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The Cubs are taking inaction to a new level this winter, doing nothing to improve.
We’re about a month out from players reporting to camp in Arizona. That’s exciting in and of itself, but right now, the Cubs don’t have a starting left fielder, have a glaring hole at second base, lack a backup catcher and only has three legitimate starting pitchers on the roster.
The entire offseason has been about shedding payroll: lots and lots of payroll. As Bleacher Nation so adeptly put it earlier this winter, it’s been ‘subtraction by subtraction.