I agree. If we have to lose him, there is no better time than now (not that he's been contributing anyway) The Cubs still face 3 left-handers this week. I'd rather put Ward in against mostly right-handers (the dropoff from Lee to Ward against right-handers is not all that much, against left-handers it's huge). If you look at the Cubs schedule, there will be plenty of places where the Cubs face bad teams (3/4 or so of their games left are with teams under .500). Lee can miss some of those games instead, and hopefully the team won't face 3 left-handers that week (which is abnormally high). I know this is a longshot, but what are the odds that we see Hoffpauir during the time Lee is out? It would probably help if he was a righty considering that Ward bats left as well. OK I just wanna see Hoff in the majors... he's really tearing it up at Iowa with 73 RBIs.