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Current, Recent Cubs Players Reportedly ‘Readily Available and Relatively Inexpensive’ This Offseason

Though I’m already nursing a torn rotator cuff as I stand over my third dead horse of the winter, I don’t think it’ll do much harm to get in a few more licks. Tuesday brought news that both Jon Lester and Tyler Chatwood had signed with the Nationals and Blue Jays, respectively, for a total of $8 million in guaranteed salary. Choosing not to re-sign either pitcher wouldn’t say much absent context, but the reporting around Lester in particular is alarming.

As multiple outlets reported Monday evening, Lester’s strong desire from the start was to return to the Cubs for another season after a six-year run as the best free-agent signing in club history.