After selling beloved core pieces Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant at the 2021 trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs sold closer David Robertson en route to a 74-88 2022, then made minor upgrades ...

“The Cubs have a black hole at 3B so anyone not choosing Kris Bryant who literally won the MVP that year at 3B doesn’t know ball,” one fan commented. “2016 NL MVP,” said another.

General manager Jed Hoyer said the Cubs are not worried about the service-time grievance filed by NL Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant and said "we were in the right." ...