Though it seems less likely that Kris Bryant will be traded as the team gets closer to camp, don’t expect those rumors to go away anytime soon. It’s worth noting that the pregnant cloud hanging over the organization could serve as a major distraction, one that could last all the way up to the trade deadline in July. If that’s the case, Theo Epstein will have nobody to blame but himself.
If the Cubs can’t or won’t trade Bryant and need to get under the $208 million CBT threshold, who goes instead?