The Atlanta Braves are closing in on a deal to acquire Ryan Dempster from the Cubs in exchange for several high-profile minor league prospects. If Chicago pulled the trigger on this deal, it'd be another smart move by team president Theo Epstein. Dempster has been pretty good in a Cubs uniform since arriving in 2004 but, moving forward, he is of minimal use to the club.Moving the 35-year-old pitcher during his best season means he is overvalued to any team in a playoff race. In other words, somebody, like the Braves, are going to overpay for him, helping the Cubs in ...
I'm no major league manager by any means, I'm just a die-hard fan who is extremely disgruntled at his beloved Chicago Cubs.
But please allow me to take this opportunity to become the Chicago Cubs manager for one day, and let me propose what I'm going to do to fix the Chicago Cubs to make them a World Series contender once again.
I'm warning you: things are about to get ugly. Begin Slideshow
Something is seriously wrong with the Chicago Cubs.
After losing a must-win series against the National League's 2nd worst team San Diego earlier in the week, the Cubs have now dropped their fourth game this week, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 last night.
The loss brings the Cubs to 7-12 this month, and 3-7 in the last 10 games. Since the start of August, the Cubs have fallen from just 1 game behind the Cardinals in the NL Central to 7 games back. The wild-card now seems out of reach as they've fallen to 5th place, and 6 games back.
Will ...
