Cub Tracks goes to the meetings

Last time around, Cub Tracks watched it fly, and boy, has it flown. Shohei Ohtani is an Angel, Giancarlo Stanton is a Yankee, Dee Gordon is a Mariner, and the stove is starting to warm up again.

"I don't think we ever sell anything," Theo Epstein said. "When it come to players like Tyler, you just engage in conversations, talk about how we try to go about winning here, how we go about trying to treat our players and hear his perspective, what he's looking for in a team, what he's looking for in teammates and what he's looking for in the front office.

"It's just a good baseball conversation, and that way hopefully the players end up where they want to be and where they're supposed to be and…