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With Lou Piniella's retirement coming unexpectedly early last month, the Cubs have been able to take their time in the hunt for his replacement. They have talked to former Indians manager Eric Wedge and Ryne Sandberg within the last couple weeks. Ex-Marlins' manager Fredi Gonzalez has also come up as a possible candidate, but the team is obviously moving a little slowly. That may be about to change. According to a report Wednesday, the Cubs are expected to start official interviews with both Gonzalez and Sandberg in the next 10 days and they'll also likely talk to Wedge again.
Current interim skipper Mike Quade is also expected to get a look. There's no word on if that rounds out the list of candidates, though it may since Gonzalez satisfies the league's requirement for a minority interview.
Of the current candidates, Gonzalez and Sandberg figure to be the early favorites. Gonzalez has known Cubs GM Jim Hendry for quite some time. Besides his public flap with Hanley Ramirez, he was pretty well regarded during his time with the Marlins. He led the perennially young, low-payroll club to a 276-279 record in his 3 1/2 seasons there.
Sandberg, meanwhile, was just named the Pacific Coast League's Manager of the Year after leading the Iowa Cubs to an 80-60 record in 2010. He's also got the added bonus of being a Hall-of-Famer and Cubs legend, which makes him the favorite with the denizens of Wrigleyville.
As slow as the Cubs have moved in replacing Piniella to this point, things are likely going to speed up in short order. No club likes to spend any significant amount of time in the offseason without a manager, and the Cubs seem to have a pretty good idea of who they're interested in and a list isn't lacking for good candidates.
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