Coming Up, Coming Back, and Could Be Moving On..

- Scott Maine was called up yesterday to replace Lendy Castillo who is on the DL with a sore groin.

- Blake DeWitt cleared waivers and was outrighted to AAA.  He decided to take the money and report to Iowa.

- Clevenger fans like me can rejoice! He is swinging the bat pain free and is hoping to return to the Cubs by May 25^th. Better news is he will go on a minor league rehab stint next week.

- BleacherNation has the BIG story today about Joe Ricketts which you should read.

- Pauly Sullivan says the Cubs and Matt Garza are not close on an extension and said they have not even talked dollars.

- Sullivan thinks the Cubs would like to trade Soto. But would like to keep Dempster for a year or two.

- The Cubs called up Blake Parker and have sent Scott Maine back to Iowa.

- Doug Padilla has some great tidbits today-

· Doug says if Dempster is dealt he will bring back a prospect or two. Depending on how much money the Cubs chip in will determine how good that prospect is.

· Brett Jackson may have fallen back to a September call up with this play but lucky for Jackson numbers don’t mean everything.

· Dolis is the closer right now.

· Rizzo will likely be called up around the All-Star break in Doug’s opinion.

· Right now Soto is a likely salary dump at the deadline.

· No news on Soler.

· The Cubs could package Wells in a deal in July stated Padilla.

· Padilla says what I have been saying for a while. If you have the chance to have Rizzo and LaHair together you take chances in other areas to make that happen.

- This rumor just strolled in… The Cubs and Angels have been discussing a possible Geovany Soto trade the past few days. But it is currently in a holding pattern until the Cubs see the progression of Steve Clevenger. The Cubs are likely to receive a decent prospect for Soto but will likely have to pay a bigger some of his salary to do so. The Rays and Nationals have also been linked to Soto as well.