CHICAGO Cubs (Mesa, Ariz. 

JACK ZDURIENCIK knows a little about being an outcast. 

The two-time defending NL Central champs go to camp as the favorites again, but that doesn't mean manager Lou Piniella won't have his hands full. 

--The trades of LHP Rich Hill and RHP Michael Wuertz clear some of the congestion from the pitching staff. 

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

The two-time defending NL Central champs go to camp as the favorites again, but that doesn't mean manager Lou Piniella won't have his hands full. 

--The trades of LHP Rich Hill and RHP Michael Wuertz clear some of the congestion from the pitching staff. 

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

It's a cold Thursday night in mid-January, and two police SUVs pull up in front of an Academy Sports and Outdoors store in North Richland Hills, an otherwise peaceful community between Dallas and Fort Worth. 

2009 Chicago Cubs ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 at Houston, 7:05 p. 

2009 Chicago Cubs ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 at Houston, 7:05 p. 

2009 Chicago Cubs ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 at Houston, 7:05 p. 

2009 Chicago Cubs ScheduleAll Times EDTApril 6 at Houston, 7:05 p. 

GM Jim Hendry has the Cubs looking strong in a deflated National League. 

He means no disrespect to the city that now employs him, but Garrett Olson will be staying away from Seattle's most famous landmark.