After getting their hands on their new manager Craig Counsell for the modest sum of $40 million, the Chicago Cubs have been plunged into a deep sleep since the start of this off-season.
Indeed, following the one-year, just under $1 million deal between right-handed reliever Josh Staumont and the Minnesota Twins, the representatives of the Windy City are now the only team of the entire MLB to not have made any acquisitions this winter.
The Twins then became the 29th major league baseball team to add a player to their ranks, 24 teams having already done so through the fall player market and five other organizations through transactions.
Although they have signed minor league pacts with several players thus far, the Bears have not added to their 40-man roster from outside the organization.
Let's say that we are far from the expected signings of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinoibu Yamamoto and that the hibernation of a bear during the winter period is small beer compared to the 2023 winter of the Cubs.
President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer could turn things around and save face by catching Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins, Shota Imanaga, Jordan Montgomery and/or Blake Snell, but for now, there's concern. on Chicago.
Especially than overpaying for skipper who will not have at hand the elements to win great honors makes no sense.
It's up to the Cubs staff to play now, before it's too late.
