1) Howry is probably getting the benefits of the Giants’ huge park. I’m glad he’s gone.

2) Marquis probably is just doing his normal first-half thing, though it will be interesting to see if he out-performs Dempster this year.

3) Looks like we should have kept Vizcaino, rather than keeping Patton or Heilman — at least, at this point.

4) Trading Wuertz wasn’t that bad of an idea, but we sure didn’t get much for him.

anytime you have a favorite player, one you like to watch play, just like the way they hustle/compete it’s always hard to see them go. But, that is the game of baseball anymore.

Yes, it was tough to see Kerry go. He obviously loves Chciago and did his part of community service from what I read/heard. It seemed like the Cubs finally found a role for Wood that allowed his arm to stay healthy and he had success only to let him go elsewhere.

I liked Blanco and who knows if any of Soto’s struggles this year are related to Hank White’s absence.

DeRo was a nice player to have on the team and his ability to play anywhere has been felt badly this year. But, let’s face it…..Ramirez doesn’t dislocate his shoulder and if Bradley somehow had managed to stay on the field I don’t think anyone would be clamoring for DeRo’s return.

As for Marquis put me down for any find raiser that keeps him away from Wrigley. Thought his signing was bad from day 1 and wouldn’t mind if the Cubs would have paid 100% of his salary if it got him out of Chicago a LONG time ago,

Most of the others were/are fringe players that I don’t think would be difference players on a team. Some might be nice to have on a team depending on the role they might play. The only one that I think the Cubs might regret having to give up on is Hill. If he can harness his control he can be a quality SP.