Cubs ‘Threading That Needle’ in Winter of Contradicting Activity

In an offseason that has seen the Cubs agree to a pair of guaranteed MLB deals worth a total of $1.85 million, the biggest win they’ve gotten was in Kris Bryant‘s grievance case. At the same time, the delayed decision on their star’s contractual control may have prevented them from being active with other moves. A more cynical person might call that poetic justice or comeuppance, but we’ll just call it bad timing for the sake of ease.

Whatever the case, the Cubs haven’t actually been sitting on their thumbs to the extent that their general inactivity would make it seem from the outside. In fact, GM Jed Hoyer told Cubs Convention attendees that “in some ways, this is the most active winter…