The overwhelming majority of Cubs fans would like, I believe, to see Anthony Rizzo play the rest of his major-league career in a Cubs uniform, get a retirement-day sendoff, perhaps even see his No. 44 raised on a flagpole in Wrigley Field.
The report Monday that contract extension talks between the team and Rizzo had apparently broken off, then, was unsettling. (Incidentally, thanks to Josh for writing this up while I was on the road back to Chicago from Arizona Monday.)
If you look at what actually happened, though, the news isn’t likely as bad as you think it is.