The Cubs have been rather forthcoming about their desire to acquire impact starting pitching, with Jed Hoyer, the club’s president of baseball operations, calling it the focus of their offseason back at the GM Meetings in November.

Edward Cabrera is still relevant — most of Friday’s news was about the trade, and we have reactions from plenty of ‘insiders,’ plus whatever else we could find. Ian Happ talks about how major-leaguers prepare for Spring Training, there’s a bullpen with Jordan Wicks, and we have some other goodies, too.

The Chicago Cubs completed a massive trade for Edward Cabrera, but his injury history is a reason for concern.

The Chicago Cubs made the biggest splash of their offseason when they completed a trade for former Miami Marlins starting pitcher Edward Cabrera on January 7.

The Chicago Cubs added two pitchers to the 40-man roster on Wednesday, but one came with a lot more fanfare than the other.