The Cubs need to improve the bullpen in a big way this winter after watching how things broke down during their September swoon. Jed Hoyer could even be open to spending a little more money on that unit than usual, stretching for multiyear deals to give Craig Counsell a relief corps to rival the ones he managed with the Brewers. Put it all together and you could make a case for the pursuit of the market’s top closer.
“Which manager in Major League Baseball knows how to get the best out of Josh Hader?