The Cubs announced several changes to the front office prior to Wednesday's game, the most notable was the firing of Oneri Fleita, the team's Vice President of Player Personnel. Fleita joined the Cubs' organization in 1995 and Crane Kenney promoted him to VP of Player Personnel in December of 2007. Tom Ricketts extended Fleita's contract last September and gave him a new four year deal to keep him in the organization. According to Dave Kaplan, Fleita is owed around $900,000 ($300,000 per year) … [Read more...]