If he leaves, we're really screwed as far as pitching goes. Lilly/Hill is not a passable 1/2 for a contendor. Gallagher clearly isn't ready to step into the rotation, we'd wind up with Lilly/Hill/Marshall/Marquis/Dempster. Ugh.
There's also virtually no good FA pitchers we could go after. We'd have to wait until the 2008 offseason when a bunch of good guys become available (including Johan).
I still think Z will re-sign. His wife and her whole family are Chicago-bred, he's building a new house here and he genuinely seems to care about being a Cub. But if Hendry lets him leave, he should be fired on the spot.
And it's (Please Use More Appropriate Word) that the best hitting pitcher in the majors would go to an AL team.
