bleed Cubbie Blue says (in Cubs Sign Chad Tracy To Minor-League Deal) The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with infielder Chad Tracy on a minor league contract. The deal includes an invite to major league spring training. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is a good signing with no risk. If Tracy is healthy, he'll have a real shot at making the team as an OF/...

And neil@chicagocubsonline.com (Chicago Cubs Online) from ChicagoCubsOnline.com says (in Cubs to Sign Chad Tracy to Minor League Deal) Updated - 6:40pm CST - According to a report from Bruce Levine, the Cubs will announce on Wednesday they have signed Chad Tracy to a minor league contract. Tracy will compete with Micah Hoffpauir in Spring Training to be the left-handed bat off the bench. The Cubs will give Tracy a shot to serv...

And Al from Bleed Cubbie Blue says (in Xavier Nady To Sign With Cubs, Pending Physical) I'm fine with this signing, presuming Nady has sufficiently recovered from the elbow surgery he had last year. Nady is 31 and had a fine year in 2008 split between the Pirates and Yankees. Lifetime he has hit .308/.383/.471 in 673 plate appearances vs. LHP, so he'll make a fine platoon partner for...

2 Months Ago, Al from Bleed Cubbie Blue says (in Cubs Sign Five Arbitration-Eligible Players) The Chicago Cubs today agreed to terms on 2010 contracts with the following five arbitration-eligible players: infielders Jeff Baker and Mike Fontenot, catcher Koyie Hill, right-handed pitcher Angel Guzman and left-handed pitcher Tom Gorzelanny. Terms of the contracts were not dis...

And Al from Bleed Cubbie Blue says (in Cubs Sign Marlon Byrd To Three-Year Deal) The money doesn't seem too bad -- $5 million a year. But seriously, has Jim Hendry learned nothing from the multiyear debacles of the past? Three years??? By the time this deal ends, Byrd will be 35. Will he even be able to play center field by then?