Once again, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer haven’t been cooking on the Hot Stove. Most of the trade talk to-date has been just that – talk. The Cubs have signed some low-cost pitching and made a few fairly insignificant roster additions, but nothing major has transpired. This leads me to a troubling question: do the months between the Winter Meetings and Spring Training herald a reload or a rebuild?
Last winter, the bench became weaker with the trade of Tommy La Stella and the acquisition of Daniel Descalso. We knew on day one of Spring Training the Cubs needed a closer.