No news may be good news for those of you who cringe every time a new trade rumor comes out featuring either Kris Bryant or Willson Contreras. More accurately, no news may be good news for now. While it’s still entirely possible that the decisions of Josh Donaldson and the arbitrator on Kris Bryant’s service-time grievance will serve as an AED for a trade market with no pulse, there’s growing sentiment that the Cubs may stand pat this winter.
That’s been the case all along when it comes to free agency, as the team has practiced an austerity few were ready to accept back when Tom Ricketts told 670 The Score, “You can’t really buy teams.