Will the Chicago Cubs move past the World Series champion core for good this winter? Or is a reunion (or reunions) in the cards? That’s been heavily debated among fans for the past month-and-a-half or so after Jed Hoyer sold off everything not bolted down at the July 30 deadline.
For our purposes, the “core” mainly refers to the Theo Epstein era centerpieces including Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber. Contreras is still under a year of control next season with the Cubs, with the other four currently on other teams and set to hit free agency this winter.