Reports yesterday were that Rich Hill was close to being traded to Baltimore for a player to be named later. Although nothing is yet official, it appears Rich is out of options with the …

Catcher Paul Bako is back with the Chicago Cubs after signing a one year contract worth $725,000. Bako will play the role that Henry “Hank White” Blanco played for the team last year. He will mostly just fill in for Geovany Soto when he needs a breather.

The Chicago Cubs made a trade on Wednesday morning as they packed Ronny Cedeno and Garrett Olson together and traded them to the Seattle Mariners. The return for the 2-for-1 trade, the Cubs received pitcher Aaron Heilman. I think the Cubs gave up to much. Your thoughts?

The offseason hasn’t quite reached it’s conclusion just yet, but outside of Jake Peavy rumors, and maybe a final piece to add to the bench, it would seem that the Cubs are done tweaking for 2009, so let’s take a look around the horn for the upcoming season.