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The ball has dropped and it is officially 2014. In Chicago there is a blanket full of snow on the ground, but that only means that spring training is just a few weeks away. In the spirit of the new [...]

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Brett Jackson Chicago Cubs

Outfielder Brett Jackson was once the best prospect in the minor league system for the Chicago Cubs. After his 2011 season where Jackson had an OPS of .869 between Double-A and Triple-A, Baseball America ranked him as the 32nd best prospect in all of baseball. [...]

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Theo Epstein Jed Hoyer Chicago Cubs

With the confirmed news that Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka will finally be posted by the Rakuten Golden Eagles, the Chicago Cubs can officially start planning to acquire the star right-hander. Tanaka is clearly the best pitcher in the free agent [...]

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Kenta Maeda

The Chicago Cubs are one of many teams who seem to be waiting out the Masahiro Tanaka situation. With the new posting rules in place, where the max posting bid that MLB teams can make is $20 million, Tanaka’s team in Japan, the Rakuten Golden [...]

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The possible arrival of Jonathan Sanchez to the Chicago Cubs had been previously discussed here, and the Cubbies ended up making the deal. The front office led by Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer apparently saw a lot of potential in [...]

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Jose Veras

The Chicago Cubs have finally made a move that will directly impact the MLB roster next year. Per reports, the team completed a deal to sign former Detroit Tigers closer Jose Veras on a one-year, $4 million deal that includes [...]

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After two consecutive seasons as a below-replacement level arm with just 78.1 MLB innings combined, it’s clear that whatever path Jonathan Sanchez takes next in his professional baseball career, it’ll begin with baby steps. Fortunately for the southpaw, that hasn’t [...]

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Ryan Kalish

The fact that the Chicago Cubs are in the midst of a rebuilding mode doesn’t mean that the team isn’t making any moves this offseason. The Cubs have already inked deals for George Kottaras and Wesley Wright. While the team [...]

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Justin Ruggiano

Shortly after the San Francisco Giants pulled off the best value signing of the MLB Winter Meetings, the Chicago Cubs could have just pulled off the best value trade of the meetings. They swapped their Brian Bogusevic with the Miami [...]

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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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