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By Al Donnelly is not unfamiliar to the Cubs or Jim Hendry -- he pitched a year in the Cubs' farm system as a kid in 1993 and later, as farm director, Hendry reacquired Donnelly in 2000, when he threw half a season for Iowa, and not very well. But two years later he was in the World Series.

By neil@chicagocubsonline.com (Chicago Cubs Online) On the day after Thanksgiving, will Jim Hendry make any progress on "Movin' Milton"? Reports before the holiday indicated the Cubs remain focused on unloading Milton Bradley, which could clear a little necessary room on the payroll. Rumors have suggested the Cubs' payroll for 2010 will...

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is trying to align his outfield pieces, but the puzzle is proving to be a difficult one.

By The Sports XChange Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is trying to align his outfield pieces, but the puzzle is proving to be a difficult one.

By Adam Bernacchio Late this afternoon, the Chicago Cubs traded RHP Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks for prospects Scott Maine (no relation to John of the New York Mets) and Ryne White. Can Cubs GM Jim Hendry get a do-over from the 2008-2009 offseason?

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By TAB BAMFORD In a move that restores all hope to Chicago Cubs fans, GM Jim Hendry found someone dumber than himself and made a trade. The Cubs dealt Aaron "The Gas Can" Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday for minor leaguers Ryne White and Scott...who cares. Heilman's gone, people! Party!

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By Kurt It's not every day that a competitive baseball team will take a risk on a Rule 5 draft pick the way the Cubs did on Patton.  But clearly, Jim Hendry must've known that Patton is special, right?  Clearly the Cubs management knew of Patton's ungodly, unbeatable talent or else they wouldn't hav...

By Rob John Grabow will not significantly impact the Chicago Cubs in 2010-11, unless of course it is a significantly negative impact.  And even though 7 million dollars is a mind-blowing sum to you and me, to people like Tom Ricketts, Jim Hendry, and John Grabow, it is not so mind blowing. It is NOT i...

By Carrie Muskat Once the free-agent market officially opens for business on Thursday at 11:01 p.m. CT, general manager Jim Hendry and the Cubs were expected to try to make some deals to tinker with the roster rather than do much shopping. Dealing, not shopping, on Cubs' agenda

By neil@chicagocubsonline.com (Chicago Cubs Online) Rumblings began a few weeks back that Kevin Millwood could be the player Jim Hendry is trying to acquire for Milton Bradley ... and that rumor, among others, were reiterated on Tuesday. Here is the latest from the mill, including a little snag in Millwood's contract that could benefit the Cubs ...

By Matt Trueblood As the Cubs look toward 2010, General Manager Jim Hendry has to be pleased with the quartet he has assembled atop his starting rotation. In Ted Lilly, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Randy Wells, the Cubs have as deep a four-man staff as any in the National League, albeit not the most tale...

Jim Hendry didn't make any trades at the general managers meetings, and he didn't expect to, but he came away feeling good about the groundwork he set for the Cubs' offseason.

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By The Sports XChange Jim Hendry didn't make any trades at the general managers meetings, and he didn't expect to, but he came away feeling good about the groundwork he set for the Cubs' offseason.

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LHP John Grabow appeared close to re-signing with the Cubs at the general managers meetings, but Cubs GM Jim Hendry still had more meetings scheduled with Grabow's agent. Grabow figures to be the top left-handed setup man to closer Carlos Marmol if the Cubs can get the deal done. Grabow appe...

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As it turned out, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry seemed happy with how the GM meetings went this week at O?Hare International Airport.

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After being stuck at dinners and meetings for the first day-and-a-half of the general managers meetings, Cubs GM Jim Hendry was itching to do some business Tuesday.

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Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is an old-school type who?d love to see a return to the days of wheeling and dealing among Baseball?s GMs.

By Brant Brown(noreply@blogger.com) As has been documented on numerous occasions at TMS, other Cubs blogs, sports talk radio, and basically any every modern media platform, we are tired of Milton Bradley, and wish the saga would end. With any luck, Jim Hendry can work some magic (and take on an equally bad contract) this week a...

By AndrewJStone Cubs GM Jim Hendry says Milton Bradley may be back in 2010, and called the outfielder's '09 season a "major hiccup" Via Twitter from Carrie Muskat

By Christopher Chavez On Saturday evening, Chicago Tribune writer Paul Sullivan reported that the Chicago Cubs could soon part ways with both pitcher Rich Harden and outfielder Reed Johnson. Jim Hendry, the Cubs General Manager, would love to re-sign both players but both are risky.

