You're fooling yourself if you think it's a temporary problem. With or without Lee, they have a crap bench. They need all the help they can get in that department. They've spent all their energy trying to find versatile bench players, meanwhile, they haven't bothered finding a bench player that can hit worth a lick. I don't care if a guy can only play 1B defensively, they still need bats, desperately. I agree, but would Clark waive his no-trade clause to come to Chicago to sit on the bench? The question should be, would he waive the clause to come to Chicago to start for 2 months, then become a spot starter for Lee as he comes back from a very serious injury and be the primary threat off the bench. And why wouldn't he? Unless Jackson gets hurt, he's pretty much guaranteed to see more PT here than there.