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Years ago, Brett Gardn er checked a lot of boxes for the Cubs. Now, not so much.
Lately, it seems like if you were an above-average player half a decade ago, but are on the wrong end of your 30s and looking to stay in the game, you were probably a target of the Cubs. With the front office working with a budget that’s been hampered by some less-than-ideal contracts that haven’t panned out and ownership pulling the purse strings, Theo Epstein has tried to get creative.
Guys like Carlos Gonzalez, Daniel Descalso, Steven Souza Jr.