--Neither 1B Derrek Lee nor 3B Aramis Ramirez will take part in the World Baseball Classic. 

Right-hander Carlos Zambrano probably will not compete in the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela. 

--RHP Carlos Marmol said he would talk with the Cubs but that he would like to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. 

For a team that won 97 games and its division last year, the Cubs have made a sizeable number of changes. 

Right-hander Carlos Zambrano probably will not compete in the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela. 

--RHP Carlos Marmol said he would talk with the Cubs but that he would like to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. 

For a team that won 97 games and its division last year, the Cubs have made a sizeable number of changes. 

Derrek Lee was as stumped as anyone by the way the Chicago Cubs fizzled out in the playoffs two years running. 

LAKELAND, Fla. 

The family of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts will sell 34 million of its shares in the online brokerage back to the company to help finance the family's bid to buy the Chicago Cubs. 

TAMPA BAY Rays 

Alfonso Soriano has heard this question so many times since he arrived in Chicago two seasons ago: Could he, would he, should he be moved out of the leadoff spot?There it was again Tuesday as the Cubs held their first full-squad workout. 

For a team that won 97 games and its division last year, the Cubs have made a sizeable number of changes. 

For a team that won 97 games and its division last year, the Cubs have made a sizeable number of changes. 

Right-hander Carlos Zambrano probably will not compete in the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela.