The Cubs have received a lot of props for the acquisition of Wade Davis, the second cousin of Jody Davis. The trade to solve the Cubs need at the backend of the bullpen has been labeled the wisest and shrewdest move of the Winter Meetings.
Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer did not commit a long-term contract (four to five years) and $60-90 million on a reliever. Regardless of a pitcher’s track record, history has shown a reliever’s shelf life isn’t long as one Cubs official pointed out to Peter Gammons.