Chris Coghlan at second base. Kris Bryant in center field. Kyle Schwarber in left field. When last season began, none of these sounded that likely. And none of those were moves that the Chicago Cubs had been preparing for, as is the case with Javier Baez playing some center field this spring. So how creative will Maddon be in 2016 with his bench?
The addition of the versatile Ben Zobrist–who Maddon has managed before–will give the unorthodox Maddon more flexibility.