Bumping Robnett gets the Cubs down to 38 on the 40-man, so I think it's beginning to look like Chad Fox is a lock from among the non-roster guys—barring of course yet another sproingy sensation in that trick elbow of his. There are a couple of active campaigns for keepery among the non-roster position players; Esteban German's doing his OBP thing, while "Me" So Taguchi is doing his best to make things interesting to stick as an outfield reserve. Of the pair, German's utility may give him the best shot, while Taguchi could be stuck in the cornfields because Joey Gathright's out of options, and any club willing to give Joey Gathright $800,000 must have done so either with the active intention of playing him, or after a particularly perverse buck bet. ("Betcha you can win the division even with Joey Gathright." "Bah, that's easy." "Gathright and Bako?" "Piece of cake." "Bako, Gathright, and you leave Mark DeRosa on somebody's collection plate." "Uh... OK. You've got this round, right?") The odds of a second NRI making the roster aside, this would also put GM Jim Hendry in a position to make a claim should anyone outright any optionable players because of crunches on their 40-man rosters in the next 10 days or so.