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Outside of anonymous rumors (of which I’ve heard my own, but I won’t get your hopes up by passing it along (did you catch that?)), we’re still waiting on concrete news with respect to Jorge Soler, who is expected to pick his team today.
Jeff Samardzija is Going Back to School and Other Bullets
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- Strategically Speaking, the Cubs Need to Aim Higher Than Just Winning the NL Central
- Steele Back, Luck Not a Lovelady, Cody and Seiya and PCA and Alexander, and Other Cubs Bullets
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