If it wasn’t for Cubs-adjacent news, we’d have no news at all right now. So outside of Kyle Tucker being officially announced as a Cubs Convention attendee, I have resorted to writing about the Tigers signing Gleyber Torres. Once a highly coveted shortstop prospect, Torres headlined the package that went to the Yankees in exchange for Aroldis Chapman in 2016. The Cubs got a World Series title and the Yankees got a young man who hit 62 homers in his first two seasons.
A UCL injury impacted Torres’s next two seasons, limiting him to just 12 home runs over 676 plate appearances.