CHICAGO -- The dominoes have finally begun to fall, as the Thanksgiving holiday weekend saw one major free-agent pitcher, Jordan Zimmerman, come off the market. His five-year, $110 million agreement with the Detroit Tigers is a sign that things are beginning to heat up around baseball.
The offseason has been quiet so far for Chicago Cubs, but things are bound to get noisy. Here’s where things stand for the team a week before the winter meetings begin in Nashville, Tennessee.
What once felt like a good possibility -- that the Cubs would land one of the top four free-agent starters -- is beginning to feel like it will happen now only on their terms and not under any sort of maximum deal for the player.