Timing is everything. Only, if you wait too long, then the opportunity to get something done may end up passing you by. For the Chicago Cubs, locking down one or two players within this young core is a must, and the time to do so is ticking.
Watching this organization win a World Series in 2016 with the group they had been a feeling no Cubs or baseball fan will forget. A group of fresh talent making their postseason debuts, handled it like season veterans as they defied the odds being down in not one but two championship series.