Gordon Wittenmyer of The Chicago Sun-Times says that the Chicago Cubs will do their usual scouting of other teams once exhibition games start Thursday and will consider possible trades as they go through March. The Cubs are experiencing nagging injuries to pitchers that are expected to be setup candidates, however the team is in no rush to get relief pitching help.

Currently Angel Guzman has a sore shoulder and Jeff Gray has a strained groin. Both are expected to start their working routines – Guzman today and Gray in a day or two.

One reliable free agent is right-handed pitcher Kiko Calero. The Cubs were in touch with Colero earlier this month, but no contract offers were made. Calero pitched for the Marlins in 2009 going 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA over 67 games. You can see Calero’s statistics here.