Austin Jackson Detroit Tigers

At the moment, the starting outfield for the Chicago Cubs may be the worst in all of Major League Baseball. If the season started today the outfielders on the field for the Cubs would be Nate Schierholtz, Ryan Sweeney and Junior Lake. Schierholtz had a [...]

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CHICAGO CUBS

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

The Chicago Cubs had several issues among their roster last season, but the bullpen was the area that caused the most concern. The overuse of guys like James Russell, the constant struggles of Shawn Camp and Carlos Marmol early in [...]

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Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

Rumors are swirling that the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays are in trade talks involving starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. While nothing is a done deal, what could a trade between these two teams look like? From the Cubs’ perspective, [...]

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Darwin Barney Chicago Cubs

Make no mistake about it, Darwin Barney is arguably the best defensive second baseman in all of baseball. Barney won the Gold Glove in 2012 and should have won another in 2013 for his incredible defensive play. The problem with Barney is [...]

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Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports

After the Detroit Tigers‘ trade of Prince Fielder, the word of the day was flexibility. The move created not only roster flexibility, but payroll flexibility as well. Could there be a move out there like that for the Chicago Cubs? While [...]

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Saltalamacchia - Rick Osentoski

The Chicago Cubs are looking to improve the team after losing almost 200 games combined in the last two seasons. While they aren’t expected to go after free agents like Jacoby Ellsbury or Shin-Soo Choo due to their inflated price [...]

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Theo Epstein Jed Hoyer Jason McLeod

The Chicago Cubs already started making moves towards the next season even though these kinds of moves aren’t the ones that excite the fan base. The Cubs have inked several minor league deals in recent days, signing players like outfielder [...]

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Nate McLouth

The Chicago Cubs clearly have some holes in their outfield that need to be filled this offseason. It is probably not in the best interest of the team to spend freely on a guy like Jacoby Ellsbury right now, and unless somebody like Curtis [...]

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