Getty
When Jeimer Candelario was last at Wrigley Field, just two weeks ago with the Nationals, rumors were already swirling around him. He was doing his best to ignore them.
Even then, it was clear the switch-hitting corner infielder would be a good fit for the Cubs, not to mention that he had come up through their farm system. But it also looked more likely that the Cubs would trade away major-league talent — not the other way around.
President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer remembers watching his team fall behind three runs to the Nationals, thinking they were about to fall to eight games under .