The non-waiver trade deadline passed on Friday afternoon.
Chicago Cubs' General Manager made one move, trading for left-handed pitchers John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny.
Meanwhile, other National League contenders made significant moves of their own.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded a couple of their top prospects to the Baltimore Orioles for closer George Sherrill, who moves into a set-up role in front of Jonathan Broxton.
The San Francisco Giants made two moves, acquiring first baseman Ryan Garko from the Cleveland Indians and second baseman Freddy Sanchez from the Pirates for a number of prospects.
The Philadelphia Phillies made perhaps the biggest statement in the National League, ...
On Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Cubs made a necessary trade and added two pitchers in a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both John Grabow and Chicago-born Tom Gorzelanny pitch left-handed. That's what made the deal necessary.
Just as the Pirates did in trading infielder Freddy Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, the Bucs again came away from the trading table with more value than they probably should have.
In the Giants trade, Pittsburgh received one of the top pitching prospects in San Francisco's system in Tim Alderson.
In Thursday's deal with the Cubs, Pittsburgh unloaded a couple of lefties that had little future ...
As Friday's trade deadling approaches, I thought it might be fun to look at some guys the Chicago Cubs should NOT look at as trade prospects.
Some poke fun at newsworthy individuals, some take shots at the Cubs where they are today. In all, this is just a humorous reflection on how non-athletes could help the Cubs fill some basic needs.
Again, this is all in good fun and humor, so please don't take me seriously.
The non-waiver trade deadline for Major League Baseball is Friday afternoon, and the flurry of deals many analysts were starting to doubt has started.
As usual, the Pittsburgh Pirates are giving away talent a couple times a day "in an effort to improve themselves," while other National League contenders make strong statements that they intend to compete into October.
On Wednesday, the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies made the biggest statement to date, moving a number of prospects to the Cleveland Indians for someone else carrying hardware from 2008, last year's AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee.
What baffles me, as it ...
When Omar Minaya isn't accusing reporters of pandering for jobs, there's one thing he would tell you with very clear certainty: Aaron Heilman has no place in the Mets organization.
It's too bad Chicago Cubs' General Manager Jim Hendry never asked for Minaya's opinion before trading a talented young left-handed pitcher, something the Cubs didn't have and haven't replaced, and a talented middle infielder for him this past winter.
Yes, it's sad but still true. The Cubs traded Garrett Olson and Ronny Cedeno to the Seattle Mariners for Heilman, and would have seen better use from the two pieces they moved than ...
On Monday, as the trade winds began to fill more sails around Major League Baseball, one floated through Chicago that might be one of the worst ideas I have ever heard.
A number of media outlets, including ESPN's Bruce Levine, have reported that the Chicago Cubs have shown some level of interest in Oakland A's shortstop Orlando Cabrera.
Cabrera is in his first season in Oakland after spending last year on Chicago's South Side. While with the White Sox, Cabrera was depicted as a negative influence on the clubhouse and as having a bad attitude.
This winter, he moved on to Oakland as ...
This weekend, when the game of baseball placed a handful of its best into the great Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, an issue came up as it does every year around this time.
Should Pete Rose get a shot at the Hall?
What was different this time, though, was the response. Even Hank Aaron, the Home Run King, made public his vote in favor of Rose getting his chance. Suddenly, there appears to be a groundswell of support for Rose to get a chance to be included in the Hall.
Let me be very clear about a few things:
Pete Rose is ...
I attended the Cubs' game on Sunday afternoon and left with an overwhelming sense of empty optimism.
"Empty optimism" probably isn't what you would think I was feeling after four hours of baking in the bleachers on a Sunday afternoon especially when the raising of the white "W" flag meant the Cubs were in first place.
Hung over maybe, but not questioning the validity of, the Cubs seat atop the National League Standings.
Yet there I was, walking past lines of Reds fans waiting for a bus back to Ohio, wondering if what I had just seen was legit.
Was Alfonso Soriano hitting a solid single to ...
It's Friday, July 24... I'm fairly certain I can assume every astute fan of Major League Baseball knows what that means.
We're just seven days from the Deadline.
Not a lot of movement has taken place, but the majority of the action has taken place in and surrounding the National League's Central Division.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have already started their annual veteran auction, with talent going to the first bidder. Adam LaRoche and Nate McLouth have already left the Steel City, and rumors are that Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez aren't too far behind.
Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the division (the top), ...
Reports on Thursday are that the St. Louis Cardinals have made another move to bolster their roster for a pennant chase.
Earlier this month, the Cardinals traded for former Chicago Cubs infielder and fan favorite Mark DeRosa. Yesterday, they traded pitching coach Dave Duncan's son, Chris, to Boston for infielder Julio Lugo.
Today, they traded one of their top prospects, third baseman Brett Wallace, to the Oakland A's for outfielder Matt Holliday.
Holliday is in the final year of his contract, with a 2009 salary of $13.5 million.
This raises more questions for the Cardinals, because they already had a full outfield. Colby Rasmus ...
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