Good scouting, some timely trades and a little luck have led to the Chicago Cubs employing the infield that ESPN's Buster Olney ranks No. 1 in baseball heading into the 2016 season.
Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell and Kris Bryant have so much going for them it’s hard to know from week-to-week who's most valuable in that group. Add free-agent addition Ben Zobrist and former first-round pick Javier Baez and there is little in the form of weakness at the plate or on defense for Cubs' top five players in the infield.