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- If Jeff Samardzija’s excellent pitching continues, he’ll bring the Cubs better prospects when he’s traded this summer.
Only an incurable optimist could find five reasons to be hopeful about the Cubs based on their play the first two weeks this season. But I’m willing to try.
- Two other starters have also pitched well. Twenty-seven-year-old Travis Wood has a 2.92 ERA. Jason Hammel’s is even better—2.63. Hammel is less important because he’s 31, but, again, the better he does, the better the trade opportunities.
