Chicago Cubs Hoping Open Closer Role Will Entice Relievers

It’s no secret that the Chicago Cubs struggled mightily to find a closer last season. In fact, as many as five pitchers recorded at least one save in 2013. The organization has already declared that the closer role will be [...]

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Justin Ruggiano

The Chicago Cubs and the Miami Marlins have completed a trade in which they swapped two of their outfielders. Both organizations had been rumored to complete a trade before Logan Morrison was shipped to the Seattle Mariners, and they have [...]

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Logan Morrison

The Chicago Cubs are entering a key year in their rebuilding process and they could be in place to add some talented pieces to the MLB roster via the trade market. With a lot of talent in the upper levels [...]

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Chicago Cubs No Longer In On Washington Nationals Relievers

The Chicago Cubs’ horrendous bullpen needs much improvement if the team wants to hold their head high in 2014. Unfortunately, the exciting news about the Cubs possibly acquiring Drew Storen or Tyler Clippard from the Washington Nationals on the first [...]

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Two seasons ago, the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves very nearly had a trade deadline deal in place that would have sent Ryan Dempster to Atlanta in exchange for prospects, including Julio Teheran. That deal ultimately fell through and Dempster [...]

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Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports

The Chicago Cubs need pitching depth in their organization. The last few seasons have seen them trade away several starters, including the likes of Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster and Scott Feldman, among others. In addition, according to rumors, there is a 99 [...]

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The Chicago Cubs finally made their second addition to the MLB roster, and just like in George Kottaras’ case, this move is far from being a sexy one. The Cubs have inked LH reliever Wesley Wright, who was non-tendered by [...]

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Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics

On Monday, the Oakland Athletics signed free agent, left-handed starting pitcher Scott Kazmir. With the emergence of young pitchers like Jarrod Parker, A.J. Griffin, Sonny Gray and Dan Straily in addition to Kazmir and the possible return of Bartolo Colon, the A’s are loaded with starting pitching. One guy who [...]

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It’s normal that a team like the Chicago Cubs would want to keep their options open to improve their roster towards next season. With the non-tender deadline approaching fast towards tonight, the Cubs should really have an open mind not [...]

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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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