If we’re being really honest — which is what friends do, and I consider both of you my friends — nothing about a team’s Opening Day roster is set in stone. There is, however, a degree of finality that accompanies certain early roster decisions. Some players are in camp on prove-it minor league deals, others are out of options, and some are simply biding their time as injuries delay their inevitable activation.
The Cubs are juggling each of those matters as they come down the home stretch of spring training. And while the 25th roster spot would normally prove utterly inconsequential, it’s really the only source of intrigue at Sloan Park these days.