you have to assume the Cubs are trading for a veteran with a NTC, and not trading away their own veterans that have one (Lester?) That's what I guessed, but I'm also not going to pretend like I have a clue who, if anyone, had a NTC on the Cubs. I was mainly thinking of how Shark had one (I think he did, right), so I didn't know if there was still someone like that lurking. Not Shark. Dempster. Am I completely hallucinating NTC talk with Shark? Was one being offered/demanded in the extension rumors? EDIT: OK, now I feel slightly less crazy.