Stop me if you’ve heard this one, but MLB.com’s Jon Morosi is reporting that the Cubs are showing “continued interest” in trading for Royals star Whit Merrifield. The second baseman can also flex to center and his contact-heavy offensive approach created an MLB-leading 206 hits and 10 triples en route to a career-high .811 OPS in 2019. He’s also very cheap by today’s standards, with three years left on the four-year, $16.25 million extension he inked prior to last season.
On paper, Merrifield is the perfect fit for a Cubs team that wants to improve offensively without spending a bunch of money to do it.