The Cubs brought back a familiar face to Wrigley Field on Friday, acquiring right-hander Steve Trachsel from Baltimore in exchange for prospects Rocky Cherry and Scott Moore.
Trachsel was 6-8 with a 4.48 earned-run average at Baltimore, but is 1-1 in Six August starts with a 2.37 ERA. Trachsel will enter the rotation, giving the Cubs six starters to get through the stretch run.
"I see him starting," general manager Jim Hendry said. "I wanted to augment the pitching. We have extra games coming. We're in the time of year where you don't want to get caught short.
"All the guys are throwing well. It was not meant in any way to replace somebody in the rotation. If somebody is doing poorly, [a team] is one hamstring away from having a need for two starters. It's similar to why we got [Craig] Monroe. I didn't want to get in a spot where you're in the thick of it, the 20th of September, and have to start a young man who doesn't have experience."
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Aug 31, 2007 11:40 AM EST
General manager Jim Hendry has until midnight Friday to acquire a player that will be eligible for the postseason roster. The Cubs are looking for another bat, but the recent addition of Craig Monroe may be their only move unless something heats up unexpectedly.
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Aug 30, 2007 12:23 AM EST
Ben Sheets came off the disabled list to give the sagging Brewers a lift, and Ryan Braun hit a bases-loaded double during a four-run seventh inning Wednesday night in a 6-1 victory over the Cubs.
With just their fourth win in the last 15 games, the Brewers moved within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Cubs in the NL Central.
Sheets (11-4) worked six innings, allowing six hits and a run to get his first win since June 30 as Milwaukee kept Chicago right-hander Carlos Zambrano winless over the last month.
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Cubs Aug 2007 Archive
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Yahoo.com | Aug 29, 2007
The Brewers will bring ace right-hander Ben Sheets off the disabled list Wednesday to start against the Cubs.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Aug 27, 2007
Alfonso Soriano got the word Sunday that the Cubs will activate him from the disabled list for Tuesday's series opener against Milwaukee.
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Sun-Times | Aug 26, 2007
Cubs pitcher Mark Prior said he probably won't be ready to start spring training at full strength but plans to be ready to pitch by Opening Day next year and made it clear he wants to do that in a Cubs uniform -- even though it's unclear where he would fit in a Cubs rotation.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 25, 2007
It was only a year ago that Craig Monroe was living the high life, playing an instrumental role in Detroit's storybook run to the World Series.
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AP | Aug 23, 2007
The Tigers have traded slumping OF Craig Monroe and cash to the Cubs for a player to be named later.
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Sun Times | Aug 22, 2007
An already-optimistic Alfonso Soriano told Cubs trainers Tuesday that he'll be ready to return from the disabled list this weekend after completing his first day of running in the outfield since he was injured Aug.
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ESPN | Aug 17, 2007
The Cubs, who struggled through the first half of the season, slipped ahead of the Brewers Friday night.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Aug 17, 2007
The Cubs and pitcher Carlos Zambrano finally have a deal.
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AP | Aug 16, 2007
The Cubs and No.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 15, 2007
The Cubs are going to have competition in their efforts to re-sign Carlos Zambrano this summer.
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Douglas Benton/RealGM | Aug 14, 2007
Power pitching wins come playoff time, but does it really? The old stand-by is tossed out every October when trying to pick a winner but as we are now about six weeks from the end of the regular season, here are the team leaders in strikeouts.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Aug 12, 2007
The rumored waiver-wire trade talks between the Cubs and White Sox over Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik are dead, and, in fact, never had much of a pulse in the first place.
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ESPN.com | Aug 10, 2007
The White Sox have two business days to work out a trade with the Cubs, simply let Scott Podsesnik go, or pull him off waivers.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Aug 9, 2007
The A's can either negotiate a trade with the Cubs or pull back Shannon Stewart from the waiver wire.
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Daily Southtown | Aug 8, 2007
General manager Jim Hendry scoffed at rumors the Cubs are trying to acquire White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik in a waiver trade.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 8, 2007
The Cubs have decided to recall Pie back from Triple-A Iowa once again, and he'll be available for Wednesday night's game against Houston ace Roy Oswalt.
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RealGM | Aug 6, 2007
We are officially in the dog days of summer and it is time to examine how all 30 MLB teams have fared between June 1st and August 5th.
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AP | Aug 6, 2007
Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano strained his right quadriceps during Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Mets and will be sidelined two-to-four weeks, a major loss for a team trying to make the playoffs.
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AP | Aug 5, 2007
Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano had to leave Sunday night's game against the Mets after pulling up lame as he tried to run from first to third on a single.
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Yahoo.com | Aug 5, 2007
Kerry Wood came back and pitched a scoreless inning of relief Sunday night, his first major league appearance with the Cubs since June 6 of last season.
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Yahoo.com | Aug 5, 2007
Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory on Sunday night defeating the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Will he be the last 300 game winner?
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Yahoo.com | Aug 5, 2007
"Somebody's got to do it sooner or later and hopefully it will be me," said Mets pitcher Tom Glavine.
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Newsday | Aug 5, 2007
If Carlos Zambrano is to be believed, the Mets may be stuck waiting for Johan Santana to become a free agent in 2008.
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Chicago Tribune | Aug 3, 2007
Despite a 5-7 record and a 5.
