It has been no secret that the Chicago Cubs have had a very slow offseason. As of Friday morning, spending a grand total of $0 on guaranteed money on guaranteed big league contracts. This is mostly because the team is trying to get under the luxury tax for the upcoming season and as it stands now they are still over the tax without signing anyone.
Kris Bryant has been in trade talks all offseason but his service time grievance is still undecided, which has drastically held up the Cubs offseason. Because a team doesn’t want to trade for a guy until they know exactly how long they will have him for.