Bob Howry News

Francisco Liriano wasn't the key part of the trade that sent him from San Francisco to Minnesota Hannah Foslien/Getty Images Brian Sabean has made many trades over his 14 years as the San Francisco Giants GM, and most have not hurt the team.

When reliever Andrew Cashner was first called up to the Cubs on May 31 in Pittsburgh, his locker was next to veteran Bob Howry.

The Cubs get some love from Jayson Stark in h is latest Rumblings and Grumblings column .

The Cubs' top priority this offseason is to acquire a first baseman, but Jim Hendry will leave the General Managers Meetings on Thursday with a big vacancy there on his depth chart now that Micah Hoffpauir is headed to Japan.

As the winter meetings get under way and the hot stove starts to heat up, now seems like an appropriate time to look back at last year's free agent class and see how all of the off season signings panned out for each team.