A look at the Top 20 Chicago Cubs prospects for 2010.

The Chicago Cubs are in dire need of some help after missing the playoffs last season, and have let a number of free agents go by already this off-season.

I will give General Manager Jim Hendry and the rest of the Chicago Cubs front office this.

Over the past year or so, Cubs GM Jim Hendry has been doing a lot of trading. And with the exception of recent deals for Aaron Heilman and Carlos Silva, they’ve all been major leaguers being swapped for prospects or young major leaguers. Here’s a quick recap of these trades:

A road game photo to identify.

The inevitable trade of recalcitrant right fielder Milton Bradley solved one problem for the Cubs, but others remain.

The Cubs completed their third consecutive above-

–RHP Carlos Silva, obtained in the Milton Bradley trade, will compete for the fifth spot in the Cubs rotation