<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c/stories/19/baseball/epstein_maddon_charles_leclaire.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/story/Cubs-News-and-Notes-Theo-Epstein-on-trades-Cubs-manager-search-Hot-stove-more-15929 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Cubs News and Notes: Theo Epstein on trades, Cubs' manager search, Hot stove, more</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>Epstein on KB/Javy: “I think they’re both hugely important, and it’d be hard to see them out of a Cubs uniform, but we’re at a transition point, and we have to do whatever is best for the Cubs. I hope it includes both of those guys.”</font> <a target=_blank href=/story/Cubs-News-and-Notes-Theo-Epstein-on-trades-Cubs-manager-search-Hot-stove-more-15929><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>