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MLB Power Rankings: Week 2

MLB Power Rankings: Where we care what you've done for us lately when we break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world each week.It's been a while since a week of baseball was this sad -- we saw the tragic passings of Nick Adenhart, Harry Kalas and Mark Fidrych. And without waxing too sentimentally,...

Better Know a Prospect: Cubs

Wondering which young players could have an impact in the majors this year? Let MLB FanHouse guide the way in Better Know a Prospect. In this edition we look at three players from the Chicago Cubs' minor league system. First of all, let's get one thing straight here. The Cubs are pushing all their chips to the center of...

Alfonso Soriano Fine With Moving Down

With February right around the corner, apparently it's time to start the annual why is Alfonso Soriano hitting leadoff? machine in Chicago. Personally, I'm fed up with it. He hit leadoff for the majority of the games last season, and the Cubs won 97 total. That's hardly something worthy of panic. Still, fans see the .344...

Open Competition for Cubs' Closer Role

Once the Cubs let Kerry Wood walk, it seemed as though the coast was clear for Carlos Marmol to take over as one of baseball's dominant closers. After all, the 26 year old has struck out 223 batters in 166 innings during the course of his relief career. In those innings, he's only allowed 91 hits and 44 earned runs (2.39...

Jake Peavy Still Tied to Cubs in Talks

As baseball's offseason slogs along at a molasses-like pace, the Jake Peavy-to-Cubs rumors just won't die. Whether it's actual reality or just pure conjecture at this point is hard to tell. For now, Peavy and each front office remain pretty quiet. And all we're left doing is speculating.Yet we do know a few things that...