Chicago Cubs: Craig Kimbrel doesn’t provide a fix-all for the team

Reports continue to surface about the Chicago Cubs pursuit of Craig Kimbrel. While Kimbrel would be a huge boost, he’s not an answer to all of the Cubs problems.

Throughout his nine-year career, Craig Kimbrel has been one of the premier closers in the game. During the long and uneventful offseason for the Chicago Cubs, many fans were left perplexed at the team’s lack of pursuit for Kimbrel. Now, it appears the dynamic has changed. With Ben Zobrist leaving the team due to a personal matter, the Cubs have extra money to spend and have positioned themselves as a front-runner to land Kimbrel.

While Kimbrel would provide the Cubs with a true closer to anchor their otherwise inconsistent bullpen,…