Longtime Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis has signed with the Chicago Cubs on a minor-league deal.
There’s probably something to fit in here about going home, or about journeys coming full-circle after so many years. Kipnis is from Northbrook, an Illinois neighborhood all of about 20 miles from Wrigley Field.
But discounting the fact that he will now wear the uniform of the very team that thieved a championship from him in 2016, there’s also something to be said about Kipnis leaving home.
Kipnis was drafted by the Indians in 2009, and he made his MLB debut in 2011.