Cubs free agent target: Chris Bassitt

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty ImagesThis article in The Athletic hints that the Cubs might be interested in free-agent righthander Chris Bassitt, along with a couple of other starters:

The Cubs continue to be active in the free-agent market for starting pitchers, a group that includes Kodai Senga, Chris Bassitt and Taijuan Walker on their radar.

I’ve already posted articles about Senga and Walker here, so let’s take a look at Bassitt.

Bassitt, a 16th-round pick of the White Sox in 2011, had his best years long after the Sox traded him, along with Josh Phegley, Rangel Ravelo and Marcus Semien to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa in 2014.

In fact, those good years came…