Heading into a pivotal offseason, there might not be a Cubs player surrounded by as much uncertainty as Javier Baez.
Will he be traded for pitching this winter? What position will he play next season? Will the adjustments he made in 2015 stick? Will he make the Opening Day roster?
At this point, even the Cubs don't have all those answers. Not after a roller-coaster season for Baez, who will turn 23 in December.
After failing to make the team out of spring training, and then dealing with the death of his sister in early April, and then missing roughly six weeks with a broken finger, Baez didn't make it back to the big leagues until rosters expanded on Sept.