Larry Himes, still Cubs general manager in ‘93, made just one trade in the 1992-93 offseason, which we covered in the last installment. The rest of his offseason was signing a number of free agents. The biggest names were Randy Myers, Candy Maldonado and Dave Smith. Only one of those worked out. (More on Maldonado below.)
The biggest move was a non-move, the failure to re-sign Greg Maddux as a free agent. Instead, that money was spent on Myers and Jose Guzman. I think you know how that worked out.
Himes didn’t make a player-for-player trade until June.