Pitching was the topic of the day across Cubdom, starting with their rumored free-agent pursuits and moving to Kyle Hendricks calling it a career before eventually turning to Cade Horton finishing second in NL Rookie of the Year voting. We’ll get to that last topic in a bit, but I first wanted to circle back to a topic that is only Cubs-adjacent at best. Remember when there was talk about them being interested in Josh Naylor and/or Emmanuel Clase when both were with the Guardians two years ago?
While getting Naylor might have worked out well, they sure dodged a bullet by failing to pull off a deal for the reliever.