If one thing is for sure, this year’s Cubs Convention will be unlike any in recent memory. The team has a new manager in David Ross, coming off a year in which they missed the postseason for the first time since 2015 and many of the team’s biggest names have swirled in trade rumors for months.
Throw in the fact that ownership has seemingly mandated cuts to the baseball operations budget while simultaneously avoiding fans this weekend and you’ve got a recipe that, if nothing else, will make things interesting, to say the least.