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After sitting on the sidelines for much of the offseason, it looks like a spring thaw is in the air surrounding the offices at Gallagher Way, despite the near-foot of snow that dumped on the Chicagoland area this weekend.
That thaw has come in the form of an increased baseball operations budget for the Cubs that has recently culminated in the signings of Joc Pederson and Trevor Williams. That addresses the gaping hole in left field and adds yet another reclamation project arm into the starting rotation mix.