It remains to be seen whether the Cubs will occupy the outhouse or the penthouse — the Cubs’ brass left Bryce Harper’s bazaar with the original group still intact, and that has to be a disappointment for some, if not most. This offseason lurches along like Hunter Thompson playing the village drunk in an Irish novel and it’s looking more and more like there’s going to be a beast of a CBA battle next time around.
“Genius around the world stands hand in hand, and the shock of recognition runs the whole circle ‘round” — Rob Manfred
GMs likely view such circumlocutory sarcasm with the same fear and loathing with which they view Scott Boras’ approaching shadow.