It’s been a long last few days in Wrigleyville as the Cubs have been doing everything in their power to turn current players into future assets and thus far they’ve been stifled at every turn – through no fault of their own. 

The plan at the outset was simple, trade Ryan Dempter, the 35 year old starting pitcher with two months left on his contract and a league leading 1.99 ERA (at the time) for another organization’s young pitching prospect(s) and then leave themselves roughly a week afterwards to get an even better package for Matt Garza.  Due to his age More >