Jim Hendry

Quiet GM Meetings set the stage

Groundwork laid for busy offseason as trade, signing talks kindled Cubs GM Jim Hendry must decide whether to re-sign free-agent pitcher Ryan Dempster. Even hot topics like Manny Ramirez and Jake Peavy couldn't thaw a cold...

Cubs stuck in waiting mode

It was another slow day for the Cubs, who are stuck waiting for their own free agents, Ryan Dempster and Kerry Wood, neither of whom is expected to sign before the winter meetings begin Dec. 8 in Las Vegas.

Sources: Cubs after Peavy, still eyeing Dempster

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. Updated: November 6, 2008, 11:38 AM EST The Cubs have emerged as a front-runner in the Peavy sweepstakes, perhaps even ahead of the Braves,...

Sources: Cubs pursuing RHPs Peavy, Dempster

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. Updated: November 6, 2008, 12:02 AM EST The Cubs have emerged as a front-runner in the Peavy sweepstakes, perhaps even ahead of the Braves,...

If baseball goes neutral, do it right

by Tracy Ringolsby, Special to FOXSports.com Updated: November 5, 2008, 7:22 PM EST 3 comments With the temperature falling and rain drops dropping in Philadelphia during the World Series, there was grousing in the press box...

Trade not too likely for Padres at meetings

DANA POINT – Padres teammates since September 2003, Jake Peavy and Khalil Greene apparently will be on different teams next year if trade talks come to fruition. “If we end up moving Khalil, he probably would be in a separate...

RosenBlog: Jimmy Hendry-seed planting his bad apples

It's Wednesday, and I have all the answers ... Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is asking fans for patience. Not for the team to rebuild. He wants fans to be patient regarding the general managers meetings this week because...

Budget-conscious baseball GMs meet at posh resort

By RONALD BLUM – 1 day ago DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Baseball general managers began an offseason of economic uncertainty when they gathered Monday for their annual meeting — at the same posh resort where AIG executives...

Hendry's option play

Chris De Luca: Offseason business has seemed like a snap for Cubs general manager Jim Hendry the last two years. He wanted Lou Piniella as his manager and Alfonso Soriano as his leadoff hitter and -- snap, snap -- there they...

Agents ponder beating potential tax increase

San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers talks about the possibilities of trading star pitcher Jake Peavy and shortstop Khalil Greene, at a meeting of baseball GMs Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Dana Point, Calif. Chicago Cubs...