Plenty Of Work To Be Done For Cubs As Winter Meetings Open Up

Given the results of the last, say, 103 years, baseball’s Winter Meetings have been the most exciting time of the year for fans of the Chicago Cubs. Given the new regime that has taken over the Cubs front office this fall, this year should prove to be no different. Even before the meetings get underway, there have already been plenty of trade rumors involving the Cubs, from both sides of the coin, whether they’re current Cubs that the team could seek to deal, or possible trade and free agent targets that Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer could pursue. The Cubs made their first acquisition of the Epstein Era last week, when they signed David DeJesus to a two-year contract. That settles their situation in right field, while opening up other questions regarding the Chicago outfield. Two of the names that have come up quite often in trade rumors are Alfonso Soriano and Marlon Byrd. Soriano’s struggles as a Cub are well-documented. He’s been one of the biggest free agent...