I’m convinced someone in the Cubs organization is feeding information to the Dodgers about Jed Hoyer’s offseason plans. Los Angeles has half of the free agents and trade candidates that have been connected to Chicago during the last two winters, thanks in large part to a billion dollars in deferred payroll. I just watched The Manchurian Candidate, and I’m starting to wonder if the Cubs got a pre-programmed sleeper agent version of Michael Busch last year.
I’d be wary if Busch randomly and repeatedly utters, “Andrew Friedman is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known.