By Damen Jackson And if he leaves, the Cubs collect not one, but two picks in next year's draft. Where's the downside here? Wanting John Grabow back is fine, and if Jim Hendry can get him with one, plus an option, I think he should do that. But upwards of $4 million per, with a potential third year vested added in i...

By GC Cubs GM Jim Hendry and Milton Bradley, back before they got to know each other) When Buster Olney floats the possibility of an (admittedly unlikely) Oliver Perez-for-Milton Bradley swap.  the circumstances are rather obvious ; the only way the Cubs will be able to jettison an obvious sca...

By Bob Warja It seems that Jim Hendry and the Cubs are intent on doing everything within their power to move Milton Bradley this winter. This reminds me of the offseason that Hendry spent trying to trade Sammy Sosa. Eventually, he did, of course, but in the process ignored other Cubs needs.

By Matt Trueblood Unfortunately for the 2009 (and, it appears inevitable, 2010) Chicago Cubs, one fan who fights statistical analysis tooth-and-nail every day sits in the general manager's chair. According to Cubs beat writers Carrie Muskat and Paul Sullivan, Jim Hendry has already begun contract neg...

When the Cubs got swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers in 2008, GM Jim Hendry made a reactionary off-season move by signing malcontent Milton Bradley to a lucrative contract, and saw the decision blow up in his face. The Cardinals -- who this year were swept in the first round by the Dodger...

By Jake Karmel This is the worst news I have heard in a long time as a Cubs fan.  Yes, worse then Aramis Ramirez out with an injury or when D-Lee got hurt a couple years ago.  Milton Bradley could be back as a Cub in 2010. Jim Hendry, if you keep this poor excuse for a ball player and a teammate, you deserve to leave th...

By Chuck(noreply@blogger.com) All signs indicate that the Cubs will hire Rudy Jaramillo to be their new hitting coach: Second, as Dave Pinto notes, Texas hitters had wild swings in their home and road scoring: And, given what we know about the last 15 seasons with Jim Hendry in the organization, Rudy could be here for the...

By Al Rudy Jaramillo is widely regarded as the premiere hitting instructor in the game," said Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry. "The addition of Rudy to our franchise is a strong statement from our new owners, the Ricketts family, and we thank them for allowing us to move quickly to fill this impo...

By Al SI.com's Jon Heyman says that the Cubs are close to signing Rudy Jaramillo, and he'd become the highest-paid coach in Cubs history: In any case, this is a good decision. Batting coaches may be overrated, but many players say that Jaramillo has helped them. This is a good move by Jim Hendry.

By Al This morning, wrote that the Cubs are interested in acquiring Brian Roberts Jake Peavy Mike Cameron Mark Prior Mark DeRosaBrian Roberts AND Jake Peavy. Cubs GM Jim Hendry . Meanwhile, Hendry said that Milton Bradley would be traded to the Tigers for Magglio Ordonez Giants for Aaron Rowand...

By Al Lesson learned (are you listening, Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella?): even a 90+ win team during the regular season can go through three games where they look bad and don't get breaks and have some bad luck and lose three games in a row. The Dodgers, for example, had a five-game losing streak not l...

By Arcturus(four2productions@gmail.com) Jim Edmonds. I personally thought Jim Edmonds was done and that this was a terrible signing. I had to eat my words, as Edmonds came back from the dead and gave the Cubs some solid baseball. And just for fun, here are two guys that Jim Hendry has coveted over the years that he wasn't able to sign or tr...

Cubs manager Lou Piniella calls 2010 ''an important year for this organization.''

After he takes a brief break this week, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry will settle in for the long haul of the off-season.

By Chuck(noreply@blogger.com) The last two steps are the pre-packaged bankruptcy of the Cubs to clear away all contingent obligations of the Cubs to the Tribune and Shawon Dunston, followed by funding of the bank debt 10 days later. Let's hope Crane Kenney and Jim Hendry are out by Halloween.

By Arcturus(four2productions@gmail.com) Last but not least, the Cubs have been the most infuriating thing about 2009 for me. Picked by many to threepeat as Central Division Champs, the Cubs quickly dashed expectation. The frustration begins in the offseason, when Jim Hendry trades away Mark DeRosa (bad) and Jason Marquis (good)....

