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Adam Warren brings 'World Series or die' mentality from Yankees to Cubs

Adam Warren hasn't thrown a pitch in a Cubs uniform yet, but he's already dreamed about what it would be like to win it all at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs felt they needed to get a young pitcher like Warren in return when they flipped Starlin Castro to the New York Yankees at the winter meetings, the trade that opened the door to Chicago for Ben Zobrist and his championship pedigree.

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Warren is used to great expectations after coming up with the Yankees and spending the last seven years in an organization with a "World Series or die" mentality shaped by those 27 titles.