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MLB Trade Rumors: Chicago Cubs Smart to Deal Alfonso Soriano in August

August 1, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

The July 31st MLB trade deadline passed with Alfonso Soriano staying put, but the Chicago Cubs need to move him in August.Although Chicago had talks to move Soriano before Tuesday's deadline, they failed to find a suitor for him.  The team is in a rebuilding stage and made that clear at the trade deadline. Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm and Reed Johnson are all gone. The rest of the season will allow the Cubs to evaluate young talent.When he is at his best, Soriano is a very good hitter. He will never be much of a fielder, but a team in the ...

MLB Trade Deadline: Post-Deadline Expectations for Chicago Cubs

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The Cubs were one of the busiest teams in baseball as the trade deadline came and passed. Geovany Soto, Paul Maholm, Reed Johnson and Ryan Dempster were all moved within 24 hours of the 4 p.m. ET cutoff Tuesday. Matt Garza and Alfonso Soriano were being shopped, but both will remain in Cub uniforms for now. In return for the exports, the Cubs received a load of prospects in an effort to continue the rebuilding process. The club has been performing well of late, going 19-11 since June 25, the day before Anthony Rizzo was called up. With the loss of talented veterans, ...

Why the Chicago Cubs Salvaged a Huge Deadline Opportunity to Build Bright Future

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The trade deadline was minutes away from becoming a blown opportunity for the Chicago Cubs, team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer.The Cubs had two huge trade chips in starting pitchers Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza, top arms that would yield a wave of minor league prospects—especially pitching prospects—that the team needed to rebuild its organization. To not trade one or either of them would have been a huge disappointment. Epstein stared that disappointment right in the face as the minutes ticked down to the 3:00 p.m. CT trade deadline.Dempster had already killed what would have been a good ...

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