It’s not time to blindly accept the Chicago Cubs won’t make any significant addition this winter – not yet. But, with the clock ticking and less than a month until pitchers and catchers report to Sloan Park in Mesa, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer are clearly on borrowed time at this point.
While the elusive, pseudo-substantive pursuit of Bryce Harper grabbing the lion’s share of headlines this offseason, people are continually overlooking what this team truly needs. What’s that, you ask? Arms. Not starting pitchers (although age could certainly play a role in 2019) – but rather in the bullpen, where there are more questions than answers.