We’d scarcely done our 40-man preview, but the Chicago Cubs are ever ready with their moves, getting them in and announced before the deadline:
#Cubs today selected the contracts of INF Jeimer Candelario, C Willson Contreras, RHP Pierce Johnson & INF Dan Vogelbach.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 21, 2015
Those four seemed like no-brainers, though I admit I thought that they would trade Dan Vogelbach before now, but even as a rostered player he can still be traded later on anyway. Corey Black is a notable omission, and it remains to be seen whether he can sneak through the Rule 5 Draft…I think a team on the mend (and there are plenty) will try to hold on to him the entire year, and with his stuff, he’s probably as good as gone.