A deal was in place to send Lee from the Cubs to the Angels, but Lee invokes is no-trade rights as a 10-5 player and squashed the deal. "When the trade was presented to me, I felt for me and my family the best thing to do was to stay here," Lee said. "That was a decision we made. Jim and I had a great conversation about it. That was the decision."
4/15/10
Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee received a cortisone shot in his right thumb and was held out of Wednesday's lineup.
Lee, who injured his thumb on April 5 in Atlanta when he dove for a ball, is expected back in the lineup on Thursday in the series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers.
4/13/10
X-ray results of Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee's right thumb were negative and his status was day-to-day.
Lee was taken out of Monday's game after the fourth inning because of pain and inflammation in his thumb. He grimaced after he singled in the third inning of the Cubs' 9-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, and again after he singled in the fourth. He was replaced at first by Xavier Nady, who started the game in right field.
3/14/10
The Chicago Cubs’ Derrek Lee will miss a few more spring training games with a left foot injury that the first baseman says isn’t serious.
Manager Lou Piniella on Saturday called the injury “just a bone bruise.”
Lee was injured Wednesday when he fouled a ball off the top of his foot.
Piniella expects Lee will be ready to play again “after the Tucson trip.” The Cubs play Monday against Colorado in Tucson, and most veterans dislike making the two-hour bus trip.
3/13/10
Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee was scratched from Friday's lineup against the Brewers because of a bruise on the top of his left foot. His status was day-to-day.
Lee fouled a ball off his foot in the fourth inning on Wednesday in the Cubs' game against the San Francisco Giants. He could be back in the lineup as early as Saturday, Cubs manager Lou Piniella said.