The Winter Meetings have been over for a few days now, but we’re still not past the typically refractory period that follows. Even though the annual summit isn’t quite the same as it once was in terms of deals being consummated, agents and team execs are working around the clock at a frenzied pace for 3-4 days. It’s like the requisite training/prep montage in any sports or battle movie, whether it’s Rocky prepping for Drago or Dutch getting ready to face the Predator.
Most teams, Cubs included, were merely laying the groundwork for what will happen over the next several weeks.