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Realistic goals

By Bruce Levine

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Rebuilding the team that fell 14 games in the standings from 2008 might not be as difficult a chore for general manager Jim Hendry as some people might assume. The Cubs have four of their five starting pitchers under contract for next season. All four had ERAs under 4.00, and all four had double-digit wins, except for Carlos Zambrano. Zambrano, Ted Lilly and Ryan Dempster all spent a month or more on the disabled list, missing between five and six starts, and, for that matter, rookie Randy We ...

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