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Cubs Rumors: Aramis, Zambrano, Quade, Hughes

The Cubs project for the seventh overall pick in next year's draft, though it's a tight race.  The latest on the club:

• Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez said yesterday that he'd probably played his last game as a Cub, noting that he's ready to move on and expects to hit the open market.  Today, Ramirez told Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune that he doesn't think interim GM Randy Bush has the power to sign a big free agent, therefore nothing will come of today's meeting between Bush and his agent Paul Kinzer.  Ramirez still prefers to stay with the Cubs, but he doesn't want to be part of a rebuilding process.  If he hits the market, he'll easily be the best third baseman available.
• Kinzer also represents Starlin Castro, Geovany Soto, Carlos Marmol, and John Grabow, notes MLB.com's Carrie Muskat, so today's meeting probably won't just be about Ramirez.
• Manager Mike Quade answered a question about Carlos Zambrano from Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald, saying, "I'd like his arm back if he fit into the mix. But it would be tough for him to come back, for me."  The Zambrano situation will be a tough assignment for the new GM.
• Quade expects to be back next year, he told Sullivan and other reporters.
• Longtime Cubs adviser Gary Hughes resigned yesterday, and ESPN's Buster Olney thinks he could land with the Marlins.

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