Piniella to play starters

If you were wondering about the Cubs cashing it in for the final week of the season after clinching the NL Central, think again. Lou Piniella will be resting players, but it looks like he's got his team's best interests in mind by getting the regulars their at bats.

"I can't let these guys all sit," Piniella said. "We have to use them to keep them as sharp as possible. We'll play our regular lineup in these games [against New York]. The worst thing that can happen is Major League Baseball calls us and tells us, 'Hey, you people have a responsibility,' and we're going to honor that.

"At the same time, if I need to rest a player here or a player there, that we can do," Piniella said. "I can't play a lineup like we're playing [Sunday] the rest of the week. It wouldn't be fair to the rest of the teams."

The article talks about players like Micah Hoffpauir, Chad Gaudin, Jeff Samardzija, Randy Wells and Bob Howry as potential bubble players for the playoff roster.