The Future of Derrek Lee: Will He Be a Chicago Cub After 2010?

Posted: 1st March 2010 by Josh Levitt in MLB
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Will 2010 be the last season for Derrek Lee as a Cub? Perhaps, but it looks like there is mutual interest on both sides: "The last time Derrek Lee was up for a new contract, he signed a five-year extension at the outset of the 2006 season and suffered a season-changing wrist injury a couple of weeks later. "Now Lee is in no hurry to get a deal done before he enters his second 'walk' year as a member of the Cubs, confident he'll put up the kind of numbers that will make him a coveted free agent in November. "Lee wants to end his career as a Cub, and the Cubs want him back. "But there will be no negotiations this spring and probably not any during the season. Unlike last time, there's no guarantee Lee will be back. "'I'd like to (retire as a Cub), but if it doesn't happen, I understand that ...

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