With Pedro Strop a free agent, Anthony Rizzo stands alone as the last carryover from the dark days – when the focus was on draft picks, not the standings at the big league level. Entering a new era, the Chicago Cubs will need Rizzo more than ever moving forward.
I’m not alone when I say that Rizzo should be this team’s captain – and maybe under first-year manager David Ross, that could come to fruition. But regardless of whether or not the Cubs put the ‘C’ on his jersey in 2020, the slugging first baseman will have to take an even larger role in the clubhouse if Chicago wants to get back to their winning ways.