At this point, we’ve written about every potential free agent addition the Cubs could make this offseason. Early on, it featured some of the premier names. Quickly enough, though, we shifted to guys that, in a typical offseason, are footnotes when you’re looking at your favorite club’s big picture come February.
Instead, those very players – like light-hitting infielder Carlos Asuaje – seem to be the team’s entire plan this winter. Payroll restrictions have handcuffed Theo Epstein even more so than they did last winter and it shows. As things currently stand, Chicago will enter the 2020 campaign with the same group – minus some pretty significant subtractions, especially on the pitching staff.