It was Shane Victorino who set me down this path. Last Thursday, reports emerged that the 35-year-old outfielder had agreed to join the Cubs in camp in Mesa in exchange for a shot at the big-league roster on Opening Night in Anaheim. There’s a number of reasonable ways to react to that news, of course, but […]
Day: February 29, 2016
Schwarber and Soler’s Contact Issues are Different, the Same
Well. The Cubs have had quite a busy few days, when it comes to the outfield, and we now know that Kyle Schwarber, Jason Heyward, Jorge Soler, and Dexter Fowler are going to spend the bulk of the time roaming the outfield grass at Wrigley Field. But we’re also left with a lot of questions […]
Maybe Ben Zobrist and Jason Heyward Should Bat Sixth
INTERIOR of Dexter Fowler’s living room. Fowler is on the speaker phone with his agent. CASEY CLOSE So it looks like 3 years, 33 million is the best Angelos is gonna do. DEXTER FOWLER I guess that’s what I’ll have to go with. There aren’t any other offers? CASEY CLOSE None that I’m aware of … […]