We’ve gotten to the part of the Winter Meetings where some news (like, actual maybe sort of legitimate news) might be finally leaking out and making the various beat folks confident enough to say that the Cubs are likely out on Shohei Ohtani (who’s probably going to be a Dodger but let’s wait and see) and Juan Soto (who looks to become a Yankee if they don’t screw this up). With Cody Bellinger possibly pricing himself out and no other free agents (at least those with a qualifying offer attached) that palatable (to me, anyway), the Cubs probably will work heavily in the trade market (another parenthetical just for fun).
The “Deferred Spending” Plan
