Cubs Non-Tender Two
The Cubs made some room on the 40-man roster by non-tendering P Adam Harben and C Jose "I never should have been on the 40-man in the first place" Reyes. They're both likely to be resigned on minor league deals.
Here's a list of some the notable non-tendered casualties:
Marcus Giles (whomever suggested the Astros in the comments is a sick bastard)
Jayson Werth
Toby Hall
Jerome Williams
David Newhan
Victor Zambrano
Joel Pineiro
Aaron Guiel
Many of these players will end up resigning with their old teams but were non-tendered in order to avoid giving the player leverage in arbitration as their teams feel they deserve a paycut, something that rarely happens in arbitration cases.
UPDATE: As expected, the Cubs signed Adam Harben to a minor league deal. No mention of Jose Reyes though. That's two open spots now for Daryle Ward and what looks to be the eventual signing of Jason Marquis. My bad on the Ted Lilly reference earlier, he got his spot when "Boom-Boom" Bynum was dumped.
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