Even telling you all right here, in the first sentence of this article, won’t be enough. I know that. This is not a real trade pulled off by the Chicago Cubs. Let’s just get that out of the way right here and now.
Every offseason, FanSided’s MLB division puts on a Mock Winter Meetings, where we, as site experts, get to pretend to take over the role of general manager for a week. There are an array of rules and guidelines to make it as realistic as possible – and it always results in some crazy moves.