Say it with me: the Cubs should not trade Kris Bryant, the Cubs should not trade Kris Bryant, the Cubs should not trade Kris Bryant. Like Dorothy in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ maybe just maybe if we say that phrase three times and click our heels together, it is likely to come true.
Theo Epstein and the Cubs all of a sudden find themselves in a strange vortex, like an asteroid off course with no control, hurtling towards the sun. Financially the team is in complete disarray. Owner Tom Ricketts continues to preach to the notion that the Cubs have no money.