Chicago Cubs Fanatics

Well, almost time.  Long winter. Hey, with Fielder, Albert gone. NL Central could be pretty open.

Cubs convention this year was full of hope. Santo in HOF.



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Since the Cubs are eating so much of Zambrano's salary, I would have liked to see some organizational depth or prospects in return here. I agree that the trade works for both sides but 15+ mm is a lot of salary to eat. 

On another note: It looks like we can see the type of player(s) Theo & Co. are coveting. Travis Wood and Chris Volstad are both young (former) phenom prospects with all of the upside in the world. Both players have had some (Volstad more than Wood) trouble translating their skills to the Majors. However, they both produce tons of upside and many prime years under possible  team control. If the cubs can trade Byrd and/or Soriano in this offseason I think I can see some progress for the future. The most important piece (in my opinion) is holding on to Matt Garza and hopefully extending him at the end of the year. The rest of the pieces will shake out over the course of the season.

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This is a headline that I saw in the pretty reliable MLBTraderumors.com website. 

This deal makes so much sense for both teams. First off, don't get me wrong I love Sean Marshalland agree that he is one of the top left handed relievers in the game, but the Cubs problem right now isn't with relief help. The Cubs really need to bolster the starting rotation and what better guy than young off and on phenom Travis Wood (age 24). Travis Wood has all the possibility in the world to improve to a dominant #2/3 SP. He could possibly be a nice fixture going forward with Matt Garza in the rotation. I also heard there may be a copuple of minor leauge players heading our way in this deal too.

What do you think? 
Travis Wood (age 24 SP CIN) and a couple minor league depth players 
FOR
Sean Marshall (age 29 LHRP - 1 year remaining on contract)

I like it. Let me know your thoughts.

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Not much to say about our beloved Cubs.... Exept, WHY!!!????? Why do I have to say, "maybe next year" at the begining of JULY!!!!???


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Personally, I believe that the Cubs will stink it up this year. Derek Lee has now left, Aramis Ramirez was terrible last year, and our best pitcher is looking like it will be Ryan Dempster. The only upside to this year is the fact that the Cubs have now signed a new first baseman, Carlos Pena. Obviously, I don't need to include Carlos Marmol in there as he is a given player that has a huge upside. Go Cubs Go! I still hope that despite having Alfonso Soriano in left field, there might still be a slight amount of hope. 


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