MESA, Ariz. – After joking around about it, Cubs manager David Ross decided he’d better make it perfectly clear for anyone listening and for Twitter.
No, Ben Zobrist was not in Cubs camp Tuesday with any intent or even possibility of joining the club again.
“He’s here just observing, hanging out with the boys,” Ross said. “He’s just taking it in here, being around family. It’s nice to have a World Series MVP in the room floating around. That never hurts anybody.”
Zobrist showed up at Ross’ invitation just a few days after another former teammate from the 2016 World Series, John Lackey, hung out with Ross, Jon Lester and some of the other pitchers.