Neither the pitcher nor the team is new, but it’s trade season and it’s always good to follow up on any info that comes across the ol’ blotter. Which is why my ears perked up when 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine wrote Sunday that the Cubs “are one of eight contending teams talking to the Baltimore Orioles about reliever Zach Britton.”
Now, we’ve been hearing about this for at least the last year. The Cubs were talking with the Orioles about Britton at last year’s deadline and again this past winter. That’s why CI had him on our breakdown of potential Cubs trade targets last week despite the lack of “concrete” rumors.