By Damen Jackson In a surprise move, the Chicago Cubs have suspended outfielder Milton Bradley for the remainder of the season over controversial comments made about the organization and its fan base to the media. In defending the suspension, Jim Hendry released the following:

By Kurt In October of 2006, a has-his-job-by-a-hair Jim Hendry began conducting interviews for the guy who'd replace Dusty Baker in the Cubs clubhouse.  Short list contenders included recently-fired Manager of the Year Joe Girardi, minor league coaches Mike Quade and Pat Listach, Bruce Boch...

By Kurt Following the Cubs 2003 grasp at glory, Jim Hendry made some swooping moves to make the team even better in 2004.  One of the best of these moves was a deal with the always-money-conscious Marlins for a then-27-year-old first baseman who had, in Rob's words, been the least-threatening mem...

By David Wyatt How to ruin a good pitching prospect" should be co-written by Lou Piniella and Jim Hendry. Promoting him to the bullpen, then into the rotation, then down to Iowa to start, then back to Chicago as a reliever. If we were serious about Jeff being a starting pitcher in the future he should have bee...

By Wolter(noreply@blogger.com) Ugh. I hate you, 2009 Cubs Named Aaron. Is it entirely within the realm of reality for Jim Hendry to find a second baseman that doesn’t meet any of the following 3 criteria? Clearly, the “AA” in “2009 Cubs Named Aaron” is a hint. Ship these fools to the Smokies, and leave them there.

By Bob Warja Imagine how the Cubs GM, Jim Hendry, could use this information. But, if he or his staff of front office dinosaurs had bothered to check xBABIP, they would have found that Miles was among the luckiest hitters in baseball in 2008, and was very likely to regress in 2009.

By Kevin Gould All I read about was how you were interested in pursuing Jake Peavy, and nothing came of it.  It was, of course, very reminiscent of all the Brian Roberts talk after the end of the 2007 season. This is evidenced by the fact that Baseball America lists the Cubs as having only two of the top 100 base...

By Kurt Jim Hendry's Got the Horses.  Imagine that it's June.  The Cubs are playing well, but so are the Cardinals who've just acquired, oh, I dunno, Roy Halladay from the Jays for about half their minor league system.  Jim Hendry will retaliate.  Jim Hendry will improve the team if it means an improve...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 482 - We Turn Things Over to the Cubscast Mail Sack as Listeners Speak Out About the Cubs New Pre-Sale Ticket Practices, Plus Some Hilarious Jim Hendry E-mail Addresses and Thoughts on the ARoid News (February 9) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, She...

By Tim At the "Meet the Management" gathering at the Cubs Convention (listen to it here), somebody brought up the Peavy puzzle and Jim Hendry explained that unfortunately Peavy isn't a free agent and it's a violation of MLB rules to talk about him.Luckily, it must be okay to talk about him behind c...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 475 - Sneetch Returns to Discuss Cubs Caravan Luncheon News and Notes, QA with GM Jim Hendry, Saturday Listener Meetup, and More (January 14) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 474 - Andre Dawson Snubbed by the HOF, Mark Cuban talks about his Cubs Ownership Bid, Jim Hendry to Lunch with Cubscast, The Brewers add a Closer, and More (January 12) - 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 473 - Preview of the New Cubs Ownership, Milton Bradley Becomes a Cub, and Ask GM Jim Hendry Slash Cubs Convention Coverage and Listener Meetup (January 8) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By dave l Hopefully Zambrano, and the Cubs, will be able to get over that and starting playing good baseball again. Zambrano news good, could return in Houston: Cubs Nation can stop panicking — at least for the moment — as today’s news is good on Carlos Zambrano. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said to...

By Jeff Kallman —Jim Rome, as heard on KENO Las Vegas Friday. —Jim Hendry, Cubs general manager. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE—Reports are surfacing that Mark Mulder—rehabbing all season from rotator cuff surgery—may return to the St. Louis Cardinals next week, starting at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

By Al If you don't know what The Heckler is, you'll see it in and around the Wrigleyville area and the ballpark; it's a free newspaper containing humorous articles like this one titled "Cubs Cut Bullpen", in which Jim Hendry releases everyone in the pen because the starters have done so well, an...

By Ben Schwartz Cubs GM Jim Hendry, aboard the Cubs Caravan bus this week, isn’t even counting on Mark Prior in the opening day line-up for 2007 — and he’s only talking spring training. As Carrie Muskat on the Cubs official web site reports, even Peoria manager Ryne Sandberg is a bigger draw. I’m glad Hendry i...