Cub Tracks spends a poultry sum

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesWell, look. It’s the penultimate Cub Tracks of 2019. If you’re reading this, you woke up today. Congratulations! Now, let’s spend some of that precious time reading this stuff, what there is of it, as most of the beats are on vacation. Looks like no Shogo for Chicago.

Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always, * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used here as sarcasm font.

Sports Hochi says Shogo Akiyama has narrowed things down to the Padres or the Reds, "high probability of deciding by the end of the year." Hochi is usually reliable…