The Cubs are not going to win the World Series this year. In fact, they are currently on pace to fall short of 60 wins for the season. With new President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein being famously unsentimental, they will probably try to trade everything in Wrigleyville short of the Ivy to improve the team.Dealing Alfonso Soriano—their veteran left fielder—will be a challenge. He is having a decent season, but he is getting paid $18 million this year, next year and in 2013. To be clear, that is $18 million each year. That was a blockbusting disaster of a ...
