A-Rod will be traded this offseason. How else does Cashman justify keeping his job? He's got to do something. Now that Torre is back, A-Rod is gone.

As far as him being traded to the Cubs, I just don't see it. The Cubs have nothing to offer in return. Sure trading Zambrano and using the increased payroll money to acquire some veteran starting pitchers sounds like a nice idea in theory, but just look at the recent history of the Yankees to see how easy that actually is to do. The Yanks haven't been able to acquire a decent, veteran starting pitcher with unlimited resources at thier disposal. The Cubs are a long ways from contending, so if they want to shake things up, the smart thing to do would be to trade Ramirez for some young, major league ready pitchers, not vice versa. Of course, this is the Cubs we're talking about, so I guess it doesn't rule out the possibility that they would do something completely asinine like trade Zambrano for offense.