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BP Daily: Cubs gamble in offseason

By Christina Kahrl
Baseball Prospectus

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

You can understand how dissatisfaction can inspire a desire for wholesale change. After the crushing disappointment of last season's LDS shutout at the hands of the underdog Dodgers, it was taken for granted that the Cubs would be shaking things up this winter. General manager Jim Hendry was busy: retaining Ryan Dempster, turning over two lineup slots, turning over his club's bench and bullpen, and dealing away several top prospects. However, after the Jake Peavy trade rumors petered out and i ...

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