Before I even begin this exercise, I admit it’s far too early to say “This will be the Opening Day roster for the Cubs.” Opening Day is 114 days away; heck, it’s still 81 days until the Cubs take the field against the Brewers in Mesa for their first 2019 spring training game.
But we’re heading into the dead of winter and so I thought it would at least be interesting to discuss what might be the Cubs’ Opening Day roster.
Last February, I wrote that the Cubs’ 25-man roster was set not only for 2018, but for 2019 as well, because of players under multi-year contracts and those under team control.