Last summer, many thought the Cubs should have made a big push to acquire Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield. I say “second baseman,” but like Ben Zobrist, Merrifield plays multiple positions and is pretty good at all of them. In 2019, Merrifield started games at second base (76), right field (53), center field (16), first base (4) and left field (4).
Obviously, no trade for Merrifield materialized during the 2019 season, but there is a report from over the weekend that the Cubs are still interested:
MLB.