Cubs Reported Desire to Shop Cody Bellinger ‘Worst-Kept Secret’ of GM Meetings

I wonder if this latest report from Bob Nightengale will earn him more stern words from Jed Hoyer when the two next cross paths. They got into it last year at the Winter Meetings over a report from Nightengale that Christopher Morel was involved in trade talks with the Rays, which looks kinda funny knowing how that eventually played out. Though we’d already heard reports that the Cubs were willing to move Cody Bellinger, Nightengale paints a picture of a team that may be desperate to dump salary in addition to freeing up roster space.