Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social
By now, you’ve heard about Japanese star righthander Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers.
It does seem like a foregone conclusion, doesn’t it? All of the meetings with other teams and travel to some cities besides Los Angeles seem like the proverbial dog-and-pony show, and why put us all through that if that’s where he was going to go anyway?
While the Cubs might have been an afterthought in this situation, they really shouldn’t have been.