No Frenzy ... Just Trades for the Cubs

post from ChicagoCubsOnline.com on 20 November 2009 01:30:00 AM. © ChicagoCubsOnline.com

Tim Lincecum picked up his second consecutive NL Cy Young award on Thursday. The BBWAA awards will take a break on Friday and pickup next week with the announcements of the NL and AL MVPs. One note on the NL Cy Young award, Keith Law and Will Carroll might steer clear of St. Louis for a few months.

Let the free agent frenzy begin ... just not on the North Side of Chicago. The majority of changes the Cubs are looking to make this winter will reportedly come via the trade route and not opening up the checkbook of the Ricketts family.

Jim Hendry made the first trade of the off-season for the Cubs on Thursday when he dealt Aaron Heilman to the Diamondbacks for two prospects. Rumors had suggested Heilman could be non-tendered. Many thought Hendry would not let a pitcher he coveted for many years walk away and he would tender a contact to Heilman for 2010. Hendry traded Heilman for Arizona's 18th best prospect according to Baseball America and a lefty reliever that could help the Cubs in 2010 ... and beyond.

So on the third anniversary of Alfonso Soriano's mega deal being made official, here's the latest on the Chicago Cubs ...