They say hindsight is 20/20. Given that the year now reads 2020, it’s apropos that we take a little gander back in time to investigate five potential trades that could have made the Cubs into the veritable dynasty we all expected them to be after the parade in November 2016. Granted, all of them would and could not have occurred in this alternate timeline, but each and every one of them would have been feasible and plausible at the specified time.
While this is an exercise in futility and tomfoolery, the fact remains that trades have the potential to happen at any time and for any reason.