The Chicago Cubs probably won’t use a straight platoon of 31-year old righty swinging Xavier Nady and 30-year old lefty swinging Micah Hoffpauir at 1B because they want to showcase Nady for a possible deal in the last two weeks before rosters freeze for the playoffs. Nady has played in 80 games for the Cubs this year and he is 42 of 178 (.236 avg, .675 OPS) with 15 runs scored, 4 homers and 23 RBIs. Micah Hoffpauir has played in 3 games for the Cubs earlier this year and he was 0 for 7 (.000 avg) with 4 whiffs. He also has played in 113 games in AAA-ball this year in which he was 114 of 413 (.276 avg, .883 OPS) with 77 runs scored, 22 homers and 92 RBIs. Hoffpauir has played in 141 games in parts of three years with the Cubs and he is 81 of 314 (.258 avg, .760 OPS) with 42 runs scored, 12 homers, 43 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Neither of these guys will likely be the starting 1B for the Cubs in 2011.