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By Jack Cobra
Location: Ho Ho Kam Park - Mesa, Arizona
Pitchers and Catchers Report: February 13th
First Game: February 28th
Schedule

Projected Opening Day Lineup
  1. Alfsonso Soriano - LF
  2. Ryan Theriot - SS
  3. Derrek Lee - 1B
  4. Aramis Ramirez - 3B
  5. Kosuke Fukudome - RF
  6. Mark DeRosa - 2B
  7. Geovany Soto - C
  8. Felix Pie - CF
  9. Carlos Zambrano - SP
Projected Rotation
  1. Carlos Zambrano
  2. Ted Lilly
  3. Rich Hill
  4. Jason Marquis
  5. Ryan Dempster/Jon Lieber/Sean Marshall
Projected Bullpen

Long Relief: Lieber/Marshall/Sean Gallagher
Situational: Scott Eyre, Carmen Pignatiello, Jose Ascanio
7th Inning: Carlos Marmol, Michael Wuertz
8th Inning: Carlos Marmol, Bobby Howry, Kerry Wood
Closer: Carlos Marmol, Bobby Howry, Kerry Wood

Click here for a breakdown of the key Spring Training battles.
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Pie Is Rounding Into Form
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Wood to Close, Lieber to Pen
Cubs Manager Lou Piniella finally made up his mind today and it tells him that Kerry Wood will be the Cubs closer to start the season and Jon Lieber is heading to the bullpen.
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Wood Suffers Setback
Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood was scratched Wednesday because of lower back spasms. Chicago will reevaluate Woods on Thursday.

SI.com

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Power Outage For the Cubs?
Remember last season when it seemed like the Cubs would go weeks without hitting a home run and their offense would remain stagnant? It seemed to be such an issue that Cubs GM Jim Hendry was nearly forced to add Kosuke Fukudome to the mix this season in the hopes that it would solve the problem.....think again.
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