Why the Chicago Cubs Salvaged a Huge Deadline Opportunity to Build Bright Future
August 1, 2012 by Ian Casselberry
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...
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