Like the Fast and Furious franchise or an incomplete Yahtzee game, Kris Bryant trade rumors simply won’t die. Even after he arrived at camp still in a Cubs uniform and declared after a meeting with Theo Epstein that he wasn’t going anywhere, they persist. Just a few days ago came a report out of San Diego that the Padres had “recently” declined an offer that would have sent righty Dinelson Lamet and catching prospect Luis Campusano to Chicago for the Cubs’ leadoff hitter.
I don’t know how much time you’re legally allowed to fit under the umbrella of recency, but such a swap certainly doesn’t fit the idea of competing for a World Series.