Cubs Rumors: Chicago Willing to Listen on Bryan LaHair

The Chicago Cubs are willing to listen to trade offers for first baseman Bryan LaHair, reports Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.

#Cubs will listen on Bryan LaHair, but price remains high at the moment. They don’t have to trade him.

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) July 5, 2012

While the Cubs are willing to field offers for LaHair, the asking price remains high as Chicago doesn’t feel it has to trade the first baseman.

LaHair has been tied to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who missed out on first baseman Carlos Lee, and the Pittsburgh Pirates this season.

While he’s 29-years-old, LaHair isn’t arbitration eligible until 2015, making him extremely affordable. The slugger is making only $482,500 this season and isn’t going to reach free agency until after the 2017 season.

The Cubs are hoping that top prospect Anthony Rizzo is here to stay as the club’s first baseman, a position LaHair manned for the first part of the season. Still, due to his affordability and production, the Cubs don’t seem to be in any hurry to trade him.

LaHair has hit at a clip of .293/.371/.536 with 14 home runs, 12 doubles and 30 RBIs over his 222 at-bats this season.

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Should the Cubs trade LaHair this summer?

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