The latest twist in the Kris Bryant story is that the Cubs have have internal conversations about moving him to center on an everyday basis. That would of course mean not trading him, even if they swing an almost unimaginable coup to bring Nolan Arenado to Chicago. Those dueling rumors were conflated Saturday afternoon as the result of some clunky phrasing by 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine, but there is merit to the idea that Bryant could be moved to center.
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With centerfield as a position of need and without the funds to re-acquire Nicholas Castellanos, thereby forcing Jason Heyward back to the middle, the Cubs are probably open to several possibilities.