The Chicago Cubs had been trying to get a front-end starter for their staff ever since Kerry Wood proved to no longer be as effective in the rotation as in the bullpen, and the Rays are probably the only team in baseball that can have the best record in baseball one year and have a rebuilding season the very next. These two teams' situations led to a trade of five of Chicago's top prospects for Matt Garza and a pair of Rays prospects.

The Cubs first made a stab at Garza during the Winter Meetings, but quickly found that the Rays would want some of their favorite prospects for the man who threw a no-hitter last year for the Rays, but also only got a 15-10 record for the folks in Tampa Bay, Florida. When a deal wasn't closed near the end of the Winter Meetings, it seemed that what the Rays wanted was too much, but yesterday, a report came through that the Cubs were willing to give up Hak-Ju Lee, Chris Archer, Brandon Guyer, Sam Fuld, and Robinson Chirinos for Garza and two prospects TBD.

In the meantime, I have stuff to do, so I can't go into any more detail at the moment.