A week into the new year – and still, the Chicago Cubs have yet to sign a free agent to a major league deal. That’s jarring, to say the least, given the team’s financial might and their big market status, but here we are regardless.
While teams like the division rival Cincinnati Reds and crosstown foe Chicago White Sox have taken major steps forward, with each team arguably serving as the biggest winners so far this winter, the Cubs have been quiet – dead quiet.
They’ve picked up some buy-low guys who will get a shot to compete for a roster spot this spring, but hardly the type of talent needed to help an 84-win team get back to the postseason in 2020.