With just five days to go before the Cubs’ annual fan gathering in downtown Chicago, the team has yet to make a more significant move than claiming catcher Brian Serven off waivers. Sahadev Sharma wrote for The Athletic that the front office remains optimistic about the coming season despite the dearth of deals, which matches up with what we’ve been saying here for a while. But there’s more than a little restlessness among the natives, who see this lack of activity as a dereliction of duty or breach of trust.
So is Cubs Convention going to be defined by the team’s confidence or fans’ belief that they’re being conned, figuratively as well as literally?