Cubs May Have Another Unidentified Candidate as Manager Search Nears End

I had predicted a few days ago that the Cubs’ search for a new manager would be over by Monday one way or the other, but that may not be the case ($). While it has been declared a two-man race between David Ross and Joe Espada, Patrick Mooney of The Athletic wrote that the list “may include another unidentified candidate who could come in for a meeting at the Wrigley Field office building.”

That’s really amorphous and far from definitive, but a little reading between the lines with educated assumptions may help us discern something from it nonetheless. Candidates not occupied by playoff concerns probably would have been brought in already, so that eliminates all but three teams. Unless the…