Cubs Radio Recaps and a few Rumors

Bruce Miles was on the Mike Murphy show on Wednesday. Here's the recap:

• Miles says that you are going to see 28-30 arms in Spring Training this year.
• He's not surprised that Cedeno and Pie won't be in Cubs camp.
• Ronny Cedeno has been Lou's worst enemy on and off the field the past few years, and Lou doesn't think that Felix will ever hit.
• Murph mentioned that the Cubs have Gregg, Marmol, Gaudan, Wuertz, Hart, Guzman, Vizcaino, and Heilman all right handers in the pen.
• Miles says that it is part of Jim Hendry's plan to have lots of inventory.
• He said Samadzija could start the year at AAA to get stretched out to start.
• Bruce says we will just have to be patient about Jake Peavy.
• The remaining free agents are getting antsy; Jason Jennings, Mark Mulder, Randy Wold and Braden Looper could sign one year deal.
• Mike thinks that the Cubs should go after one of those guys for a one year 6 million dollar signing.
• A caller said he was confused that the Cubs traded Garrett Olson. Bruce said that a lot of people assumed that Olson would be in a trade for Peavy but that rumor was coming from other sources, not the Cubs.
• Miles says that there is a lot of hurtles to get through to complete the sale of the team.

A few rumors from Bruce Levine:

• Levine believes a possible Peavy deal could be revisited in March.
• The names the Cubs are looking at as a back up infielder right now are Kevin Millar and Rich Aurillia.
• Nomar Garciapara is looking for a full time position.
• We'll hear more from Bruce on Talking Baseball tomorrow mourning.

Here's an interesting link on Heilman.

Here's some more info on Paul Bako:

• Has played for the Tigers, Astros, Marlins, Braves, Brewers, Cubs, Dodgers, Royals, Orioles, Red, and now Cubs again in his 10 year career.
• career stats: .231 average, 21 HR, 186 RBI
• Bats: Left Throws: Right
• full stats here
• wiki page here

David Kaplan had Aaron Heilman on Sports Central on Wednesday. Here's the recap:

• Aaron said he was at his home in Chicago when he found out he had been traded. He was shocked when the trade happened because he didn't expect to be traded twice in one off season.
• Aaron went to Seattle fan-fest last weekend and started to get to know who he thought would be his teammates in 2009.
• Heilman grew up watching the Cubs on WGN and has always been a Cubs fan.
• Aaron says that one of the things that makes this team unique is that they play a lot of day cames and that is something that he is exited to get used to.
• Heilman went to Notre Dame.
• Last year wasn't the year he had hoped for but he is looking forward to a new year and a chance to win a starting job with the Cubs.
• Aaron is going into camp as a starter competing for a spot in the rotations, but he says it's up to the coaching staff to determine what his role is for the team.
• He is ready to go out there and prove himself this spring.
• Heilman says that the Mets/Yanks and Cubs/Sox rivalries are very similar. He thinks those games are more exiting and fun with all the fans hyped up for it.
• "I'm going to go out there and give it everything I have," that's an encouraging quote.
• Heiman's knee feels great and says that it took a lot longer than he thought it would to recover.

Jim Memelo said tonight on Sports Central that he thinks that the Cubs may have gotten a little worse instead of better. He says being active isn't necessarily being productive. Memelo doesn't buy the whole "we have to get more lefty" thing. He doesn't think the Cubs will be more successful just because they have more left handed bats. Just something to think about.

Check out some recent Cubs videos on CSN.com.

MLB.com interview with Cubs prospect Mitch Atkins.

I'll keep you posted.