We are in baseball’s offseason, and that means it’s also trade rumor season.
This week, MLB executives are meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. And Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein spoke some choice words about trade rumors to reporters at the conference:
“The nature of any offseason (is) there are going to be rumors about your major-league players and even your best players, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re true. No one knows how this winter is going to evolve, even us. We have no idea what will be available to us, so take any name that comes up in trade rumor with a mouthful of salt, not just a grain.