It may not end up producing a fire in Chicago, but there’s a helluva lot of smoke coming from the Cubs’ interest in Zach Britton. Smoldering since at least last July, there have been several reports over the last month or so indicating that the Cubs and Orioles have discussed the award-winning closer.
According to The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney (subscription required), the Cubsu200b “remainu200b deeply involvedu200b in theu200bu200b discussions” for Britton and would like to add the lefty as a complement to closer Brandon Morrow. Despite their expressed belief that Morrow’s biceps inflammation is fleeting, he’s already made two trips to the DL as isn’t known as the most durable pitcher in the world.