Unlike some, I'm not ready to call for Jed Hoyer's head on a spike after Tatsuya Imai signed with the Houston Astros on a three-year, $64 million deal that fell well short of projections. As has so often been the case, the Chicago Cubs were in the hunt right up to the end, but missed their man.
It's a narrative we've become all too familiar with during Hoyer's run as Cubs president of baseball operations - but there's still time (and players unsigned) for him to come away a winner of the offseason. That being said, time is running out and Chicago is on the clock in their quest to add a frontline starting pitcher.