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Analyzing Billy McKinney’s Impact on the Chicago Cubs’ Future

July 5, 2014 by · Leave a Comment 

It looks like the Chicago Cubs are loading up for the future. On Friday night, it was announced the team parted ways with some valuable trade chips when it sent pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Oakland Athletics for Addison Russell, Dan Straily and Billy McKinney. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports was the first to report the trade: So, with the future now looking a little brighter for the Cubs, how exactly will the addition of McKinney impact the team? At just 19 years of age, McKinney was selected in the first round of last year's draft by the A's at No. ...

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