June 18, 2014

Do the Chicago Cubs want to keep starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija or trade him? Does Samardzija want to stay or leave? These lingering questions still have no final answer, but the Cubs have made steps toward trying to address them. CBS Sports.com' Jon Heyman reported Wednesday afternoon that the Cubs have offered Samardzija a five-year contract…

Minor League players, even top prospects, move up and down through the farm system with little or no notice or public general knowledge. That is not the case, though, with Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant, a very highly-touted "can't miss" prospect who is working his way through the Cubs system very quickly. On Wednesday, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat…