As we await meaningful movement across the offseason landscape, we’re left with little else to do but guess at the Cubs’ strategy. Will they turtle up to survive the labor storm on the horizon, or will they take advantage of other teams’ passivity to put themselves firmly in the driver’s seat for another playoff run? Maybe it’s neither and they’ll let the market come to them.
Recent reports, not to mention Jed Hoyer’s historical behavior, seem to indicate they’ll take either the former or latter path. But there’s an argument to be made for heading down the middle, so let’s examine the options to see what they’re most likely to do.