Is it the Cubs’ turn yet?
Is Chicago’s big-boy baseball operation ready to join an already bustling winter player market and start working on its actual roster after two months manager and coaching changes and overhauling its player development structure?
Team president Theo Epstein certainly fueled speculation even before October by vowing that the Cubs planned a busy winter that would be approached with an “open mind” when it came to any and all its players.
And speculation since then has involved the Cubs listening to trade overtures from other teams regarding every core player from the usual big name (Kris Bryant) to, more recently, the almost unimaginable (Anthony Rizzo).