With the 2012 season finally over, Doug Padilla reviews the Cubs by position this week, beginning with the starting pitchers. CHICAGO -- For one month, anyway, the Chicago Cubs had their act together and it was the starting pitching that led the way.
Late Monday night it was announced that the Chicago Cubs had sent left-hander Paul Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson to the Atlanta Braves for right-handed pitching prospects Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Chapman.
CHICAGO -- Trading for a pitcher currently out after recent Tommy John surgery isn’t exactly the most common of practices. The Chicago Cubs added right-hander Arodys Vizcaino on Monday as part of a package that sent Paul Maholm and Reed Johnson to the Atlanta Braves.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs’ clubhouse will have an infusion of new faces if management completes the much-anticipated pre-trade-deadline roster overhaul on Tuesday. The beginning of a new Cubs’ era started to take shape during Monday’s contest as Reed Johnson and Geovany Soto both were pulled from the game and traded in separate deals.
CHICAGO – Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said that the failed deal to send Ryan Dempster to the Atlanta Braves last week actually made Monday’s trade easier to accomplish. The Cubs sent Paul Maholm, Reed Johnson and cash considerations to the Braves exactly a week after the Dempster move to Atlanta was agreed to only to have the Cubs pitcher veto the deal through his 10-and-5 rights (10 years in the league and five with the same team).
The Chicago Cubs have agreed to traded left-handed starter Paul Maholm and outfielder Reed Johnson to the Atlanta Braves, a major league source confirmed to ESPNChicago.com on Monday. Click here to read the entire story.
CHICAGO -- If the Cubs took to the classified ads, they might just print something like this: FOR SALE: Left-handed pitcher, team friendly contract, probably hotter than anybody else on your staff. Then again, they might consider staying as far from the classifieds as possible when it comes to Paul Maholm.
CHICAGO – With two days remaining before the non-waiver trade deadline, the Cubs are still in a holding pattern. The Cubs' two best trade chips, Ryan Dempster and Matt Garza, have proved difficult to move over the past week.
PITTSBURGH -- With Ryan Dempster possibly off the trade market now, the Chicago Cubs could end up taking a closer look at what red-hot pitcher Paul Maholm would fetch on the open market. Maholm is on a run of five consecutive starts of six innings or more with one run allowed after holding down his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
PITTSBURGH -- With the non-waiver trade deadline approaching, the Chicago Cubs' hottest pitcher isn’t Ryan Dempster or Matt Garza. Paul Maholm continued his impressive run in some familiar territory as he handcuffed his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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