Cub Tracks tries a little non-tenderness

Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesWe bid adieu to Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora, Jr. Jose Martinez is also free to go, as is Ryan Tepera. Are we having fun yet? I’m already weary of this same old shabby dress.

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“It was a hard conversation,” Cubs President Jed Hoyer said of his chat with Schwarber. “I expressed we’d definitely keep the door open. We have and will talk…