• I don’t think the Central clubs – all of whom have done ONLY subtraction so far this offseason – are finished making moves, so this will shuffle a bit before it’s all said and done. But ultimately, it’s not hard to project that the Cubs, Brewers, and Cardinals will probably look pretty similar on paper when Spring Training rolls around. Maybe the Cubs do more dumping from here that changes that calculus, but the point is that it’s not like the Cubs absolutely cannot put a “competitive” team on the field for 2021 with a couple modest free agent additions. It’d be no more than a roll of the dice with rough odds in the postseason, but you have to get there first. And since the financial reality is already here, I guess we might as well root for some savvy, low-cost free agent additions?