On Monday morning the Chicago Cubs officially agreed to a trade with the New York Yankees that brought Aroldis Chapman in Chicago for Adam Warren and a few minor league prospects. One of the prospects was the Cubs’ top prospect, Gleyber Torres, who is a potential phenom.
So why make this trade? Why sacrifice the future for a closer, when you already have a dominant one in Hector Rondon? That’s easy. 108. 108 years since the last time the Cubs won a World Series championship. 71 years since the curse of the Billy Goat made sure they would never win another one.