Rhys Hoskins Joins Brewers, Potential Cubs Targets Dwindling

It seemed like a formality once the Cubs traded for Michael Busch and made it clear that they planned to give him plenty of reps at first, but there was still a sense that some of that was a bluff. Jed Hoyer had enough leverage to feel comfortable playing chicken with Scott Boras, so the end result was the same whether it was carefully calculated or his shoelace simply got stuck on a pedal. And that result was Rhys Hoskins joining the Brewers on a two-year, $34 million deal that allows him to opt out after the first year.

For those who might be grasping for the reference, the chicken/shoelace thing from Kevin Bacon’s iconic turn in 1984’s Footloose.

Hoskins is now virtually guaranteed to hit…