When did we finalize the trade for Peavy? We did not, have not and probably will not. Sure we'll have Harden for an entire season. How many innings does that man nowadays anyways? He's pitched over 70 innings three times of his five major league seasons. We got that many out of him last season. If we get more than 115 innings out of him this season I would be ecstatic. When did we finalize the trade for Grady Sizemore? Because that's what we need to do if we're going to replace the production that we got from center last season. I love Milton Bradley, but the guy plays 100 games in the season less often than Rich Harden throws 100 innings in a season. That would be three times this century. If he played 140 games, okay we replace that production, assuming he hits like he normally dos. If he plays 80 games and the rest go to Micah or someone else trashy, then well we've lost a lot of production. How confident are you that Bradley stays healthy? When did we finalize the trade for a second Jake Peavy. Because that's what we're going to need to do in order to replace the production that we got from Ryan Dempster last season. Do you really think Dempster is going to do what he did last season? No one should. When did we complete the trade for Chase Utley? Because that's what we're going to need to do in order to replace the production we got at second last season. Now that DeRo is officially gone, how confident are you in Fontenot hitting .300/.378/.458? That's our production from hitters playing 2B last season. Oh, Kerry Wood is gone too. "Probably will not" There is no explanation for what the Cubs are doing right now if we don't end up with Peavy.