Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jan 17, 2020
The Cubs are discussing signing Jacoby Ellsbury
Photo by Michael Ivins/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images David Ross with Jacoby Ellsbury as Red Sox teammates in 2013Hey, remember this article I wrote last November about Jacoby Ellsbury? In it, I wrote:
Why not take a flyer on Ellsbury? It costs almost nothing. He could be signed to a minor-league deal with a spring-training invitation, which would cost zero unless he made the 25-man roster. If not, he would be released at no cost to the Cubs.
Why am I bringing this up again? Why do I keep writing sentences in the form of a question? This isn’t Jeopardy, after all.
Ahem. Anyway, here’s why: